Björn Meyer and Tom Arthurs

While electric bass and trumpet might not appear the most obvious combination, Björn Meyer and Tom Arthurs fuse the seemingly impossible into a beautiful and fleeting improvised duo – drawing from folk musics, baroque music, improvised music and jazz to defy genres and create a music as unique as they are, and as the moment in which it is created.

The two studio-mates and atelier-neighbours in Bern’s cultural centre PROGR combine years of experience in sound, with musicians as diverse as Anouar Brahem, Nik Bärtsch, Ingrid Laubrock and Julia Hülsmann, to create deeply instinctive folk songs, tender ballads and soaring improvisations.

Created spontaneously in the moment with the deepest of respect, the loftiest disregard, and always with a smile, this recording represents a high point of their regular meetings, now released to the public for the first time.

Listening... detail... sound... flow...

A pin dropping
A tumult of sound

Intimate textures Loaded silence

A deepest calm
An inner life

A conversation between two souls that aspire to offer peace, excitement, solace and reflection.

The concert will be recorded live and released as the duo's second album following their 2022 debut “Six.”

Admission: Collection
Doors open: 7:30 p.m.

Tom Arthurs (tp), Björn Meyer (b)

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