The DJ and producer collective Freeform Arkestra is the brain child of Nico Canzoniere and Dario De Nicola. In this collective they combine their love for Sun Ra, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Arabic sounds and free jazz. With the aid of horns, percussion, vocals, poetry and turntables the duo creates a unique combination of electronics and acoustic instruments, which, by no means, is easy musical fast food, but guarantees a lot of adventure. The collective is based in Zurich, the city where Nico and Dario met in the hip-hop scene. Together the formed a hip-hop band and they organized hip-hop events. About five years ago they founded the Freeform Arkestra, a platform for their various other musical ideas. The result: the fusion and break beats album Metamorphosis , a CD that put the band on both the ‘nu jazz’ and the international DJ map.
