Jonathan Aardestrup, double bass player
Copenhagen based musician, composer, producer and organizer, Jonathan Aardestrup, has balanced his expressive output between the unconventional and the catchy. A free-spirited bass player who is always seeking to break new ground in denial of pointless repetition, leading to a continuos investigation in composed original music, improvisation and the correlation of the two.
While always playing with collectively based groups that worked closely
together for many years, the idea of bringing musicians together has been central to his efforts and since he was a young teenager, he has been organizing events which facilitate foundation for musicians to build relations. Music as a social phenomenon based on freedom. Abstract, sometimes wordless, political statements in Hip Hop, Jazz, Reggae, Avantgarde, Experimental Electronic - always independent.