Mats Gustafsson is a Swedish free-jazz saxophonist, improviser and composer. His wide range of work includes free jazz, rock, electronica, noise and collaborations with theatre and dance companies. He has more than 250 albums to his credit and over 2000 concerts worldwide. He has collaborated with artists such as Sonic Youth, Faust, Dälek, Peter Brotzmann, Joe Mc Phee, Nenneh Cherry, Ken Vandermark, The Ex, Merzbow, Christian Marclay, Otomo Yoshihide, among others.

A genre-versatile composer and player of the large Scottish bagpipes, Erwan Keravec from Brittany straddles the boundaries of folk music, classical music, free jazz, noise and incidental music. He belongs to the same class of trans-genre improvisers as his frequent collaborators, renowned experimental composer and visionary Heiner Goebbels and Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. His current projects include an adaptation of the legendary piece In C by American minimalist pioneer Terry Riley for a 20-piece bagpipe ensemble, and 8 Pipers for Philip Glass, also part of this year’s Respect Festival.