You can hear it after just a few moments: this orchestra sounds somehow different. The Berlin-based Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra (AMEO) is a real working ensemble, a large-scale band that always keeps its focus on trying out new things and experimenting. A pool of 12 to 23 musicians from several countries and with different musical backgrounds comes together under the direction of saxophonist and main composer Daniel Glatzel to create diverse, surprising and unusual soundscapes of modern jazz and contemporary avant-garde. The special feature is the collective sound development of the AMEO. Of course, there are soloistic treats in music, but every ensemble member also thinks orchestrally at the same time. Glatzel and his orchestra impressively prove that it is still possible to build up a large formation in the jazz environment that sounds like it has never been heard before. The AMEO has already played at the Elbphilharmonie and the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, the Roskilde Festival, the Jazzfest Berlin or the Ludwigsburg Castle Festival and has entered into collaborations with artists such as Anthony Braxton, The Notwist or the Sinfonietta Riga.

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