Oswald/Užameckis/Asheim
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.
Improvising Saxophone with Strings Ensemble (US/DK)
The improvising string trio with saxophone emerged from the collaboration between cellist TJ Borden and saxophonist Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen, whose debut album was released on the Danish label Marsken Records.
In 2024, this core duo expanded to include...
Oswald/Užameckis/Asheim
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.
Improvising Saxophone with Strings Ensemble (US/DK)
The improvising string trio with saxophone emerged from the collaboration between cellist TJ Borden and saxophonist Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen, whose debut album was released on the Danish label Marsken Records.
In 2024, this core duo expanded to include two additional string players: American violinist Erica Dicker and Danish-American bassist Tom Blancarte. Together, they formed a quartet that bridges a wide spectrum of musical influences.
Supported by the Danish Arts Foundation, their collaboration delves into diverse sonic landscapes rooted in experimental and improvisational practices. Through the interplay of textures, silence, and sound, the quartet navigates ever-shifting structures that challenge traditional musical forms.
Erica Dicker (US) - violin
TJ Borden (US) - cello
Tom Blancarte (US/DK) - bass
Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen (US/DK) - saxophones
Erica Dicker is a violinist dedicated to collaborating with contemporary composers and pushing boundaries in both classical and unconventional settings. She is a co-founder of the modern chamber music collective Till By Turning and performs with the experimental horn trio Kylwyria as well as Katherine Young’s Pretty Monsters. Erica’s electro-acoustic project, Vaster Than Empires, extends her exploration of experimental soundscapes. As concertmaster of Anthony Braxton’s Tri-Centric Foundation Orchestra, she has performed with his ensembles across Europe. Erica is also a composer, and her debut album, Taking Auspices, was released on Tubapede Records. Beyond her experimental work, she is an active orchestral musician, appearing with the Grand Rapids Symphony and other ensembles in the Midwest.
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Tyler J. Borden is a cellist who engages with, challenges, and redefines the limitations of the cello. Originally from Western New York, he is now based in Brooklyn, NY, where he dedicates much of his time to discovering ways to harness both his own capabilities and the perceived weaknesses of his instrument. A versatile sound artist, noise-maker, collaborator, and community organizer, T.J. brings technical brilliance to his interpretations, working closely with composers on solo works and ensemble pieces, including with [Switch~ Ensemble] and the Mivos Quartet. As an improviser, he tours the country with his bandmates, often performing at intimate venues and crashing on strangers’ floors. As an organizer, he curates concerts for experimental artists, notably as co-founder of High Desert Soundings, a multi-day festival in the Southern California desert.
tylerjborden.com
Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen is a Danish-American saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist whose anti-authoritarian approach has led to an international career, thriving in both the intense atmosphere of New York City and the tranquility of Southern Jutland. Her music blends raw, unforgiving noise with searching melodic movements, percussive textures, and extended techniques, drawing from contemporary classical music and experimental influences. Jensen leads and co-leads various ensembles, including the no-wave band Sweet Banditry, the post-apocalyptic improv duo The Home of Easy Credit, and the saxophone quartet Ablunder. She is also part of various improvisational groups like Gauntlet Quartet, Tactical Maybe, and Ephemeris. In 2022, she began a collaboration with American cellist TJ Borden, resulting in their debut album on Denmark’s Marsken Records.
Her compositional work was recently featured at the 2024 Rued Langgaard Festival, where her piece included members of the Esbjerg Ensemble. Additionally, her compositions have been performed by ensembles like New York's Wet Ink Ensemble, further highlighting her wide-ranging influence across the contemporary music world.
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Tom Blancarte, an American-Danish bassist (b. 1979), spent over a decade as a prominent figure on New York’s creative music scene, both as a freelance musician and a member of bands like the electro-acoustic jazz Peter Evans Ensemble, the banjo-shred power trio Seabrook Power Plant, the free jazz-noise trio New Timbralist Totem, and the dystopian duo project The Home of Easy Credit with his wife Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen. Other projects include the improvisational doom-tuba trio The Gate (with Dan Peck) and the Danish post-punk improvisation quartet Sweet Banditry. Now based in rural Denmark, Tom performs worldwide as a soloist and with groups such as the Copenhagen-based quartet Tactical Maybe, the trio Mockūnas/Blancarte/Windfeld, and other improvisational ensembles. He is also developing his own role-playing game designed for improvising musicians.
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