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Gino Robair
perc, dr, US
Musician / Composer of Jazz
Gino Robair is a percussionist, music journalist, and published composer living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Gino frequently tours North America and Europe as a soloist and often improvises in ad-hoc groups. He has performed and/or recorded with Anthony Braxton, Tom Waits, John Butcher, LaDonna Smith, Otomo Yoshihide, Eugene Chadbourne, John Zorn, Nina Hagen, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Myra Melford, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, The Club Foot Orchestra, and he is a founding member of the Splatter Trio. Gino has studied percussion with Ron George, AMM percussionist Eddie Prevost, William Kraft, and William Winant; studied composition with Barney Childs, Lou Harrison, David Rosenboom, and Larry Polansky; and has earned two masters degrees--Electronic Music and Composition--from Mills College, Oakland CA.
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Improvisation & Prelude on Duets 1987 by Anthony Braxton & Gino Robair EMBO on Other Destinations by Gino Robair Composition No. 86 on Duets 1987 by Anthony Braxton & Gino Robair Forty Seven K on Blips And Ifs by Gino Robair & Birgit Ulher Throw off the Last Veil on The Shrilling of Frogs by Tanja Feichtmair, Damon Smith & Gino Robair A Fascinating Instability on Singular Pleasures by Gino Robair Ballad for the Children (in Three Parts) on Duets 1987 by Anthony Braxton & Gino Robair Counting Song on Duets 1987 by Anthony Braxton & Gino Robair One on Crepuscular Music by Tom Nunn, Gino Robair & Miya Masaoka View Twelve on Illuminations by Miya Masaoka, Gino Robair & Peter KowaldTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brool | Gino Robair, Davide Merlino, Alberto Ricca | 2019 | Single |
| Trio Music Minus One (For Pauline Oliveros) | Thollem McDonas / Gino Robair | 2018 | Album |
| Luftschifffeiertagserinnerungfotoalbum | Grosse Abfahrt – Frank Gratkowski, Kjell Nordeson, Lisa Mezzacappa, Phillip Greenlief, John Bischoff, Tom Djll, Gino Robair, Tim Perkis, Matt Ingalls, John Shiurba | 2016 | Album |
| Bottle Breaking Heart Leap | John Butcher & Gino Robair | 2015 | Album |
| Trio Music Minus One (For Dennis Palmer) | Thollem McDonas / Gino Robair | 2014 | Album |
| Interactions Quartet | Andrew Raffo Dewar / Kyle Bruckmann / Gino Robair / John Shiurba | 2014 | Album |
| Rub | Auris + Gino Robair | 2013 | Album |
| Solo Drums With Ebow | Gino Robair | 2013 | Album |
| Apophenia | John Butcher / Gino Robair | 2011 | Album |
| Scrutables | Derek Bailey / John Butcher / Gino Robair | 2011 | Album |
| PopeWAFFEN | Ezramo / Gino Robair / David Fenech / Wendelin Büchler feat. Argo Ulva | 2010 | Album |
| Our Faceless Empire | Ernesto Diaz-Infante / Manuel Mota / Gino Robair / Ernesto Rodrigues | 2010 | Album |
| Pögiff | Birgit Ulher, Tim Perkis, Gino Robair | 2009 | Album |
| Postage Paid Duets Vol. 2 | David Sait w/ Glen Hall w/ Gino Robair w/ LaDonna Smith | 2009 | Album |
| I, Norton: An Opera In Real Time | Gino Robair | 2009 | Album |
| Blips And Ifs | Gino Robair / Birgit Ulher | 2009 | Album |
| Dot Feed/Norwich Fragments | Jon Mueller, Gino Robair | 2008 | Album |
| New Langton Arts 2000 | John Butcher, Gino Robair, Matthew Sperry | 2008 | Album |
| Tuva Space 2001 | Lesli Dalaba, Fred Frith, Gino Robair, Matthew Sperry | 2007 | Album |
| Supermodel Supermodel | Gail Brand, Tim Perkis, Gino Robair, John Shiurba, Matthew Sperry | 2006 | Album |
| Lindsay / Looney / Robair - Yellowcake | Jacob Lindsay / Scott R. Looney / Gino Robair | 2006 | Album |
| Sputter | Birgit Ulher, Gino Robair | 2005 | Album |
| Klang. Farbe. Melodie. | Biggi Vinkeloe / George Cremaschi / Miya Masaoka / Gino Robair | 2004 | Album |
| New Oakland Burr | John Butcher & Gino Robair | 2004 | Album |
| Illuminations (Several Views) | Peter Kowald / Miya Masaoka / Gino Robair | 2003 | Album |
| A Night In Palermo | Gianni Gebbia, Lelio Giannetto, Tom Nunn, Miriam Palma, Garth Powell, Gino Robair, Damon Smith | 2002 | Album |
| Guerrilla Mosaics | John Butcher / Miya Masaoka / Gino Robair | 2002 | Album |
| Liverpool ( Bluecoat) Concert | John Butcher & Gino Robair | 2000 | Album |
| Firehouse Futurities | Steve Norton, Tom Plsek, Gino Robair | 1999 | Album |
| Plates, Blocks, Cups & Hair | Gino Robair | 1999 | Album |
| New Dimensions In Styrofoam | Gino Robair | 1999 | Single |
| Spotted Dick | John Shiurba / Gino Robair / Scott Rosenberg / Morgan Guberman | 1999 | Album |
| Bubble & Squeak | John Shiurba, Scott Rosenberg, Gino Robair | 1998 | Album |
| Singular Pleasures: Percussion Music For Listening And Sampling | Gino Robair | 1998 | Album |
| May 15th | Giuseppe Ielasi / Renato Rinaldi / Domenico Sciajno / Gino Robair | 1998 | Album |
| Buddy Systems - Selected Duos And Trios | Gino Robair | 1998 | Album |
| 12 Milagritos | John Butcher / Gino Robair / Matthew Sperry | 1998 | Album |
| Theremin vs E-Bow-Snare | Gino Robair | 1997 | Single |
| Unity In Multiplicity | Oluyemi Thomas / Gino Robair | 1996 | Album |
| Purple Wind | Philip Gelb, Gino Robair, Miya Masaoka, Dana Reason, Shaking Ray Levis | 1996 | Album |
| Crepuscular Music | Miya Masaoka, Tom Nunn, Gino Robair | 1995 | Album |
| Other Destinations | Gino Robair | 1989 | Album |
| Duets 1987 | Gino Robair / Anthony Braxton | 1987 | Album |
| She Left Me For A She | Gino Robair | 1987 | Single |
| Birth's Wet Aroma In Fake Fog (Tuva) | Gino Robair, Kaffe Matthews | Album |
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