Biography
iUteurki is Modern landscapes on electric guitar, soulful rhythms and rocking post punk energy.
Engaging lyrics in the American tradition.
Gregg Weiss
Vocal – Guitar
“Plusieurs Vies, Plusieurs Projets, Plusieurs Envies, Plusieurs Aventures”
Gregg began his professional music life in NYC in the 90’s.
Interdisciplinary from the start, and well placed given the culture that grows out of that town. He’s toured extensively in the USA and Europe DIY, playing primarily for audiences that seek out original songwriter music that blends the traditional with the modern.
Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, Side Player and Producer with an ever evolving output of material, distinctly cross genre in nature.
Projets Personnels
With Dango Rose, Jason Dilg and Evan Reeves
Comme Producteur Artistique
Youna: Comme si j’y croyais
The Dad Horse Experience: I Am A Stranger Here Below
Eating Meatballs On A Bloodstained Mattress In A Huggy Bear Motel
Kenneth Minor: Living Room Sessions
Bleu Charrette: On With The Show
Thibaud in music
Thibaud Pfender
Drums – Keyboard – Vocal
Multi-Instrumentalist and Composer with a range of musical interests not limited by genre.
Since his beginnings participating with diverse projects (L’Orchestre de Musiquenvie, Chorale du college Ducos du Huron et du lycée Palissy, Steel Drum Orchestra, plus numerous Pop groupes similarly diverse in styles (Rock / Blues / Pop / Moroccan Reggae/ Country / Bluegrass…).
He is also a Luthier and has built his own guitars and basses. One of his guitars, a Red Semi-Hollow Telecaster is used on iUTEURKi’s Two Sides Sessions recordings.
He’s played major festival stages and earned competitive titles for young groups in France ((le florida, le tarnetgarock, le grand pruneaux show etc…)
In 2009 Thibaud met Gregg and worked with him in the Gregg’s first French group “Gregg Weiss et Ses Amis”. In 2019 Thibaud was hired to be the second drummer and multi-instrumental position in Tildon Krautz for their last recording and touring project with Boris Williams (The Cure) on Drums.
When Tildon Krautz dissolved at the start of 2020, Thibaud and Gregg decided to continue together and iUTEURKi was formed.
Paul Gonet
Bass – Lap Steel – Vocal
Multi-Instrumentalist with an inexhaustive appetite for music in all it’s forms.
Starting in the 80’s on prestigious stages throughout France and in the studio with numerous projects, (Tucson LaNoche,(XIXA) Marc Minelli, Tom Walbanks, Jake LaBotz, Hot Gang, Arcahuetas …) Paul’s sound permeates the roots of the Rock/Punk movement of Bordeaux during this musical explosion.
In 1990 along with other members of this same community, he was instrumental in the creation of the Rock School Barbey. After more than 30 year this institution continues to be at the heart of Bordeaux youth musical culture. Paul was the first guitar teacher (a position he held for 10 years).
In 2010 he founded The Guitar Addict Music Experience (G.A.M.E.)
A lover of experimental music, he has also composed for theater and was a member of the group d-zAkord.
Co-founder of the group Wood Dog House with the songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist Julianne Joe. This vibrant group were pioneers in French influenced American Old Time Music at a time when the only other cultural references were the film “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” and Dueling Banjos from “Deliverance”.
It was thru this project that Gregg and Paul met, when Gregg came to Langoiran with his project Tildon Krautz in 2012.
This turned into a connection, which in 2021 came to bear fruit in the form of iUTEURKi.
Léa en musique
Sweet Potato Vine
Green Dolphin Jazz Band
Traffic Love
Skam
La Plagette
Earlybird
Léa Desplats
Voix principale – Piano – Choeurs
« There’s a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out »
Brought up in a globetrotting family and a musician since childhood, Léa Desplats began her musical journey in Norway, in a duo with Irish guitarist and singer Oisin Fitzgerald.
Over the years, and on her travels, she has constantly discovered new ways of conveying emotions through melody and words. She is constantly looking for new ways to write, play and transmit, and incorporates them into her artistic creation.
Back in Toulouse, she plays with numerous projects, seeking to absorb music beyond genre: Jazz, Pop, Blues, which finds the biggest place in her heart – alongside Joris Ragel, she plays for Toulouse’s Blues and Fusion dance scene.
She also takes part in several recording projects, lending her voice to various Toulouse artists.
At the same time, she met Jake Braunecker and Gregg Weiss, and developed a passion for traditional American folk, old-time and bluegrass music.
Her artistic collaboration with Gregg Weiss in Sweet Potato Vine led her to join iUteurki, putting her heart at the service of a rock sound she considers atmospheric, poetic, creative and artistic.