Woodpecker Project

“Woodpecker project” is an experimental electro-acoustic music group, founded back in 2006 in Riga, Latvia. “WP” is stepping beyond any stylistic or aesthetic boundaries - it unites the technological and philosophical foundations of contemporary academic music, the dynamic power of heavy metal, the improvisational nature of modern jazz, the aggression and primitive brutality of noise music and dreamy nature of ambient sonic fields. The soundscapes created by the “WP” are spontaneous improvisations, about which only little is known in advance. Since 2019, the “Woodpecker project” consists of Andris Dzenītis (modular and analog synthesizers, electronics, guitars, samplers), Ritvars Garoza (synthesizers), Arvydas Kazlauskas (saxophones, electronics), Gatis Zaķis (synthesizers, guitars, electronics). The musicians of the group have various musical interests, which are based on their professional activities in the fields of jazz (Garoza), pop music (Zaķis) and classical music (Kazlauskas, Dzenītis). In various previous lineups, “Woodpecker Project” has performed at the festivals “Sound forest” (2006, 2014, 2020), “Arena” (2006, 2008), “Druskomania” (2007, 2008 Lithuania), “Skan” (2007), “White nights” (2009, 2019), “Gogolfest” (2009, Ukraine). ) “Tallinn music week” (2012), “Erica Synths Garage” (2019). Separate cross-genre compositions, under the name “Woodpecker Oo” are solo projects of Andris Dzenītis.