Usuário(a):Fabio Ribeiro - Keyboardist/Testes

Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil , on September 18, 1969, Fabio Ribeiro showed musical interest from a very early age. Pushed by his parents, both musicians, he began taking classical piano lessons in 1975, and graduated in 1986.

In the early eighties, motivated to play along with other musicians, Fabio Ribeiro joined his first band, the instrumental progressive quartet Annubis. Ironically, the instrument the keyboardist joined that band with was not his set of black and whites, but the electric guitar. In 1985, Fabio started playing electronic keyboards, as well as piano and guitar. In that same year, he began his studies on electronic music, synthesizer programming and music technology.

In early 1986, he quit his first group and founded with other musicians the fusion-prog oriented band Desequilibrios, with which he continued to play until the early nineties and recorded an album by the same name. During that same period, he got involved with many music projects, recording and playing live with bands like A Chave do Sol, Overdose, Clavion, III Milenio, and Anjos da Noite. Soon after, he also started teaching music technology.

His first solo project, the album Blezqi Zatsaz - Rise And Fall Of Passional Sanity, was released in 1991.

In 1993, the keyboardist joined the first line up of the heavy metal band Angra, featuring on the very first concert of the group. At the same time, he began working as consultant, product specialist, and programmer for music companies like Korg and subsequently Kawai, Gulbransen, Music Systems Research and PianoDisc. For many years, he wrote articles on music and technology for specialized magazines.

Between 1997 and 1999, the keyboardist also took part in many concerts and albums of the psychedelic-progressive group Violeta de Outono.

Fabio Ribeiro returned to play with Angra in 1999, for the Fireworks Tour. The band toured Brazil, Latin America, Europe, etc.

In 2000, the french label Musea reissued the album Blezqi Zatsaz - Rise and Fall Of Passional Sanity with bonus material. Other early albums featuring the keyboardist were re-released during that period as well.

In 2001, he took part in Shaman, a heavy metal group formed by ex members of Angra after the band’s first break up in 1999. Fabio took part as guest keyboardist on the band’s debut tour, in Brazil and worldwide, and on the recording of the first album - Ritual. The album was released in 16 countries and featured in top ten lists of specialized media all over the world. Between 2002 and 2004, the band toured many countries, for more than 200 concerts, culminating with an audience recordist concert at the Credicard Hall in Sao Paulo for the recording of the CD/DVD Shaman - RituAlive, released by Universal Music.

In 2002, the keyboardist released his second solo album, Blezqi Zatsaz - The Tide Turns. The album was released in Brazil, USA, and Europe. Also in 2002, The Brainless Brothers production and recording studio went into business. Many projects were developed in the studio since then, like Shaman, Henceforth, Violeta de Outono, Headgear, Fuga, and most recently Andre Matos, Remove Silence, and Motorguts.

In 2005, Fabio recorded with Shaman its second studio album - Reason, and subsequently took part on the world tour, which lasted until May 2006.

From 2006 to 2010, Fabio Ribeiro was the keyboardist with the Andre Matos band, along with Shaman ex members Andre Matos, Hugo Mariutti and Luis Mariutti, plus guitarist Andre ‘Zaza’ Hernandes and drummer Eloy Casagrande. The band’s first album - Time To Be Free, produced by Roy Z and Sascha Paeth, was released in Brazil, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, and Russia. The tour covered these territories. The second album - Mentalize - was released in 2009, in Japan, Europe and Brazil.

Today, Fabio is working in the music technology business, as consultant and product specialist. For more than a decade, he has been responsible for the brazilian versions of operation manuals for musical instruments and electronic devices of many companies like Clavia, Korg, Kawai, Mackie, Marshall, Allen & Heath, Line6, Zoom, Digitech, Nady, etc. As a columnist for specialized magazines and websites, he writes articles on music software, musical instruments, and related material. Through The Brainless Brothers Studio, he offers full service in music production. Periodically, he also manages to organize classes and workshops on music technology and synthesizer programming.

In 2007, Fabio formed a new band - REMOVE SILENCE - with bass player/singer Ale Souza (Blezqi Zatsaz), guitar player/singer Hugo Mariutti (Shaman, Andre Matos), and drummer/singer Edu Cominato (Jeff Scott Soto). The debut album - FADE - was released in Brazil (Dynamo Records), USA, Canada, and Mexico (Metaledge Records), accompanied by a single/videclip ("Fade") and the short-movie "Bats In The Belfry".

In 2010, REMOVE SILENCE was pre indicated to the GRAMMYS in USA. Categories - “BEST ROCK ALBUM” with “FADE”, and “BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE” with the song “Pressure”.

In 2012, REMOVE SILENCE released its second album - STUPID HUMAN ATROCITY - and a videoclip - WORMSTATION.

New video documentaries are being released regularly to keep everybody informed on how things are going. These videos, as well as music material, can be found on the band’s main channels on the internet - Spotify, Facebook, Instagram, You Tube, SoundCloud, MySpace, Bandcamp,and ReverbNation. Other interesting videos available through these channels include the presentation of REMOVE SILENCE at the SHOWLIVRE Internet TV Show, where the band played live the whole contents of “FADE”.

Also in 2012, The debut album of MOTORGUTS - Seven - was released. Produced by Fabio Ribeiro and Ale Souza, with Luis Mariutti (Bass - Angra, Shaman, Andre Matos), Rafael Rosa (Drums - Andre Matos), Fabio Colombini and Marcelo Araujo.

In 2013, REMOVE SILENCE released an EP entitled "LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN", L.P.O.H., with seven more tracks, including remixes and new versions of songs from "STUPID HUMAN ATROCITY" , S.H.A., as well as totally new material. Also, a series of videos was released on YouTube, featuring the band playing songs from the album S.H.A. in the rehearsal studio.

In 2015, REMOVE SILENCE released another EP called "IRREVERSIBLE", with six new tracks and a new line up - Fabio Ribeiro (Keyboards, Synthesizers), Ale Souza (Bass/Vocals/Synthesizers), Danilo Carpigiani (Guitars/Vocals) and Leo Baeta (Drums).