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Pino Basile, in recent years, has been busy performing, teaching, researching and studying the tradition and folklore: frame drums and friction drums of southern Italy and the entire Mediterranean region. Their mission is to teach people about the peculiarities of these so-called «unsophisticated» instruments, to share their passion and spread their knowledge in as many artistic circles as possible. He is the inventor of the technical and musical evolution of the friction drum by inventing the «Cupaphon», a set of several friction drums with a specific sound. In recent years there have been numerous experiences of use in contemporary and jazz fields at an international level. It is a constantly evolving creative musical research process that has paved the way for the use of traditional local instruments far beyond the context in folklore. Erick Jiménez began his artistic studies at the Castilla Conservatory and specializes in contemporary dance at the National University of Costa Rica. Master’s in Performing Arts from the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid, Master’s in contemporary thought and creation, Higher School of Dramatic Art of Castile and Leon. Master of Qigong for the Galician Federation of Kung Fu, specialized in Chiromassage for the Popular University of the Northwest, A Coruña, Ashtanga Yoga studies. Erick is also a Performing Artist who works for several companies and international projects. He currently develops his artistic career parallel to management and production. He is director of the Foundation for Cooperation and Sociocultural Development SóLODOS. He directs the SóLODOS EN DANCE festival, Dansa No Claustre, and different projects i programming in both America and Europe. Director of the SóLODOS/ NANTAI movement arts space in Heredia Costa Rica. Xavier Bertomeu i Tremol, born in Tortosa, studies piano and percussion graduating as a senior professor of percussion at the Conservatorio Superior Municipal de Música de Barcelona. In 1989 he founded the Acadèmic music school in Tortosa, where he is its director. «Academic Big Band» is the most recognized formation within the school he directs. With this formation he has performed as a drummer with Pedro Iturralde, Jorge Pardo and Manel Camp among others. He created, and is its director, the «Mostra de Jazz de Tortosa» (30 editions) and the «International Music Festival Ebre terra de vent (20 editions, music festival where music made with wind instruments is the protagonist ). In 2001, the Territorial Services of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya in les Terres de l’Ebre awarded him the silver badge for his work in favor of musical culture. He is a member of the «Spanish Association of Percussionists». Since 2003 he has been a musical adviser to the Durán Martí Foundation.