Hole in the Wall Productions

Hole In The Wall Productions is headed up by Peter Davis and Dan Biro and is fairly unique in that it houses both a film production and record company. Short biographies for both Peter and Dan are included below.

Music

As composers HITW know that the 'vibe' 'feel' and 'groove' of a piece is everything (whatever the genre) which can also demand different approaches, especially as regards soundtracks for films. In that area they offer a particularly broad range of strengths from their respective musical backgrounds, interests and influences.

In addition to their film soundtrack work they are currently working on the next Mysteries Of The Revolution album and currently under release is the latest Red Orchidstra album, "Get Carter" on HITW's label Blue Serene Focus.

Film

HITW very much engender a European approach to filmmaking, not afraid of being dense, layered, obtuse, painterly, offbeat, surreal, sensual, explicit, and dark to create an individually identifiable 'Hole In The Wall' product.

This is achieved through HITW's ability to 'hothouse' most of the major itinerant parts of putting a film together from devising, writing, producing, directing, editing and scoring their own work. An invaluable combination borne out of innate ability, hard graft and experience.

Together with a variety of award winning short films such as 'Poolside', '4014' and 'The Incandescence Of One Man's Journey To Become A Solid Object' their supporting film for "Get Carter" is due for imminent DVD release.

Hole In The Wall's business developed from a fine arts base and indeed Peter Davis remains a practising painter. As a result of strong links with the broader arts including design, architecture and painting HITW were commissioned to make a film to celebrate the 20th birthday of architects careyjones. The inclusion of this film on the Building Design Website led to a further commission for a series of short films O2:2:CO2 exploring the relationship between architecture, The Thames and the surrounding environment and can still be found on the Building Design website.

More recently as a result of collaboration with think architecture+design HITW has directed and produced the highly experimental 'In Light' a film exploring music, dance and imagery.

Peter Davis

As a choral scholar Peter trained classically in the flute and piano, thence taking up drums/percussion and subsequently vibes. Whilst at art school studying Fine Art, MA Painting (and film) he founded the innovative 'jazz crossover' outfit 'Sister Sun', which toured and recorded throughout Europe. From being on the road he ventured into commercial soundtracks and TV commercials work which included, amongst many others, Perrier (Alphabet campaign with Terence Donovan - Gold Lion Cannes) Halifax, Faberge (for which he also devised, wrote and produced the Brut re-launch campaign) Sprite, and Audi. Also to his credit are numerous TV idents and arrangements including Channel Four, Anglia, Meridian and Carlton and scoring for TV series and documentaries which again amongst others have also included the 'The Third World War' (C4) 'The Lodge' (YTV) 'Wavelength' (YTV) 'Privates' (YTV) and the BAFTA, RTS, award winning 'Press Gang' (Central TV). He has also contributed to LWT's 'South Bank Show' on 'Benjamin Britten', 'Miles Davis' and 'Weather Report' and wrote and produced 'The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong' featuring Kingsley Amis and as director/playwright his first stage play "Through The Grapevine" (the life of Marvin Gaye) received its world premiere at The Shaw Theatre.

One of the UK's leading soundtrack composers and multi- instrumentalists Peter founded The Red Orchidstra whose version of the Roy Budd theme from the seminal '71 Brit gangster movie "Get Carter" is regarded as a groove classic and was the most requested record - ever - on jazzfm. His solo work includes amongst a body of work 'Symphony Of The Spirits' and 'Etudes Paolina' and his beatvoxflute tour-de-force 'Big Budd'ah'. His most recent outfit 'Mysteries Of The Revolution' (drawn from elements of The Red Orchidstra) released its eponymous debut album on HITW's label 'Blue Serene Focus'. As filmmakers Hole In The Wall Productions have featured regularly at international festivals including Cannes where in 2010 HITW's short 'Poolside' was selected for the CFBC's 'La Nouvelle Haine' category from which he is currently developing a feature, writing the screenplay and working on a new stage play.

His passion for visual design in all its forms is (enhanced by his being a practicing painter) is well served with Ambient Arts.

Dan Biro

Of Hungarian/Croation descent, London based Dan spent his first years in Rome and grew up in France where he studied keyboards at the Conservatoire de Monaco (under the direction of Roger Grosjean) and the University Of Nice. This resulted in an early use of electronic instruments and an interest in multi-disciplinary performance, which is reflected in all his work. In the 1980's and 90's Dan formed pop-rock bands such as the electro outfit 'IC' and 'L'Orange' with French vocalist and songwriter Veronique Joly. He also toured worldwide as a keyboard player and in the mid 90's founded the Sargasso label. Promoting contemporary experimental music in all its forms he organises regular live Sargasso:C events at London's arts centre Kings Place. He also plays, records and produces with long time artistic collaborator multi-instrumentalist Peter BB Davis whose outfit The Red Orchidstra produced a 'groove classic' (Blues & Soul) with their version of the theme from Mike Hodges' seminall '71 gangster movie "Get Carter".

Together they run the Ambient Arts Agency whose sister company Hole In The Wall Productions has made a series of award-winning short films exhibiting at international festivals including Cannes, where in 2010 their short 'Poolside' was chosen by the CFBC's 'a Nouvelle Haine' category. They also run the Blue Serene Focus label whose eponymous debut album release 'Mysteries Of The Revolution' was described as 'ferocious and intoxicating music.' Throughout the years, he has collaborated with many filmmakers, especially with cult French documentary director Olivier Sarrazin, for whom he has written a number of scores. He has also been very much involved with contemporary dance, notably with choreographer Jane Turner with whom he has developed new real-time interactive dancers/musicians technologies based on Emergence Theory, where simple patterns generate complex results. As well as his on-going experimentation as an improviser, he has been working as a sound-designer for installations and inter-disciplinary events.

Dan is also currently president of the CAMAC Art Centre in Paris.