"Noah Punkt (b. 1984) is a bass player, composer and improviser. His music combines the intensity and immediacy of rock music and noise with the lyricism and forward propulsion of jazz and the abstract detail of contemporary classical composers like Bernd Franke, Siegfried Thiele, Steve Reich and Helmut Lachenmann. Recent/current collaborators include Tobias Pfister, Ram—n Oliveras, Jan Roth, Mark Weschenfelder, Tim Daisy, Uli Kempendorff, Peter van Huffel, Robert Lucaciu, Rea Dubach, Lukas Rutzen and many more. In addition to performing in Europe and composing music, Noah runs his own record label, otherunwise, curates concerts in Leipzig and is working at Jazzclub Leipzig."

"Ramón Oliveras is a drummer and composer from Zurich. In 2014 he finished his master of arts in jazz drumming at the Zurich University of Arts. He fokuses on his own bands and IKARUS JPTR, ​​in Which he persues his very own musical language and the idea of ​​music as a work of art Incorporating different media. Further More, Ramón plays the drums in the international trio dot3 and is co-organizer and booker of the Perlaton Music Festival.

Residencies, scholarships and prizes:
- 2016 Artist in Residency, Re / Fugium, Dangio-Torre
- 2015 Artist in Residency, Maison des Artistes, Chamonix
- 2013 Price of the fondation Friedl-Wald
- 2013 Hirschmann scholership for extraordinary performance"