Zyklus was formed by John L. Walters and Neil Ardley in 1988 with the aim of exploring the boundaries of composition and improvisation. It is a live electronic jazz orchestra producing both composed and semi-improvised music to inspire an improvising soloist. The Zyklus Midi Performance System - an amazing machine that enables a performer to control up to four synthesizers or samplers simultaneously - makes this possible, and the group is named after it. Walters, Ardley and Warren Greveson handle three MPS machines, and Ian Carr is the improvising soloist.
from www.neilardley.com
