VALCATA
Artwork by Andy Pilkington
Vocals
ZUBEROA Aznárez
as Astra
Zuberoa is a singer, composer and flutist. She is the founder, songwriter and co-producer of the symphonic metal band Diabulus in Musica and also member of the world/celtic music trio Dryades. As a studio vocalist, she has collaborated on different projects in many music styles such as classical, early music, rock, folk, new age and soundtracks.
Other projects include:
Diabulus in Musica
Tragul
Dryades
ANGEL WOLF-BLACK
as Dr. Hypatia
Angel is a performing and recording artist (singer) from Greece, located in Southampton, UK. She is the singer of the international metal band Vivaldi Metal Project, and has collaborated on numerous projects throughout her career. She also runs the YouTube channel 'Angel Wolf-Black Covers' focused on metal cover videos, counting more than 100,000 views.
Other projects include:
Vivaldi Metal Project
Alexandra Zerner
Bare Infinity
josh munnell
as Rocket
Josh is an emerging vocalist, arranger and producer in the Los Angeles area who has been involved in a number of recordings as a vocalist on albums, TV/Film and commercial work. A few recent work highlights include singing and acting in an episode of The Kids Are Alright as well as a singer/actor in a GEICO commercial featuring a barbershop quartet and background vocals on Sunday Morning feat. Josie Dunn by Matoma.
Other projects include:
LinkedIn — Commercial (singer)
‘Sweet Little Jesus Boy’ — PBS SoCal's Christmas Celebration (solo)
KENNETH ÉLAN
as Maximum
Kenneth is the lead singer of the cover band Acoustic Dreams — a project focused on doing acoustic male covers of songs that are not necessarily acoustic or with male vocals, creating something different, original and magical.
Other projects include:
Acoustic Dreams
MARY ZIMMER
as President Fox
Mary is a vocalist from Wisconsin who now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a classically trained vocal teacher/coach, with over a decade of experience teaching worldwide.
An active singer, screamer, session musician and live musician, she currently fronts the science-based power metal band Helion Prime. Previously, she sang lead for the bands Luna Mortis and White Empress. She also runs the popular YouTube channel VoiceHacks.
Other projects include:
Helion Prime
ex-White Empress
ex-Luna Mortis
VoiceHacks
HADI KIANI
as Dr. Hessabi
Hadi is a vocalist, composer, keyboard player and sound engineer from Iran with more than 15 years of experience in professional concerts and projects. He is currently the frontman of the melodic progressive rock band Gereh.
Other projects include:
Gereh
The Frame
Farshid Arabi
liel bar-z
as Coral
Liel is a singer and songwriter from Tel Aviv, Israel who performs in both Hebrew and English. Aside from Valcata, she has experience in many genres such as soul, pop, rock, and country.
Other projects include:
Janissary: A Balkan Rock Opera
The Broken Cyborg: A Biopunk Fairytale
OHA CADE
as Surge
Oha Cade is the creator of Valcata. Originally from Cork, Ireland, he now resides in Brooklyn, New York, from where he curates the project. He is a self-taught pianist and composer.
MUSIC
ILIAS GOGAKIS
Production, Mixing and Mastering
Ilias is an award-winning mixing and mastering engineer originally from Athens, Greece and currently based in High Wycombe, UK. He has been mixing music for over 10 years, and was awarded Best Production of 2017 by Focusrite. In addition, he has been officially endorsed by Presonus, Slate Digital and Kii Audio Professional. He is the founder of the studio Vowlume Productions.
BABIS NIKOU
Bass
Babis is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from Athens who is the leading creative force behind the project Angel's Arcana. Previously, he toured and recorded with Visions of Atlantis and Jaded Star.
Pablo Hopenhayn
Strings
Los Angeles-based session player/producer Pablo Hopenhayn has worked with Disney, Pixar, Dancing with the Stars, EastWest Hollywood Strings, television producers and film composers in LA, Europe, Asia and Latin America. He has collaborated with multiple Grammy Award winning producer Rafa Arcaute, as well as being hired by Vitamin Records to produce for and be musical director of the Los Angeles based Vitamin String Quartet.
STEELIANOS AMIRIDES
Guitars
Steelianos is a well-respected electric guitar player from Athens, Greece. He's one of the founding members and main composer for the symphonic metal band Enemy Of Reality. He has performed on several studio works, as well as performed live and toured on many stages throughout Europe, among bands such as Annihilator, Rage, Therion, Epica, Anathema, Saturnus, Tarja, SepticFlesh, Uli John Roth, Gus G, Michael Angelo Batio, Αrch Enemy, Lacuna Coil, Skyclad and more. He has been teaching guitar full-time, worldwide, for more than a decade, frequently hosting guitar clinics and masterclasses in Greece, while also uploading guitar-related covers and tutorials in between.
JONAS SCHÜTZ
Drums
Jonas is a professional drummer from Germany. He plays drums for the metal bands Eraserhead (Death Metal), Diësis (Metalcore) and Sapiency (Mel. Death). As well as playing live drums, he works on writing drum parts and programming them digitally for various projects.