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Orquestra del Caos is a group that is always close to everywhere and, at the same time, it explores the border in between nowhere and the Infinite. In their own words "our mobile pattern refuses to produce and reproduce always the same type of music and to remain in the schemes of too narrow styles. We are close to contemporary, experimental, popular and Mediterranean music; jazz and techno". These words let us know about all the possibilities of Orquestra del Caos, a mutant band formed in Barcelona in 1991, which emerged as the prolongation of THE BIG ENSEMBLE from Taller de Músics, and which is rather characterised by its versatility than for its obvious broad-mindedness. Their high ductility has allowed them to participate in electronic music festivals such as Sónar, in 1995; in B.A.M. festival in 1997; or to endorse such an heterodox musician as John Zorn, in the performance of the gam-piece "Cobra", in 1996, in the Sala Apolo. These are only three good examples of Orquestra del Caos' chaotic and umpredictable trajectory.

Jesús Brotons.

• Propia Copia (CD, Hazard, 1999)