Joao Orecchia, having a last name that derives from the Italian root ear, approaches his music from the experimental principles of ‘happy accidents’ with pre-composed samples and melodies. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Orecchia uses a collection of looping devices and effect pedals to create sounds with a variety of acoustic and electronic instruments including guitar, banjo, voice, bass, melodica, toy instruments, theremin and more, he combines layer upon layer of sound, constantly reprocessing and chopping up the sounds he records in real time, building dense soundscapes, while pulling it all together into an abstract song structure.

Prior to Johannesburg, João spent several years in Berlin, Germany, where he composed music for theatre, film and dance performance. João’s music has been released on several albums and compilations in Germany and New Zealand. His newest album, Hands and Feet was released by Other Electricities in 2009 and features contributions from members of BLK JKS (Secretly Canadian),Serengeti (Anticon, Audio 8),Spoek Mathambo of Sweat.X and Playdoe,Carlo Mombelli, and artist Mario Marchisella.