Göteborgs Konserthus A new soundscape with Wesseltoft & Schwarz

One is equally at home with jazz, rock and electronica. The other alternates playfully breezy and calm concert hall stylings with bustling dance floors. As a duo, Bugge Wesseltoft and Henrik Schwarz bring a brand-new energy to electroacoustic and beat-based music. 

Keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft is probably best known today as a member of the jazz trio Rymden. He began his path on the Nordic jazz scene with names like Jan Garbarek, Arild Andersen and Terje Rypdal, ultimately becoming a pioneer in future jazz and a founder of music label Jazzland. 

Producer, composer and pianist Henrik Schwarz has composed music for ballet and films, worked on arrangements for string quartets, and much more. His remixes of Michael Jackson, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Boy George and more have made it to dance floors around the world, while huge names like Coldplay and Mary J. Blige have queued up to work with him as a producer. 

Together, these two defy all limits. Over and over, they paint new tonal landscapes combining minimalism with baroque or smoky jazz. High tension is punctuated by lingering piano phrases and intense digital chatter; spread-out notes are moulded into clear chord progressions and gently progressing rhythms. This collaboration has no equal and charges electroacoustic, beat-based music with a brand-new energy. 

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