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YKBand, an international performing group formed by Yerko Lorca from Barcelona and Huang Kuan Yin from Taiwan .Their genre of music focuses on fantasy and new ancient music. Their productions,characterised by a combination of Mediterranean and Asian styles, are deep-rooted in ancient music, through important archaeological findings (some of which include fragments of music written over three thousand years ago). They combine instruments such as the Tartessian lyre (dating back to 10 B.C.); the Kora, which is the traditional West African harp; the ancestral harp from China (known as the Guzheng); the Tar, one of the oldest frame drums, and singing .This unusual, original mix makes their shows a unique expression.

Yerko Lorca
Composer / Musician / Singer Best Composer Winner in Global Music Award. From Barcelona, he grew up in an artistic family atmosphere nourished by Andean folklore. He has been trained in singing and the didgeridoo, the drums, Latin percussion and traditional West African percussion. At the end of 2008, he travelled to Bamako (Mali) to study the contemporary kora with the maestro Toumani Diabaté and the traditional kora with Mamadou Kouyaté, kora player for the Ensemble Instrumental du Mali.

In 2009, he went to Los Angeles to start out in the trade of Jaliyaa, storytelling accompanied by the kora, under the guidance of Jeliba Baba.

In 2012, he travelled to Greece to begin his self-taught training of the ancient Mediterranean lyre, purchasing a tortoiseshell-type lyre from ancient Greek times and compiling the most ancient melodies known to date, found at archaeological sites.

In 2014, he began the project to recreate the first lyre of the Iberian Peninsula along with Grupo de Recreación de la Música en la Iberia Antigua (GReMIA), becoming the first and only musician to use this instrument professionally and in chamber auditoriums with large orchestras.

To date, he has published three independently produced albums as a soloist and in collaboration with other artists. His albums include his own compositions and traditional songs from West Africa.

Kuan Yin Huang
Artist / Vocal / Composer From Taiwan, she studied piano and singing from an early age. She have the first contact of guzheng with her mother, and then with some of the most prestigious guzheng teachers and musicians in Taiwan.

Kuan Yin now plays a different guzheng to the ones commonly known, which was left to her by her mother and has 16 metal strings.

In 2012, she graduated in Broadcasting Division of Radio at one of the best universities in Taiwan.

In 2015, she travelled to Barcelona to study the kora with Yerko Lorca, who used traditional methods to teach her the basic concepts forming the basis of good technique in this instrument.She often accompanies many of the popular Sephardic and ancient compositions from the Mediterranean on the tar, which significantly enhances these songs with a very unique expression and colour.

Furthermore, since 2010 Kuan Yin has been training as a storyteller with the prestigious Alessio di Modica in Sicily, using the “contemporary clown” system to connect and empathise with the audience. This training, together with her great charisma, have made her one of the best storytellers in Taiwan.

《Árcaron－Under Twin Moons：The Rise of a Myth》

 * Golden Winner of 2019 The Global Music Awards & Album of the Year, Best Productor, Best Composer, Best Design.
 * Nominated in 2019 Golden Indie Music Awards  Best World Music Album
 * the song〈The Fall of Dragons〉Nominated in 2019 Golden Indie Music Awards  Best World Music Song.
 * Charted in TransGlobal World Music Chart.

Árcaron, the first music album ever to include the Tartessian lyre (an instrument that had vanished from the face of the Earth for centuries before being recently brought back to life), focuses on the West African 21 strings kora and ancient Mediterranean lyres, embellished with digital sound. It has opened up a new horizon unrestricted by the stereotypical limits of traditional instruments. The 15 songs, which inspired a mystery novel we have written (also entitled Árcaron), are arranged in an order that follows the plot, progressing from quiet tranquility to the magnificence of epic poetry. The book contains English, Spanish, and Chinese versions.

Árcaron is in fact a series of eight albums. The first, Árcaron – Under Twin Moons I - The Rise of a Myth, combines the aspects of myths of the ancient world, epic fantasy, and science fiction. In the story, the protagonist searches for the truth of the world via a book of mysterious sheet music. The storybook cover design is made to look like that of the book of sheet music, and the printed aqua pattern on the album cover comes from Árcaron folk tradition as presented in the story. There is also an image of an ouroboros based on a drawing done in the third or fourth century by Cleopatra the Alchemist. Its archaic look was achieved through a combination of foil stamping, four color-process printing, and varnishing before finally being embossed, and like books of old, it is perfect bound with an exposed spine. In addition, the page sides are smudged with red, echoing the bloodstains on the sheet music. The CD sits inside the front cover of the book, the notches holding it having been made to look like the full moon and crescent moon in the story, visually bringing you further into the world of Árcaron.

Recording / Mixing : Fernando Redondo, Spain

Mastering : Alex Psaroudakis ( USA ), nominated 3 times in Grammy

Video Game Soundtracks

 * 2018年 《Garena AOV》Sephera

Festivals
Note: Only some performances


 * 2019年 Migration Music Festival
 * 2019年 Palace Museum
 * 2019年 TECLandArts Festival
 * 2019年 Hear Here Music Festival
 * 2019年 Festival Internacional de Música Sacra de Bogotá
 * 2017,2018年 Shenzhen Fringe
 * 2017年 World Music Festival Taiwan
 * 2015,2017年 International RioHarpFestival
 * 2016年 Sons del Camí Manresa

Links

 * YKband Official Website
 * YKband Facebook
 * YKband Instagram
 * YKband Youtube
 * YKband SoundCloud

Media

 * 〈How ART You〉
 * 〈Brasil TV〉
 * Press