Axel Filip

Axel Filip is a drummer, composer, arranger and improviser from Argentina based in Berlin. His artistic goal is to continuously create music that allows him to express in the most transparent and sincere way, reflecting versatility as a performer within jazz and creative music by collaborating on very diverse musical projects, ranging from duo to big band settings. As a composer he explores the relationship between jazz, improvisation, poetry and folklore-music, creating sound landscapes that evoke complex yet visceral emotions. He has released “El equilibrio secreto de las cosas” (ears&eyes Records 2019), “Sesión Efénea” (Club del disco 2020), and “Sendero” (ears&eyes records 2021). His current project "Axel Filip & Maleza" features an international group formed by Mirna Bogdanović on vocals, Mathilde Vendramin on cello, Joakim Rainer Petersen on piano and Lisa Hoppe on double-bass, releasing "Habitat" on October 26/2023 via Unit Records. Worked as a sideman and collaborated with many artists such as Fred Selva, Andres Beeuwsaert, Camila Nebbia, Paul Pignon, Juan Cruz de Urquiza, Violeta Garcia, Santiago Leibson, Sergio Wagner, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Signe Emmeluth, Martin Pantyrer, Juan Pablo Arredondo, Joakim Reiner Petersen, Ingrid Feniger, Stefan Bartus, Alexander Riris, Frederico Heliodoro, Pablo Passini, Alan Bartus, Francisco LoVuolo, Michaël Attias, Sebastian de Urquiza, Kenneth Jimenez, Edgardo Cardozo, Amund Stenøien and Margaux Oswald, among others. ​