Twelve gifted musicians from around the world will perform their original compositions with the support of a wide range of instruments plus the Boss RC-Series Loop Station pedals, which record, layer, loop, and store audio on-the-fly, allowing musicians a whole new level of improvisation and creativity. The twelve finalists are:

• Kodo Hori (representing Japan)
  
• Jon Rosner (representing Canada)
  
• Thiago Ruthes Ramalho (representing Brazil)
  
• Daniel Wilson (representing United Kingdom)
  
• Vihn Khuat (representing Austria, Germany, Switzerland)
  
• Karsten Mathiesen (representing Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland)
  
• Phillippe Thijs (representing Belgium, Luxemburg, France, The Netherlands)
  
• Marcos Martinez (representing Portugal, Spain)
  
• Christian Zezza (representing Italy)
  
• Agata Apolonia Kurzyk (representing Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Romania)
  
• Jonathan Mendez (representing Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala)
  
• "Super Tall" Paul Newman (representing United States)

The grand-prize winner will win Boss gear estimated to be worth $3,000 US dollars.

The world championship will be broadcast live from House of Blues in Anaheim, California on Friday, January 25, 2013 from 6:45 pm PST. You can follow the event via bossloop.com

Here's a digest video of the second Boss Loop Station World Championship from 2012, recorded during the international finals held in Frankfurt, Germany, including winner Tioneb (Benoît Poujade):

About Boss
Boss is a division of Roland Corporation and known as manufacturer of rhythm machines, metronomes and digital recording gear among others.