TORBA

TIM HODGKINSON: lap steel guitar, Turkish clarinet in G
GANDOLFO PAGANO: prepared guitar
FABRIZIO SPERA: drums

Torba was born from the relationships developed over the years between Hodgkinson, Pagano and Spera.
The trio came together for the first time in 2018 with improvisation as its essential practice. After a few concerts in Italy, including Asilo (Naples), Klang and B-Folk (Rome), Area Sismica (Forlì) and Curva Minore (Palermo), the latter as part of the Henry Now (Ex Henry Cow) event, the trio has unveiled its debut album on Folderol.

Tim Hodgkinson
At the end of the 1960s, together with Fred Frith, he founded Henry Cow, one of the key groups of European experimental rock in the 1970s. In 1980, with Bill Gilonis, he formed The Work and later he will be a member of K-Space and the influential improvisation trio Konk Pack. He is also active in the field of contemporary music as composer and performer, often in collaboration with Rumanian composers Iancu Dumitrescu and Ana Maria Avram.

Gandolfo Pagano
He is cofounder of various groups including Mondolettosottoilcorvo with Willehad Grafenhorst and Nero Diaspora with Rossella Cangini e Fabrizio Elvetico. He has played, among others, with Cat Hope, Gianni Trovalusci, Lelio Giannetto, Michael Fisher, Tristan Honsinger, Eugene Chadbourne, Thomas Lehn, Mark Dresser and others. He has been a member of the Sicilian Improvisers Orchestra.

Fabrizio Spera
One of the founders of Ossatura and other groups including 7k Oaks, Eco d’Alberi, Roots Magic.
He has been a member of the Dutch band Blast and has played, among others, with Peter Kowald, Wadada Leo Smith, John Butcher, Wolfgang Fuchs, Thomas Lehn, Marco Colonna, Michel Doneda, Alfred Harth, John Edwards, Larry Ochs, Mike Cooper and Alvin Curran.