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HobbyHouse (Mia Dyberg / Axel Filip): HobbyHouse [CD + DOWNLOAD] (Relative Pitch)

This self-titled debut from the Berlin-based duo of Danish alto saxophonist Mia Dyberg and Argentine drummer Axel Filip explores freely improvised jazz through spontaneous structures and shifting sonic playgrounds, with a sharp focus on timbral nuance, textural interplay, and an upbeat creative immediacy that unfolds into vivid, evolving sound narratives rooted in exploratory expression.
 

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Mia Dyberg-alto saxophone

Axel Filip-drums

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UPC: 5904224874650

Label: Relative Pitch
Catalog ID: RPR1241
Squidco Product Code: 36944

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2025
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at Green Doors, in Berlin, Germany, on August 11th, 2024, by Axel Filip.
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Artist Biographies

"Mia Dyberg (b, 1986) is a Danish saxophonist, improviser and composer currently residing in Berlin, Germany, where she works as a freelance musician. Performing with improv-musicians such as Clayton Thomas, Dag Magnus Narvesen, Casey Moir and Tobias Delius.

Her ability to combine sound experiments with melancholy in a unique melodic expression, makes her one of the new exciting voices on the European jazz scene. She is active project leader & co-founder of the international improvisers collective The Community.

Mia is a part of the Copenhagen jazz/improv. scene and holds a Master Diploma in Music '2015 from the Conservatory of Copenhagen. She grew up in the Swedish archipelago and her both wild and impressionistic music is often affected by grand nature. But there is also a pulse of the city.

The last couple of years she has made roots on the international scene as a leader of projects as: Mia Dyberg Trio, Dyberg 4 Ra, Kovacs & Dyberg, Christian Balvig/Mia Dyberg feat. Clayton Thomas[AU] in Germany, Sweden, Poland, and Egypt. She also participates in different ad hoc projects for example in New York, Berlin and Stockholm with musicians as Herb Robertson[US], Niklas Barnö [SE] Oscar Noriega[US] og Michael Evans[US].

Mia Dyberg is co-founder and active project leader in the international improvisers collective The Community, which is an organisation, creating and expanding relations between improvising musicians worldwide - by producing events with interaction as the driving force."

-Mia Dyberg Website (http://www.miadyberg.com/about/)
6/16/2026

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"Axel Filip is an Argentine drummer, composer, improviser and arranger currently based in Berlin. They are known for their versatility and ability to perform within a wide range of musical genres, from jazz and popular music to Argentine folk music, avant-garde, free and conducted improvisation.

As a composer, Axel explores the relationship between jazz, improvisation, poetry and folklore music, creating soundscapes that evoke complex yet visceral emotions. They have a keen interest in nurturing their artistic practice and developing a unique sound and language of their own.

In addition to their work as a performer and composer, in 2018 won a grant from the National Arts Foundation for a project that focused on researching, collecting, arranging, and recording music written by Argentine music composers. This project served to expand a repertoire of Argentine music arranged and reinterpreted under the perspective of jazz music, with a particular focus on using each piece as a platform for improvisation.

Axel obtained their bachelor's degree in jazz music at the Conservatorio Superior de Musica Manuel de Falla in Buenos Aires and the European Jazz Master's degree at the NTNU Music Department (Trondheim), Rhythmic Music Conservatory (Copenhaguen) and Jazz Institute Berlin.

As a bandleader, Axel has released "El equilibrio secreto de las cosas" (ears&eyes Records 2019), "Sesión Efénea" (Club del disco 2020), and "Sendero" (ears&eyes records 2021). Their current project Axel Filip & Maleza features an international group comprising Mirna Bogdanović on vocals, Mathilde Vendramin on cello, Joakim Rainer Petersen on piano and Lisa Hoppe on bass with whom will release "Habitat" on October 26th 2023 through Unit Records."

-Axel Filip Website (https://www.axelfilip.com/bio)
6/16/2026

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