Urbuli Baba

Urbuli Baba. Drummer (b.1993, France). Free jazz, free improvisation (musique improvisée), experimental music, noise etc.

Sax+drums duos: UhO with Roland Devocelle & 3ZoCool with Michel Chevray (since 2011) ; punk-rock-free-jazz duo with Lukas Suzzi (guitar) ; long-distance trio with Cheryl Pyle & Max Ridgway ; Transatlantic Concept with Brian Kastan & guests (next tour: May 2026)

Upcoming tours & concerts (2026):

February: w/ Marie Takahashi (Jap) + Roland Devocelle + Audrey Rocher + Lukas Suzzi (US)

March: w/ Florian Nastorg + L. Suzzi  ;  w/ Michel Doneda + R. Devocelle + Jean Rougier + L. Suzzi + Patrice Soletti  ;  w/ Eric Arn (US)

April: w/ R. Devocelle + A. Rocher + Scott Walton (US)

May: w/ Brian Kastan (US) + Liam Szymonik + Antoine Viard + Michel Kristof + Mahakit Mahaniranon (Thai) + Toussaint Guerre + R. Devocelle + Michel Marre + L. Suzzi + Scott Walton

        w/ Eric Zinman (US)+ Vance Provey (US) + R. Devocelle

June : w/ Michel Doneda + Eric Normand (Can)

Involved in a number of projects and collabs (both offline and online) with lots of (mostly) French, German and American musicians: Roland Devocelle (sax, doublebass), Antoine Alma (muti-instrumentalist), Brian Kastan (guitar, bass), Audrey Rocher (trombone, vocals, performance), Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Max Ridgway (guitar, doublebass), Cheryl Pyle (flutes), Mat Maneri (violin), Dan Levin (cello), Denman Maroney (prepared piano), Jean-Luc Petit (sax, clarinet), Christopher Robin Cox (trombone), Lukas Suzzi (guitar), Jean Rougier (doublebass), Michel Marre (trumpet), Antonino Nolé (clarinet), Adam Nolan (sax), Mahakit Mahaniranon (piano, modular synth), Michel Kristof (guitar), Scott Walton (doublebass), Thierry Mariétan (doublebass), Stefano Fogher (doublebass, cello), Stefan Strasser (piano, guitar, electronics), Paul*Leonie Hermansen (electronics), Thomas Breuer (guitar), Bart Marris (trumpet), Diego Hedez (trumpet), Yassokiiba (modular synth), Patrick Geffroy Yorffeg (multi-instrumentalist), Alx Broken (modular synth), Maxime Dupuis (cello, electronics), Calogero Buttacavoli (guitar), Roger Hayes (guitar), Carole Rieussec (electro-acoustic performance), Lauren Rodz (electronics), Joy Hanoun-Ley (prepared instruments, vocals), Claude Parle (accordéon), François Mellan (sousaphone), Henri Peyrous (sax), Olivier Thémines (clarinet), Jean Tinnirello (sax), etc.

Founder of "IMPROVIS'ACCION", the first experimental music festival in Béziers (France), taking place on Oct 25th-26th (2025) at the Korrigan, Béziers. (See poster below)

Often travelling to India, Italy & Spain. Painter too, under my real name Baptiste Hébuterne-Mariotte.

Feel free to get in touch for any experimental music project you might have! Available for concerts & recordings throughout Europe.