Universo Mascolino

Marcelo Pijachi pianist and composer founed the band in 2007. He wanted to make instrumental music that combines elements of urban music such as jazz and tango as well as contemporary music and rock. He added guitar player Ricardo Rolando, Nikolaus Kirstein, drummer from Berlin, Germany and Pablo Jiminez on bass from Buenos Aires. Among the influences, we have Astor Piazzolla, Robert Fripp, Alberto Ginastera, Frank Zappa and Gismonti. In 2008, the band recorded a demo and begins to make live shows.

On 12 February 1949 an angry mob stormed into the centre of the Ecuadorian capital of Quito, burning the offices of the city’s main newspaper and its oldest radio station to the ground.

Featuring on the current Brazilian scene, POÇOS & NUVENS is a band that is conquering more and more popularity among the prog scene world-wide. With great musicianship, the band uses a wide range of instruments, where violins and flutes compete for attention with great keyboards textures and extraordinary guitar arrangements. Many influences are present on their music, but it's obvious that JETHRO TULL and YES stand out here, as well as some Italian classics. The band showed great musicianship already at their debut album "Ano Veloz Outono Dentro" but the second release "Provincia Universo" features among the 10 top albums of 2001.