Jaume Vendrell Bayona (Barcelona, ​​1961) lived his childhood and adolescence in the Horta neighborhood of Barcelona. He studied music theory at the Barcelona Higher Municipal Conservatory of Music, but his training as a percussionist is self-taught.

He began his career as a drummer in a group formed by music-loving school friends at the end of 1976. With various changes of members and name, this activity lasted until the 90s.

At the end of the 80s he came into contact with the world of “colles de devils” from Barcelona and was fascinated by the artistic potential of the percussion combos accompanying the pyrotechnic shows of these groups. In 1992, by municipal order of the “Barcelona Institute of Culture” (ICUB), composed the music for the beginning of the “Correfoc de la Mercand".

In 1993 he organized a percussion combo to participate in this show with members of various “glues” from the Barcelona Diables Coordinator. This project, called “Atabalament” grew until 1996, and with his own repertoire written mainly by him, he became a stable professional group with notable success and performance schedule, reaching Mallorca, Rome, Milan and Lisbon.

This activity brought him into contact with the “Center Artesà Tradicionárius” (CAT), where he met very experienced musicians in the world of traditional and popular culture. They were the “culprits” that Jaume decided, in 1998, to dedicate himself exclusively to music as a professional. He taught percussion workshops at the CAT until 2002, at the same time that he gave workshops for various “colles” (groups) throughout Catalonia, reaching Mallorca (Sa Pobla) and Castellón (Morella).

As a result of a personal crisis that hit him hard in 2002, this entire project inexorably fell apart. After several years of recovery he joined the Circo Raluy company at the end of 2008.

Once again he is fascinated by the artistic potential that this work offers him: pairing the music of the different numbers with the work of the artists on the track. The improvisation techniques and routines learned all these years now serve to accompany the artists in their performance and adapt the rhythm and accents to their rhythms and intensities. This means that he is currently continuing to develop this work in the current “Raluy Historical Circus".

Today, under the direction of Rosa Raluy, daughter of the founder and creator of the circus, Carlos Raluy, there is still a long way to go (in the territory and on the track).