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Tohpati Ario Hutomo (born 21 July 1971 in Jakarta, Indonesia) is an Indonesian jazz guitarist and songwriter. He is known as one of the most famous jazz guitarists in Indonesia. He has collaborated with many Indonesian musicians such as Glenn Fredly, Indro, Arie Ayunir and Shakila. Many of his works have traditional cultural elements as he always tries to combine both modern and traditional Indonesian music on his albums. The influence came from many different international jazz guitarists, but the most significant influence came from Pat Metheny. Since his early age, Tohpati has already interested to be come a musician...

One of the most prolific guitarist in Indonesian Jazz. Has been releasing numerous albums, the last one called Tohpati Ethnomissions, blending several ethnic instruments and compositions, making Bontot, his nick name, one of important figures in music in Indonesia. His collaboration with Riza Arshad and other members called SimakDialog (listen carefully to dialogue -red) has been capturing impression from all over the world, especially their last 2 albums that has been released in USA under MoonJune Records. .

OCTOHPERA is a Brazilian group that has a long history despite releasing their first album only some ten years after the group was founded. The band was born from the idea of Pablo Marques and Paulo Elizardo. The group consists of Pablo Marques (electric & acoustic guitars, vocals, violin), Robson Bertolossi (lead vocals), Paulo Elizardo (keyboards, vocals), Julian Quilodran (bass, flute) and Marcio Baltar (drums). Their music is symphonic progressive in the seventies tradition. The debut album "Bons Amigos" ("Three Friends") was released in 2002. As it can be figured from the album title alone, GENTLE GIANT has heavily influenced...