Bija

The Sanskrit term "bija" (seed) represents the source and at the same time the cause of all things. It is the vibration, the primordial sound from which it all began. From this fascination, in 2011 Bija were born.

This atypical trio, composed, somewhat by chance, of an electric guitar, a trumpet and drums, made the decision to create music according to their personalities without musical prejudices.

The result is a dense writing, inspired by different musical perspectives such as rock, classical, world, and jazz, which constitutes the trio's musical background. Altogether, it reflects a postmodern attitude that manifests itself in expressionist chiaroscuro, narrative melodies, odd times and warm sounds.

In 2012 the Bija composed the soundtrack for the short film "The Distracted Guardian" by director Marcello Ciullo. They took part in both festivals and contests such as the Jimmy Wood Award 2012 in La Spezia (finalist), the B-Live contest 2012 (Critics Award), the Soundslices contest 2012 (first place), the Otranto Jazz Festival in 2012 and the JazzUp 2012 of Greg Burk, which got them the prize of "Band revelation of the year".

In Autumn 2014 the album "Bija" was published (SLAM production). In April 2017 they won the 1st prize at the "Multiculturita Black Music Contest". In November 2017 they won the "Audience Prize" at the Sibiu Jazz Festival (RO).

In January 2020 Bija were artists in residence at CREO (partners: Machiavelli Music Publishing, A. Artemista, SIAE, MiBACT). Three compositions from the residency are on the compilation CREO Music Portraits.

In October 2022 they released their second album, "Bubusettete", a music painting in eight tracks, with a cover painted by Leandro Caroli.