Iztok Koren (banjo, gembri, balafon, morin khuur, guitar, kalimba, effects, synth, drums, percusions)

From 2003 lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia, earlier in Beltinci, Slovenia.

With music starts to engage in 2000, self-taught

- 2003: co-founds his first band Štefan Kovač Marko banda (post jazz noise folk rock), 5 studio albums, 1 live dvd; https://skmbanda.bandcamp.com/

- 2005: co-founds his second band Hexenbrutal (experimental noise hardcore ambient), 3 studio albums, https://hexenbrutal.bandcamp.com/

- 2008: short term project Dani Kavaš & Narodno zabavni terorizem, plays acoustic guitar, 1 studio album, http://kavasdani.org/?p=1172

- 2011: with homeless people from Ljubljana and with cooperation with Kings of the street association and instrument craftsmen Samo Kutin and Andrej Fon records experimental album Ulične žvrgoljivosti, http://www.kraljiulice.org/casopis/katalog-izdelkov/

- 2014: co-founds his third band Širom (avant-garde folk drone trance, imaginary folk), 4 studio albums, several recordings of collaborations or other projects, http://siromband.si/

- 2015: one of the creators of music for dance performance No more solo, http://www.flota.si/predstave/predstave.html

- 2016: one of creators of music for dance performance Synaesthesia, http://www.flota.si/predstave/predstave.html

- 2020: starts his first solo project under name Iztok Koren solo, 2 studio albums

- 2000 – 2014: activist in DIY alternative club Ambasada Štefana Kovača Marka Beltinci

- 2003 – present: more over 1000 concerts in several countries in Europe, Russia and Balkan

- 2014 - present: as part of Širom trio collaborates with several artists and musicians such as Raphael Roginski (Poland), Dereck Gripper (South Africa), Yoshio Machida (Japan), Yann Gourdon (France) etc.

- 2020 - 2022: colaborates with director Mirjana Medojević and makes music for 2 theatre plays (Tobelija, Bordel Eden)

- 2024: founds international trio Na tej strani nebes with members from Belgium

- 2025: created music for Petra Seliškar's movies The Mountain won't move and My summer Holiday

- 2025: cofounds international duet with Raphael Roginski, amazing guitarist from Poland