If we were to investigate how climate and geography contribute to shape musical expressions, this would be an interesting case study: On the edges and towards the south of Chile, we find Valdivia, a small city of 170,000 inhabitants that hosts a vibrant scene – on a small scale – related to the fields of free improvisation, contemporary music and electroacoustic music. The southern air seems to influence those performers who sculpt their sounds with genuine patience and sensitivity. Witness to these sounds have been the numerous versions of the Relincha Festival that articulates the city around experimental music.

Line-up:
Isiodora Edwards: cello
Benjamin Vergara: trumpet
Tomas Gubbins: guitar
Ginte Preisaite: piano
Michaela Turcerova: saxophones
Asger Thomsen: double bass

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Isidora Edwards (CL) is a Chilean cellist, improviser and composer, currently a PhD Researcher in Music at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is actively exploring the intersection between performativity, materiality and imagination in sound from a feminist perspective. Isidora as a solo artist, and in collaboration with multidisciplinary artists and ensembles has taken part in festivals of experimental music and contemporary dance worldwide Isidora holds a MMus in Creative Practice from Goldsmiths, and a BMus in Music Performance from the Catholic University of Chile.
https://soundcloud.com/isidoraedwards

Benjamín Vergara (CL) Trumpeter, improviser and educator, born in Santiago de Chile in 1982, based in the city of Valdivia, Chile. His work focuses on improvised music, written contemporary music, free jazz and experimental music. Director of Festival of experimental music –Relincha- occurring since 2014 in the city of Valdivia.
https://www.benjaminvergara.com/

Tomás Gubbins (CL) is a chilean composer, improviser and guitarist. His work focuses on the creation, direction and staging of music related to the fields of free improvisation, experimental and jazz. He co-produces “Nieve&Smog, winter cycle in free music and jazz”, which since 2020 has also become a netlabel for archiving and publishing original material. Currently living in Scandinavia, where he is studying for a master’s degree in composition and performance.
https://linktr.ee/tomgubbsc

Asger Thomsen (DK) is a bass player and composer living in Copenhagen, Denmark. He works primarily in the field of contemporary improvised music. With a physical, detail-oriented approach and a rich palette of sounds often strengthened by the use of unconventional extended techniques, he aims for contrast and dynamic forward motion in his music. Thomsen has established himself as a versatile improviser on the Copenhagen scene, and tours internationally. He leads or co-leads projects such as The Moms, Litterjug, Our Hearts as Thieves, and a solo project of his own.
www.asgerthomsen.com

Michaela Turcerová (SVK) is saxophone player, composer and improviser from Slovakia. Her work is centered around mysteries of liberated soundscapes within reduced shapes and vivid motion. In her Copenhagen-based ensembles she explores her interest in relativity of structured improvisation and visuality as a source for creation. She is collaborating with Prague Improvisation Orchestra and recently has received a grant for young composers by Slovak Art Council.

Ginte Preisaite (LTU). Lithuanian pianist /composer/ songwriter at the moment residing at Copenhagen (RMC) and exploring the local scene by playing and creating with various experimental/jazz/contemporary artists. Recently, under the name “baraboro”, she released her debut album “coatlicue’s dreams” where she collected various snippets from everyday life and then manipulated it with granulator and various effects, thus transformed it into intimate, unique world with a question mark about synthetic and natural origins of the world. Currently she is working with fellow colleagues from the Rhythmic Music Conservatory: drummer Jēkabs Rēders and with her trio members, drummer Simon Forchhammer and saxophone player Michaela Turcerova in trio and other constellations.

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Arranged by Absolute Music, The Community, and KoncertKirken with support from Københavns Kommune.