Paradicso is composed of five musicians of differents origins, and a dog. Here they are in no particuliar order:
Fabrice Désiré
Born
and raised in the Beautiful and tropical Island of Réunion, he was
taught his first four chords on the guitar by his father, and quickly
after, founded his first band, a rather acoustic rock combo spiced with
indian scales.
He later discovered that there had been a lot of nice music before the 70's and taught himself a bit of jazz. Coincidally, he started playing the mandolin, having by mistake ordered one online.
Christian Edbauer
Born
in Bavaria, he learned the guitar the hard way, with a teacher who told
him to practice until his fingers would bleed. That would explain why
he has chosen to play exclusively nylon strings and with time
developped a delicate fingerpicking style.
Sometimes, unexpectedly, he would sit down and start drumming on his stool. To accomodate this rather curious idiosyncracy, the band tends to play, during those manic episodes, more rythmical pieces.
Carina Auzinger
Born
in Upper Austria, on the other side of the mount Hausruck, she was
sucked in by the local musical tradition. she learned the clarinet,
when it was the piano she wanted to play. She marched with the
village's fanfare, when she would have swayed on the bossa nova.
She eventually managed to reconcile both her heritage and aspirations.
Maria Pepelnik
Born
in Vorarlberg, she studied the classical violin from a very young age,
played in the city's orchestra, participated in chamber music
ensembles.
Parallel to her orthodox fiddling, she played electric violin in a pop-rock band. eventually, she found the middle way in Paradicso.
Agnes Kilyenfalvi
Born in Budapest in a very musical family, she
learned to play an instrument at a very young age. She began with the
violin, sigil of her family; later, she enjoyed the piano for a while.
But she eventually settled for the upright bass.
Hers is a half of a quarter bass, but still a decent bass. Don't ever call it a cello. unless you don't mind having to pick up your teeth with broken fingers.