Vinterjazz from Hell is a serie in Copenhagen during of the Vinterjazz festival that highlights jazz
through an experimental and improvised music lens. This year we continue our series at
Metronomen with a piano-focussed lineup including DJ-PJ, Synaptic Biosphere (processed piano/
electronics/guitar duo), and two improvised piano trio featuring Okuda/Thomsen/Turcerová and
Oswald/Užameckis/Asheim
20:00 Synaptic Biosphere
John Arne Rånes - custom built guitar, electronics
Matt Choboter - prepared piano, pre-recordings
(Jan Kadereit - present only in spirit, in the form of percussion samples from Bali.)
Encompassing states of trance, ritual atmosphere; collaged kaleidoscopes. One could say they
sound like music playing to an invisible cinema. At a moment’s notice the listener may be
transported down a slow moving stream of meditation; entering a cave of forgotten dreams;
enveloped within a sci-fi thri...

Vinterjazz from Hell is a serie in Copenhagen during of the Vinterjazz festival that highlights jazz
through an experimental and improvised music lens. This year we continue our series at
Metronomen with a piano-focussed lineup including DJ-PJ, Synaptic Biosphere (processed piano/
electronics/guitar duo), and two improvised piano trio featuring Okuda/Thomsen/Turcerová and
Oswald/Užameckis/Asheim
20:00 Synaptic Biosphere
John Arne Rånes - custom built guitar, electronics
Matt Choboter - prepared piano, pre-recordings
(Jan Kadereit - present only in spirit, in the form of percussion samples from Bali.)
Encompassing states of trance, ritual atmosphere; collaged kaleidoscopes. One could say they
sound like music playing to an invisible cinema. At a moment’s notice the listener may be
transported down a slow moving stream of meditation; entering a cave of forgotten dreams;
enveloped within a sci-fi thriller of otherworldly electronics and extended sound.
21:00 Okuda/Thomsen/Turcerová
Asger Thomsen - double bass
Michaela Turcerova - sax
Rieko Okuda - piano
This new collective embarks on a captivating sonic journey where they weave complex melodies
and textures. Each member brings a unique musical perspective and fuses their diverse
backgrounds and influences into an organically evolving sound.
Their performances are characterized by a spirit of discovery, unpredictability and an unwavering
dedication to creative expression. Each performance becomes a unique experience in which the
ensemble the limits of what is possible in the field of improvised music.
22:00 Oswald/Užameckis/Asheim
Margaux Oswald - Piano
Aurelijus Užameckis - Bass
Ivar Asheim - Drums
Swiss pianist Margaux Oswald, Lithuanian Bassisrt Aurelijus Užameckis and Norwegian drummer
Ivar Asheim reformulate the traditional piano trio constellation.
Margaux Oswald is a pianist of French-Filipina origin, born in Geneva, and currently based in
Copenhagen. She has played the piano since the age of 5, and is now committed to the art of free
improvisation.
Aurelijus Užameckis is a Lithuanian contrabass player and composer. He currently lives in
Copenhagen and participates in both Danish and Lithuanian improvised, contemporary and jazz
music scenes.
Aurelijus plays in ensembles such as lithuanian punk-jazz band Džiazlaif, ensemble The Young
Immigrants, contemporary music ensemble Strangement Society and collaborates with musicians
like Luka Zabric, Albert Cirerra, Lotte Anker, Alvaro Montenegro, Liudas Mockūnas, Kresten
Osgood, Kenny Wollesen and others. He has a solo project with which, in 2021 he released a
debut album Signals.
Aurelijus also runs label CRRNT Records that focuses on Danish and Lithuanian music.
Ivar Asheim is a Norwegian jazz drummer based in Copenhagen. He’s active in the jazz, pop and
improvising scene in Norway as sideman, bandleader and composer. He plays in bands like Billy
Meier, Airdust, Pangpang, Trond Kallevåg Hansen trio, Matona’s Afdahl Group, Konradsen, Luke
Elliot and LILJA. Ivar has contributed on several album releases and has a Bachelor degree in
performing jazz from the Norwegian Academy of Music....

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