Oswald/Užameckis/Asheim are a piano trio with a particularly sensitive approach to their improvised music. With diverse backgrounds from the European music field, Margaux Oswald (Switzerland) on piano, Aurelijus Užameckis (Lithuania) on double bass and Ivar Asheim (Norway) on drums move between textural, atonal, melodic and rhythmic landscapes, with great dynamic breadth and eye for details. The three young musicians have each collaborated with names such as Kaja Draksler, Kresten Osgood, Kasper Tranberg, Michael Griener, Lotte Anker, Andreas Røysum, Simon Toldam and Sten Sandell, to name a few.

The Young Immigrants is a group founded by Lithuanian bassist Aurelijus Užameckis, joined by cutting-edge international musicians: trumpetist Erik Kimestad Pedersen, saxophonist Jon Sensmeier, bass clarinettist Marcus Warnheim, percussionist Irene Bianco and drummer Halym Kim.
Their music is a modern manifestation of genre blending and multiculturality. With elements ...

Oswald/Užameckis/Asheim are a piano trio with a particularly sensitive approach to their improvised music. With diverse backgrounds from the European music field, Margaux Oswald (Switzerland) on piano, Aurelijus Užameckis (Lithuania) on double bass and Ivar Asheim (Norway) on drums move between textural, atonal, melodic and rhythmic landscapes, with great dynamic breadth and eye for details. The three young musicians have each collaborated with names such as Kaja Draksler, Kresten Osgood, Kasper Tranberg, Michael Griener, Lotte Anker, Andreas Røysum, Simon Toldam and Sten Sandell, to name a few.

The Young Immigrants is a group founded by Lithuanian bassist Aurelijus Užameckis, joined by cutting-edge international musicians: trumpetist Erik Kimestad Pedersen, saxophonist Jon Sensmeier, bass clarinettist Marcus Warnheim, percussionist Irene Bianco and drummer Halym Kim.
Their music is a modern manifestation of genre blending and multiculturality. With elements of
hip-hop, free jazz, psychedelic rock and folk, the music of the ensemble becomes a synthesis
where vivid daydreaming soundtracks and minimalistic melodies meet energetic outbursts and
embodied rhythms. This synthesis, enforced by ensemble's voices and improvisations, guides
through the narratives in the music.
The narrative and intention of the ensemble’s music is an ambiguous reflection on today's
world and present human experiences. To evoke thoughts, imagery and to open up to a broader
understanding of (co)existence.
During three years of the ensemble's existence, they had collaborations with several global
artists, played in festivals, concerts and created live soundtracks for movies. In 2022The Young
Immigrants released their debut album Head Borders.

Westgaard/Ventling - In Orbit
Recorded over two days in the ever so flat Denmark, the freely improvised duo album reflects a lyricism and tranquility perhaps owing a shared longing to the mountains, with Westgaard being Norwegian, and Ventling carrying a sense of home in both Switzerland and New Zealand. The sounds of the guitar and prepared grand-piano seamlessly blend as to create a single sound source, or rather multiple sources of uncertain origin. Natural sceneries, expansive atmospheres and investigations into the smallest details create the listening pallet. From minimalistic soundscapes to dynamic sonic narratives, ‘In Orbit’ encapsulates the spur-of-the-moment adventurousness that open ended improvisation calls for.
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