BOC

BOC is a group from Dresden, Germany. The name is also used by other acts, including a Mallorcan folk and folk rock band, a Chinese pop musician, and an electronic music artist, but the group here is the folk ensemble associated with Mallorca.

Style and background

BOC forms around folk music and related styles, with celtic, rock, contemporary classical, Chinese and prog-metal elements noted in its description. The group states that it begins in Mallorca in early 2009 with the aim of reinventing traditional root music.

Members and instrumentation

The line-up includes Joan Frontera, who composes and plays piano, accordion, flabiol and tambourine; Biel Frontera, on clarinet, whistle, guitarró, flabiol and tambourine; Pedro Frontera, on xeremies, transverse flute and traditional percussion; Rafel Barceló, on bass; Xisco Amengual, on violin; Lluís Oreja, on drums and percussion; Lluís Vivern, on acoustic guitar; and Tomeu Marroig, on electric guitar and llaüt.

Releases

The group is associated with the releases uEP! and Les mil i una.