members of Cushion Caroms:

Guitarist Takeshi Nishimoto embraces and expresses music from the European, Northern Indian, and American jazz classical traditions. He has performed extensively as a solo artist, as well as in collaborations with musicians that range from the late sitar master Rahul Sakyaputra to electronic composer John Tejada. Born in Fukuoka / Japan, Takeshi came to the US to study guitar at the University of Southern California and gained a firm foundation in the classical tradition from some of the world's premiere guitar players. In addition to European classical music, Nishimoto explored jazz with Joe Diorio, David Oaks and Phil Upchurch. In 2004, Nishimoto started playing the northern Indian classical instrument "Sarod" under the guidance of Pt. Rajeev Taranath, and received personal instruction from the legendary Pepe Romero, playing in four of his master classes. What these teachers, as well his audiences, appreciate in Takeshi is his relentless pursuit of musical innovation. He is very open, and that openness extends to his playing.

Andrés G. Jankowski a.k.a. 1605munro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is radicated in Berlin where he works as a performing artist, sound-designer, internet- and multimedia-designer. In the late 80´s he founded the legendary group Santos Luminosos, together with Hernán Nuñez (The League of Crafty Guitarists). Two seminal works were released on Possible Records / Buenos Aires - 'Leuchtende Heilige' and 'Metalambiente'. In 1990 he started his own project 1605munro, with which he performs solo and with occasional guests such as Takeshi Nishimoto, Lenka Župková, Tetsuya Hori, Hernán Nuñez, Alan Courtis (Anla/Reynols), Alex Anthony (The Twang Marvels), galimany, Guillermo Ueno (video), Gary Hurst (video). In that period, he returned to Buenos Aires for several years, where he was as a permanent member of Bioma, one of the driving forces in the incipient argentinean electronic music of that decade. Since 2005 he is member of the Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music (PseME). In 2006, Andrés was asked to join the Laptoporchester Berlin, which developed to the current ensemble Cushion Caroms. 1605munro released on the labels Lona Records, Hong Kong / Sudamérica Electrónica, Bs As-Madrid.

Hendrik Kröz a.k.a. Miwon brings together ambient textures, glitches, pounding floor-fillers and anthemic melodies. His music is classically pleasing in a pop sense, but also distinctly innovative and new. First stations were the labels hal9000 and Kohvirecords from Estonia, since 2004 Miwon releases on City Centre Offices (Berlin/Manchester). His worldwide underground hit Brother Mole was remixed by John Tejada and featured on Andrew Weatherall's DJ set for Fabric / London.
Miwon's so-far released albums, 'Pale Glitter' and 'A To B', develop a personal version of abstract electronic pop, cherished by critics and worldwide listeners alike.