Bento offers rich, balanced music inspired by the Japanese bento concept. The quartet draws on long experience to create a collective language that blends jazz and contemporary music, balancing composition and improvisation. Their repertoire consists exclusively of original compositions. Featuring trombonist Yves Massy, electric guitarist Christian Graf, double bassist Pierre‑François Massy and drummer Marc Erbetta, the group explores subtle timbres, melodic interplay and rhythmic finesse in intimate, attentive performances.

Elina Duni and Rob Luft began collaborating in 2017 and have since distilled their musical conversation into a pared-down duo project that returns to the intimacy of their first encounter. Joined by Matthieu Michel’s luminous flugelhorn, they weave a nocturnal tapestry of songs evoking moonlight, mystery and quiet joy. The music is contemplative and tender, often meditative, embracing the listener with delicate phrasing and subtle dynamics.

Ayumi Tanaka (piano), Thomas Morgan (double bass) and Thomas Strønen (drums) form a trio of distinct voices united by sensitivity and an intuitive musical rapport. They compose in the moment, weaving music that is at once lyrical and abstract—serene yet charged with tension. Their collaborative language is built on attentive listening and shared instinct, producing subtle, intimate performances in which every note and pause counts. For their debut on ECM the trio offers delicate, exploratory dialogue that unfurls gently.

Peter Evans Extra brings together three of contemporary music’s most daring improvisers in a high‑velocity sonic pursuit that redefines the jazz trio. The band fuses Evans’s sculptural trumpet vocabulary with Petter Eldh’s hyperactive bass and Jim Black’s unpredictable rhythmic bursts, producing a kinetic, ever‑shifting soundscape where silence and noise collide. Their 2024 debut, EXTRA (We Jazz Records), was praised as one of the year’s best jazz records for its technical daring and anarchic spirit.

Andreas Fulgosi assembles musicians who share an obsession with sonic matter and deep vibration for a carte blanche project exploring persistently stirred low frequencies. Through baritone guitars, bass clarinet and propulsive drumming, the group sculpts a tactile dialogue where raw energy searches for balance and temporal resonance. The programme probes textural limits, favouring tactile listening and long-sustained vibrations that blur the line between composition and collective exploration.

The Icelandic quartet ADHD presents their tenth album, ADHD 10, continuing an exploration between jazz, ambient, rock and folk. Simon Frith describes it as “a desolate quietude… Nordic, neither urban jazz nor rural folk.” Their immersive, sensory sound transcends genres, offering an intense concert blending new material with signature pieces. The group—Óskar Guðjónsson (saxophones), Ómar Guðjónsson (guitar, pedal steel, bass), Tómas Jónsson (piano, keyboards) and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen (drums)—creates spacious, contemplative textures that evolve into powerful, lyrical climaxes.