James A.-McEwan & Alex Coulon

James McEwan & Alex Coulon is a duo bringing together electric guitar, live electronics and drums in an open-ended exploration of free jazz, ambient textures and experimental rock. Greek/Scottish guitarist and composer James McEwan and French/Greek drummer Alex Coulon first met while studying at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague. Since then, they have played together across different projects and musical contexts, developing an intuitive approach to improvisation and sound. McEwan is part of the Netherlands-based audiovisual project Flowers/Ghosts&Echoes, while Coulon is a founding member of Amaguk, whose music draws on jazz, punk, drum & bass and Mediterranean influences. Coulon is now based in Athens, while McEwan continues to work from the Netherlands. Their set moves between sparse ambient passages, dense electronic textures, rhythmic intensity and spontaneous interaction, allowing the music to develop in real time. This is their first duo performance in Greece.