photo by Laurent Guignard
photo by Laurent Guignard, make-up by Alice Schmidt
OXEON
Colourful & intimate Jazz
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Sylvie Klijn - voc, fx, comp // Lea Gasser - acc, fx, comp
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The OXEON duo invents colorful dialogues between voice and accordion: in unison or polyphony, intimate or extrovert, melancholy or lively. The musicians’ improvisations and compositions transport the audience into imaginary worlds.
OXEON play their own jazz compositions, and improvise and arrange on existing classical compositions. Their personal and contemporary arrangements include languages such as English, Dutch and Italian. Adding effects pedals to their repertoire, even more colors and textures blend into their musical world. Drawing on their classical and jazz training, the Swiss accordionist and Dutch singer, both living in Lausanne, find the ultimate fusion in this project.
OXEON released its first album Somewhere far in autumn 2023, in collaboration with Dutch label SONNA and Swiss label ANUK. The musicians have performed at various festivals, such as Schaffhausen Jazzfestival 2024, International accordion festival Vienne 2023, Langnau Jazz Nights 2023, Festival JazzContreBand 2023, the Micro Jazzfestival Die letzte Tage 2021 in Bern and live on RTS. Their album Somewhere Far is nominated for this year's Edisons, the national music awards in the Netherlands.
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