Andrea Massaria is an Italian guitar player and composer based in Trieste, Italia. He works in the field of improvised music, drawing from a wide range of influences. He spans from free jazz to textural soundwork to noise to contemporary classical music. He teaches at the Conservatorio of Venezia and Adria.
Giancarlo Schiaffini is an Italian jazz trombonist and tubist most associated with avant-garde music, free improvisation and free jazz. A member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, Schiaffini has worked with such artists as Mario Schiano, Lol Coxhill, Andrea Centazzo and also Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. Also, he has collaborated with the Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza.