Rymden & Bugge Wesseltoft in Koblenz

Rymden is a Norwegian-Swedish jazz trio formed in 2016 by pianist and keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft, bassist Dan Berglund and drummer Magnus Öström. Berglund and Öström previously played together in Esbjörn Svensson Trio. Rymden’s instrumental contemporary jazz is documented on the albums Reflections & Odysseys, Space Sailors and Valleys & Mountains. Rymden made its concert debut at Nattjazz in Bergen in 2017. The group subsequently took the music from Reflections & Odysseys on the road in its piano-bass-drums format, and performed at JazzBaltica in 2019.

Bugge Wesseltoft is a Norwegian pianist, keyboardist, composer and producer, born in Porsgrunn in 1964. He plays electronic-leaning jazz shaped by improvisation, piano, synthesizers and programmed rhythms. He is best known for the New Conception of Jazz project and albums including New Conception of Jazz, Moving and the solo piano recording It’s Snowing on My Piano. Bugge Wesseltoft toured internationally with New Conception of Jazz, presenting the project in jazz clubs and at festivals. He later performed duo concerts with German electronic musician Henrik Schwarz, a collaboration documented on Duo, and returned to a trio setting in Rymden with Dan Berglund and Magnus Öström.