Italian-born / UK-based percussionist, composer, producer, educator and sound-explorer Maurizio Ravalico is a multifaceted character whose broad span of specialisations and compulsive drive for styles cross-pollination is manifest in genre-defying acts like the trio Fiium Shaarrk, Tamar Osborn’s Collocutor, Phil Dawson’s Xtet and his varied solo projects, as well as a long list of collaborations in fields as diverse as afrobeat, pop, contemporary composition, jazz, improvised music, salsa, electronic experimental music, theatre and contemporary dance.

Over the years he has worked, among others, with Jamiroquai, Dele Sosimi, Paul McCartney, Paul Young, Oren Marshall, JTQ, Steve Beresford, Pat Thomas, John Edwards, Kaidi Tatham, Fred Thomas, Eska Mtungwazi, Orphy Robinson, Rotary Connection 222 and the Phaedra Ensemble.