JIK Wednesdays #77: Igor Osypov duo feat. Luca Curcio
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Igor Osypov - guitar, fx
Luca Curcio - double bass, fx
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19:30 doors open
20:00 performance starts
Donation based: 7-14€
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An evening of contemporary jazz tradition with glimpses of electronics.
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Hyper Oz Berta Berlin
An outstanding composer and virtuoso guitarist, Osypov is also a visionary who knows exactly what he wants to express and where he wants to go with his music. Highly acclaimed guitarist, multi instrumentalist, composer and producer Igor Osypov with his crunchy and distortedly liquid sound has become one of the distinct and impressive voices in jazz as well as indie-rock, hip-hop and fusion. His playing with “blood and guts” brings a “fresh and complete concept” (allaboutjazz.com) to concert stages and clubs all over the world. As an artist he is standing at a complex crossroads where different worlds intersect. As a Ukrainian exiled in Berlin, unable to return home, he is obliged to negotiate different cultural and political identities, and as a forward-looking contemporary musician he chooses to negotiate the different genres of jazz, rock, electronica and other less easily defined traditions. “A secret weapon from Ukraine” (Jazz Times), Igor earned his recognition by touring internationally and also recording with some of the greatest artists. Among those are Logan Richardson, Jason Lindner, Eric Harland, Nasheet Waits, Tech N9ne, Joe Sanders, Greg Hutchinson and others. All while developing his own band, and recording his debut (“I”, Unit Records, 2015) and sophomore (“Dream Delivery”, For-Tune, 2016, “No Past Human” Xjazz 2023, “Motherland 2K14” Whirlwind Recordings 2024) albums.
Bassist, composer, producer, and improviser, Luca Curcio moves fluidly between Berlin and Copenhagen, shaping a distinctive sound that merges improvisation, sampling culture, and deep rhythmic exploration. His music is indebted to the innovations of Black American musical traditions, drawing on their rhythmic depth and improvisational spirit. He integrates electronic aesthetics and contemporary approaches to sound and form, crafting a hybrid sonic language that transcends conventional genre boundaries. His influences range from Charles Mingus and Charlie Haden to A Tribe Called Quest, Gnawa trance music, and experimental producers like Flying Lotus.
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Jazz im Kiez is a jazz concert series representing talented musicians on Wednesdays at Fuk;s Bar and Oblomov, two marvellous bars in Kreuzkölln / Reuterkiez.
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