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Ángel Faraldo (1980) is a freelance musician concerned with improvisation, digital instrument design and composition. He studied Classical Guitar at the Royal Conservatoire of Madrid and holds a Master’s Degree in Sonology from the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague.

As an improviser, he usually plays his computer-based instrument MISS. He has performed and worked throughout Europe, with improvisers such as Günter Heinz or Mike Majkowski, and collaborated with ensembles such as Orquesta FOCO or GIV. His current projects include the electro-acoustic duet with Yolanda Uriz YUAF (larraskito netlablel), NOCOMOTRAS (with Mike Majkowski, Laura Altman and Yolanda Uriz), The Royal Improvisers Orchestra (NL) as well as extensive solo playing with MISS (friendlyvirus netlabel).

He composes music for film, fixed media, concert and installation. His recent projects in this field include the interactive sound-installation “diario de Cualquiera” (2006-2007), “Apropiación” (2006) for two computer-processed narrators, pre-recorded music and choir, and “Frame-Work” (2009) for four computer-musicians and one acoustic instrument, a commission for the POW ensemble (NL). He collaborates with artistic collectives such as Medea Electronique (Koumaria 2009, Greece) or Peter van Bergen’s IOM_2 (Interactive Orchestral Machine).

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