MAXIME BOBO

Born in 1984 in Toulouse, he starts music at an early age and discovers jazz and improvisation during master classes with Denis Badault, Guillaume Orti and Médéric Collignon. After studying jazz at the Conservatory of Chambéry, he moves to Tours and starts playing with many jazz musicians in France ( Cédric Piromalli, Pascal Maupeu, Nicolas Souchal, Jean Aussanaire ) and in Berlin (Max Andrzejewski, Yorgos Dimitriadis, Tobias Delius, Antonis Anissegos, Mike Majkowski, Antonio Borghini etc…).

In 2009 he meets and starts working with drummer Etienne Ziemniak, founding and composing for the duo Vocuhila which will give birth to Vocuhila trio (free jazz) & Electric Vocuhila (jazz & urban african music).

ETIENNE ZIEMNIAK

Starts music at an early age, learning first orchestral percussion and discovering jazz and improvisation through master classes. After graduating from Jazz à Tours, he gets involved in many jazz and free jazz bands with musicians such as Jean-Luc Cappozzo, Patrice Grente, Jean Aussanaire, Paul Dunmall, Paul Rogers, Guillaume Bellanger, Deborah Lennie, Cédric Piromalli, Yoann Loustalot…

In 2009 he meets and start working with saxophonist Maxime Bobo, creating the duo Vocuhila that will evolve into two bands : a free jazz trio and an electric 4tet inspired by urban african music. In 2012 he co-founds the Capsul Collective with fellow drummer Antoine Hefti. He plays with Electric Vocuhila, Mange-Ferraille, Volvo and Théo Ceccaldi’s Freaks.

FRANÇOIS ROSENFELD

Born in 1990 Francois Rosenfeld is a bassist, guitarist and composer. He holds the MIMA and the « Jazz DEM »  awarded by the Conservatoire de Tours and has taken classes in contemporary and electroacoustic music composition with the italian composers Alessandro Solbiati and Vittorio Montalti.

His musical research and the various techniques he has developed on his instruments have led him to work at the confluence of indie rock, jazz and improvised music, as well as minimalist and contemporary music. He plays in the bands NOUR, Rank-O, Electric Vocuhila, ANNA, Cassauto and Circé. He is a member of the Capsul Collectif based in Tours and is currently teaching at the Jazz à Tours school.

BORIS ROSENFELD

Guitarist and composer, born in 1987 in Clichy-la- Garenne, he starts music in 2003 and plays with the band Zem, recording two albums et touring in France and abroad. In 2009 he starts studying at Jazz à Tours, graduates in 2013 with the jury’s congratulations and starts playing with jazz and impro musicians (Serge Lazarevitch, Pierrick Menuau, Jean-Luc Capozzo…). Since 2008 he’s involved in many bands : Electric Vocuhila, Yachtclub ( experimental pop ), Rank O ( rock ), Cassauto (no wave) among others.