Vieo Abiungo | id

A self-taught player of over 30 instruments and a film composer by nature, San Francisco based William Ryan Fritch approaches classical composition and traditional music forms not with scholarly intention, but rather with the curiosity and impulsiveness of childlike fascination. Vieo Abiungo is the moniker for his unique blend of rooted Afro-beat interlaced with traditional chamber music. Concentrating deeply on the emotional rawness and pulsing rhythmical drive that traditional African folk music is best known for, this project subtly incorporates more modern elements of classical, hip-hop, world, and indie rock composition. This unfiltered and organic pastiche of enumerable musical styles...