Ambient Arts Agency
Ambient Arts Agency is headed up by Peter Davis and Dan Biro. Short biographies for both Peter and Dan are included below.
As a growing company Ambient Art's ethos is taken very much from a fine art, left-field premise where from its unique standpoint it's able to view briefs from a different, individualistic perspective.
Ambient Art's remit includes Creative Consultancy in its broadest sense, Graphic/Visual Design, Brand Design, Brand Awareness, and Performance Consultancy ably supported by the audio and visual skills of its sister company Hole In The Wall Productions. They also draw from the wealth of experience gained working on advertising campaigns such as the Perrier Alphabet campaign with Terence Donovan, as well as campaigns for Halifax, Faberge, Sprite, and Audi together with composing for many idents, documentaries and TV series including the BAFTA, RTS, award winning (and now cult) "Press Gang".
Ambient Arts has always maintained a strong link with design, architecture and painting. Indeed a number of architectural practices are now working closely with filmmakers and artists to fulfil certain briefs as they become ever more demanding and specific. Plus such a liaison often provides a better creative solution all-round.
Previously Ambient Arts have been involved as creative consultants on the re-branding of architects, careyjones and the re-imaging of their website. The film commissioned to celebrate the company's 20th birthday appeared on the BDonline website and subsequently across Europe which in turn led to further commissions including Building Design for a short series of films.
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 'La 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.
