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Eloi Pascual - drums & compositions

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NL version:

Chaerin Im - piano

Fabien Vuattoux - guitar

Matteo Mazzù - electric bass

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ES version:

Sunil López - piano

Dani Font - Dani Font

Yudit Almeida - double bass​

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The project was founded by drummer and composer Eloi Pascual as a trio under the name of Amarea in 2021, during his senior year at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. Chaerin, Matteo and Eloi had been collaborating in various projects since moving to Amsterdam in 2017, building a deep sense of affinity and trust.

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During the pandemic, they began meeting regularly to explore Eloi’s compositions, which were later premiered at his final recital. The goal of these compositions, characterized by carefully crafted melodies and delicate musical landscapes, was to create frameworks that were both strong and open, allowing each musician the freedom to develop their individual voice and interplay skills within the realm of the song.

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He received full grants by Amarte and New Amsterdam Jazz which allow them to release their debut album in 2024 on ZenneZ/Berthold records. For the Spanish album release tour Eloi formed a quartet in his hometown featuring Dani Font and Sunil López, with whom he grew up playing before moving to the Netherlands, and double bassist Yudit Almeida who had recently established in the Galician scene.

 

The music with this band was a success so when he came back to the Netherlands he decided to start writing for quartet and invite Fabien Vuattoux to join the trio. Eloi had been playing in Fabien's project CaptainHum and developing a very strong musical affinity, so he thought he was the perfect match, changing the direction of his music into a more electric, rawer, less impressionistic sound.

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On August 2025 they released their debut in quartet Movement in the Distance on ZenneZ Records.