Rico Diessner was born in Dresden, East Germany.His early musical education started with piano lessons, but soon he was writing his own songs and at the age of fifteen joined a school band as a pianist. Motivated by the other musicians, he learned to play several kinds of instruments, and soon discovered that making music is more than just technical skill. The fall of the Berlin wall prompted him to explore the world, as a street musician, traveling across Asia, the Americas and Europe. After ten years of traveling and adventure he returned to Berlin and completed an apprenticeship as a multi-media producer.
In 2003 Rico introduced his most recent project, 'Ricoloop one.man.jam’, which uses his talents as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and improviser to create unique musical compositions on his own. Rico creates musical compositions using many different instruments and objects, along with his voice (singing and mouth percussion, or beat-boxing). He plays and records a segment of music, which then repeats continuously. He can then play another segment of music and layer it on top of the previous one. With each layer the composition becomes more complex. This is a new technique of live-producing, teaching the audience how music is compiled and arranged, and exploring how rhythms and melodies interact.
