Dan Peter Sundland is a unique electric bass player and composer active in the jazz and free improvisation environment in Norway and Berlin. His playing style is characterized by expressive, wide-ranging playing techniques, including cello-like bowing and a wide palette of percussive textures. In his improvised solo set, he invites the listener on a journey with the electro-acoustic possibilities of the electric bass, propelled by an incomparable, animated presence on stage. Sundland is a member of the Berlin-based musician collective KIM, who, in addition to curating their own festivals and concert series since 2013, have created soap operas, video productions and installations in close collaboration with Jazzfest Berlin in recent years. Other projects include the quartet MeoW! with Cansu Tanrikulu, Liz Kosack and Jim Black, his own quartet Home Stretch with Philipp Gropper, Antonis Anissegos and Steve Heather, as well as the 11 musician chamber music ensemble Dan Peter Sundland Eleve...

Dan Peter Sundland is a unique electric bass player and composer active in the jazz and free improvisation environment in Norway and Berlin. His playing style is characterized by expressive, wide-ranging playing techniques, including cello-like bowing and a wide palette of percussive textures. In his improvised solo set, he invites the listener on a journey with the electro-acoustic possibilities of the electric bass, propelled by an incomparable, animated presence on stage. Sundland is a member of the Berlin-based musician collective KIM, who, in addition to curating their own festivals and concert series since 2013, have created soap operas, video productions and installations in close collaboration with Jazzfest Berlin in recent years. Other projects include the quartet MeoW! with Cansu Tanrikulu, Liz Kosack and Jim Black, his own quartet Home Stretch with Philipp Gropper, Antonis Anissegos and Steve Heather, as well as the 11 musician chamber music ensemble Dan Peter Sundland Elevenette. His first solo album was released in March 2022.

Humans have long been fascinated by time and space - concepts inspiring millennia of artistic exploration and philosophical reflection.
In the space between activities and motions, between sounds and notes, there is time to digest, time to be curious, and time to be present.
Studies in this field with his trio - resulting in the album Omhu (“Best danish jazzalbum of the year 2019”) - has led him to compose material for solo piano, in order to explore even deeper into this compositional and musical mindset.
The music is displaying Toldam ́s musical patience and vibrant timbre, and is partly composed partly improvised.
Simon Toldam is one of Scandinavia’s most exciting and distinguished musicians, having released 15 albums as a leader and co-leader. He is a four-time winner of Danish Music Awards - with “Album of The Year 2019 as the latest - and is a member of the Danish jazz and contemporary music recording label, ILK Music. In 2015, he received the prestigious 3-year grant from The Danish Arts Foundation.

In addition to leading the Simon Toldam Trio, Tak For Dit Brev and STORK, Toldam is a member of Dutch drum legend Han Bennink’s trio, appearing on three celebrated albums together. He is also known for collaborations with Axel Dörner, Yasuhiro Yoshigaki, Chris Speed, Marc Ducret, Evan Parker, Peter Brötzmanann, Eivind Aarset, Nils-Petter Molvær, Marilyn Mazur, Tristan Honsinger, Dave Douglas, and Jakob Bro.

Locusts & Honey is a duo of saxophonist Calum Builder and pianist Matt Choboter. Inspired by altered states of consciousness and mysticism this duo moves between a fervent frenzy and contemplative meditation. They weave between these spirits, with locusts & honey in their beards! Crying out into the wilderness, preparing the way that is to come!...

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