AXEL FILIP
Axel Filip is an Argentine drummer, composer, improviser and arranger based in Berlin.
As a drummer, reflects versitality, performing within jazz and creative music, collaborating on very diverse musical projects; from jazz and popular music, to Argentine folk music, avant-garde, free and conducted improvisation (Butch Morris' conduction technique).
Nurtures his artistic practice and work with this openness in music, using it as a mean to develop a sound and language of his own.
As a composer he explores the relationship between jazz, improvisation, poetry and folklore music, creating sound landscapes that evoke complex yet visceral emotions.
As a bandleader released “El equilibrio secreto de las cosas” (ears&eyes Records 2019), “Sesión Efénea” (Club del disco 2020), and “Sendero” (ears&eyes records 2021).
His current project MALEZA features an international group formed by Mirna Bogdanović on vocals, Mathilde Vendramin on cello, Joakim Rainer Petersen on piano and Lisa Hoppe on bass.