bio
The multi-instrumentalist duo Erry & Kenzo was formed in 2019, after a "casual" meeting at a jam-party at Monte Verità in Ascona. The two immediately find an excellent musical feeling, improvisation remains the milestone on which Enrico Varriano aka Erry and Lorenzo Nessi aka Kenzo create, arrange and play the
their songs. The affinities and broad views between tastes and musical genres mean that the Duo embraces different "schools" of styles and this gives them an expressive freedom that is difficult to label. Influences rock, funk, reggae, Psychedelic, rap, classical and electronic lead the band to have fun and entertain without boundaries.
The sound is made characteristic by Kenzo's Handpan, a curious instrument invented in CH in 2001, which adds a touch of psychedelia to the catchyriffs and captivating melodies created by Erry's loopstation, the two voices are distinguished by tone, metrics and melodies, sometimes ethereal, sometimes straight in your face,
all colored with interventions of percussion and trumpets blasts. Erry comes from a decade of Italian stages, touring with various Hardrock & Funk bands as a singer and guitarist, before setting base in Switzerland, Kenzo spent several years in the streets and squares of Europe as a Street Artist, before returning to Locarno, his hometown. The duo has done countless dates on the national territory and beyond, Montreux Jazz Festival, JazzAscona, LaRotonda del Festival, Teatro Paravento, clubs, private parties, weddings, alpine peaks, rivers:
where emotions and sparks are created, they are there.