12 Points

Looking back at each of our 12 Points artists from 2024’s edition which took place at Finland’s amazing @glivelabtampere . We caught up with each of the artists/bands before their show, next up is Estonia’s @tamtamduo 🇪🇪 Video: @louisscullystudio Keep up to date with IMC activities: improvisedmusic.ie ☘️

Looking back at each of our 12 Points artists from 2024’s edition which took place at Finland’s amazing @glivelabtampere . We caught up with each of the artists/bands before their show, next up is Finland’s @selmukka 🇫🇮 Selma Savolainen Horror Vacui: Selma Savolainen – vocals Tomi Nikku – trumpet Toomas Keski-Säntti – piano Eero Tikkanen – double bass Jesse Ojajärvi – drums Video: @louisscullystudio Keep up to date with IMC activities: improvisedmusic.ie ☘️

Looking back at each of our 12 Points artists from 2024’s edition which took place at Finland’s amazing @glivelabtampere . We caught up with each of the artists/bands before their show, next up is Iceland’s @ingibjorgturchi 🇮🇸 Ingibjorg’s lineup: Ingibjörg Elsa Turchi – electric bass/composer Hróðmar Sigurðsson – guitar Kristofer Rodriguez Svönuson – drums/percussion Björg Brjánsdóttir – flute Sölvi Kolbeinsson – saxophone/clarinet Video: @louisscullystudio Keep up to date with IMC activities: improvisedmusic.ie ☘️

Looking back at each of our 12 Points artists from 2024’s edition which took place at Finland’s amazing @glivelabtampere . We caught up with each of the artists/bands before their show, next up is Sweden’s Pawky 🇸🇪 @pawky___ ’s lineup: Alice Hernqvist – piano Aaron Mandelmann – double bass Hannes Bennich – alto saxophone Isak Ivarsson – tenor saxophone Emma Lönnestål – drums Video: Louis Scully Keep up to date with IMC activities: improvisedmusic.ie ☘️

Looking back at each of our 12 Points artists from 2024’s edition which took place at Finland’s amazing @glivelabtampere . We caught up with each of the artists/bands before their show, next up is Denmark’s @roivasseppmusic 💃🏻 The lineup in Karmen’s quartet was Karmen Rõivassepp (vocals) Simon Eskildsen (piano) Adrian Christensen (double bass) Daniel Sommer (drums) Video: Louis Scully Keep up to date with IMC activities: improvisedmusic.ie ☘️

Looking back at our 12 Points artists from 2024’s edition at Finland’s incredible @glivelabtampere ; next up is Lithuania’s Beyond 🇱🇹 Beyond are pianist Dmitri Golovanov and saxophonist Jan Maksimowicz 🎹 🎷 Video: Louis Scully Keep up to date with IMC activities: improvisedmusic.ie ☘️

Looking back at our 12 Points artists from 2024’s edition at Finland’s incredible @glivelabtampere ; next up is Italys @ferdinando.romano83 with Invisible Painters 🇮🇹 Invisible Painters are: Ferdinando Romano – bass Federico Calcagno – clarinet Valentin Gerhardus – piano Evita Polidoro – drums Video: Louis Scully Keep up to date with IMC activities: improvisedmusic.ie ☘️

Looking back at our 12 Points artists from 2024’s edition at Finland’s incredible @glivelabtampere ; next up is Norway’s amazing @signeemmeluth 🇫🇷 Emmeluth’s Amoeba are: Signe Emmeluth - alto saxophone, compostion Karl Bjorå - guitar Ole Mofjell - drums Jonas Cambien - piano Video: Louis Scully Keep up to date with IMC activities: improvisedmusic.ie ☘️

Looking back at our 12 Points artists from 2024’s edition at Finland’s amazing @glivelabtampere ; next up is France’s wonderful @inui.music 🇫🇷 INUI are: Valeria Vitrano – Voice Clémence Lagier – Voice Maya Cros – Keyboards Dimitri Kogane – Drums Video: Louis Scully Keep up to date with IMC activities: improvisedmusic.ie ☘️

Happy new year folks! Today we start looking back at each of our 12 Points artists from 2024’s edition which took place at Finland’s amazing @glivelabtampere . We caught up with each of the artists/bands before their show, and first up is Cork’s @danwalshdoesdrum 🇮🇪 Dan’s FIXITY lineup was Dan Walsh (drums) Emil Nerstrand (saxophone) Philip Christie (piano) Sam Clague (guitar) Sean Maynard Smith (bass guitar) Video: Louis Scully Keep up to date with IMC activities: improvisedmusic.ie ☘️

! Zenith Award ! Honored and taken by surprise to have been chosen as the Winner of the European Jazz Network’s Zenith Award. @scoeoef says thank you: @12pointsfest @europejazznet @prohelvetia @improvisedmusic @betterlive_music @glivelabtampere … and to all the inspiring bands who took part at the 12 Points Festival in Tampere, Finnland. @samisorasalmi : un’AI’ed foto #experimentalmusic #jazz #sounddesign #improvisation #scoeoef

🎉 SC’ÖÖF from Switzerland are the recipients of the 4th EJN Zenith Award for emerging artists 🎉 🎶 With two horns, drums, electronics and guitar, @scoeoef bring traditional jazz instruments into an avant-garde soundscape. The band is composed of Noah Arnold (Saxophone), Elio Amberg (Saxophone), Christian Zemp (Guitar) and Vincent Glanzmann (Drum Kit & Electronics), and so far published 3 albums. 🍕 On being named the winners of the Zenith Award 2024, SC’ÖÖF commented "We’re extremely jazzed to win the Zenith Award! It’s even better than finding the last piece of pizza at a party- pure joy! The whole 12 Points festival was a fantastic whirlwind of creativity, where we laughed, and soaked in inspiration! Thank you for this honour- we can’t wait to keep creating music that makes you move and maybe even question your life choices!" 🌟 The EJN Zenith Award was created in 2019 to shine a spotlight on a remarkable European ensemble or solo project working in creative jazz and improvised music. For each award edition, the Europe Jazz Network nominates an international jury of artistic directors, all EJN members, to choose the winner out of the 12 bands performing at the @12pointsfest . This year, 12 Points festival took place in presence, after a few years of pause, between 24-27 September 2024 at G Livelab in Tampere, Finland. 💫 Previous recipients of the Zenith Award were @trioheinzherbert from Switzerland in 2019, @nout.trio from France in 2023, and @livandreahaugetrio from Norway in 2024. Photo by Sami Sorasalmi