Jonathan Aardestrup

Bio
Jonathan Aardestrup, double bass player

Copenhagen based musician, composer, producer and organiser, 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 continuous 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 organising events which facilitate foundation for musicians to build relations. Music as a social phenomenon based on freedom.

In the last couple of years his primary focus has been on creating a continuous flow of more or less spontaneous sessions with likeminded musicians reflecting common ideas in music as in life. New meetings and explorations with emotionally unified collaborators has lead to a more open and direct musical conception.
This has sparked jolts of mystic magical energy, in new constellations with many different members on the impro scene including Makoto Sato, Siv Øyunn, Louis Moholo-Moholo, TS Hawk, Anders Vestergaard, Signe Emmeluth, Laura Toxværd, Christian Balvig, Niels Mestre, Quentin Roullet, Mads Egetoft, Paul Wacrenier, Szymon Pimpon, Andreas Røysum,  P.O. Jørgens, Ada Rave, Rieko Okuda, Maria Dybbroe.

Member of the international collective of improvisors The Community.

Currently playing in The Way Out, PRiMi Improvisers Orchestra and on a freelance basis.

Selected discography
The Way Out - TWO HAU EYT (CD 2006) ; Sort Stue - Der er Blod Overalt (CD 2007) ; Sort Stue - Sort Stue (2010 LP)  ; Betting on the Mouse – BOTM (2010 CD) ; Bluenette Sisters - Fatty Cookie (2014 CD) ; The Way Out - We Are You (2014 LP) ; Sort Stue Gamle Habitter dør hårdt (2017 MC) ; The Way Out – Yes We Are (2018 LP); SPIME - Cosmic and Spontaneous Gestures (CD 2020); TS Høeg - Can I Share This With You (2020 LP)