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aka AXL B I'm Graduate with Honnors in 1994 from Percussion Institute of Technology in Los Angeles, I started drums at 8 in a kind of marching band learning theory and rudiments. At 18 I took lessons with Thierry Hochstaetter (famous drummer in Switzerland) who prepared me for the P.I.T.

drummer of da d&b and nu jazz band Freebase Corporation and a rock stoner band called Hailstones, I'm also playing with P.U.S.H. Christian-Rock band (yes, agnostic myself I do respect faith) an Heavy metal side project called Ordo ab Chao, my own jazz project and I did a gig with Sueno you can watch on youtube.com/sueno montreux.

During last ten years I played on stage more than 3oo with many bands in Belgium, Netherlands, France and Switzerland: Stommy Bugsy with Chris Maldah, african'singer Macire Sylla, Jazz pianist Al Blatter, Sao, Easy (CH) which who we did an opening for the hip-hop band IAM, Pascal Alba, Les Tontons Flingueurs, Maghrebian music band Ain Amir and different kinds of mainstream, cover, jazz and rock bands playing in the pubs and clubs around Geneva.

Some with Freebase from 2002:

Montreux jazz festival - jazz Café - Montreux (CH) opening 4 Llorca. Château-Rouge - Annemasse (FR) opening 4 Laurent de Wilde. Transmusicales de Rennes - Bars en Trans – Rennes (FR) Winterfestival Wolhusen – Wabern (CH) Festival Guggibad - Muri (CH) Festival Rock'Oz Arènes - Avenches (CH) Paléo Festival de Nyon (Camping Stage) (CH) Ninkasi Kao – Lyon (FR) opening 4 Sayag Jazz Machine. Festival international de jazz de Rive de Giers – St Etienne (FR) Festival les nuits tartares - Thonon (FR) Balelec – EPFL Lausanne (CH) Fete de la BD - Sierre (CH) Le Chat Noir - Geneva (CH) Die Kaserne – Basel (CH) Caves du Manoir – Martigny (CH) Brise-Glace – Annecy (FR) Ebullition – Bulle (CH) Festival Animai – Vevey (CH) Le Nouveau Monde – Fribourg (CH) NED – Montreux (CH) Le Bleu Lezard – Lausanne (CH) Liquid club – Geneva (CH) ZOO + KAB, l'usine – Geneva (CH) Music Club - Conthey (CH) Undertown - Meyrin (CH) Piment Rouge – Geneva (CH) Orgie Fesrtival RKC – Vevey (CH) Festival Cinema Tout Ecran – Geneva (CH) La Case à Choc – Neuchâtel (CH) L’Usine à Gaz - Nyon (CH) Fetes de Genève (CH) Au pied du jet d'eau Fete de la Musique - Carouge and Geneva (CH) Festival Esplanade - Lausanne (CH) Freebase support the association Sid'Action against AIDS. Festival Agir 21 – Geneva (CH) Freebase support an ecological association.

Interviews and playlist on radios Couleur3, Radio Cité, Leman Bleu, Rete3

I recorded with Chris Maldah on Supernova, did a short lp in 1997 with La Chose, an lp in1999 with Sao drumming for my friend Fred Guansé and Shared vibes in 2004 with Freebase Corporation which is avaiable on the official website www.freebasecorp.com, just record 4 tracks with djizoes: and some other productions with unsigned artists.

I'm teaching for 11 years now and it's a real pleasure transmiting music to a younger generation. Currently i have 18 students part private and part in an assiociation called A.P.C.J.M. in Meyrin close to Geneva.