Igor Osypov

Guitarist, multi instrumentalist, composer and producer Igor Osypov with his crunchy, distortedly liquid sound has become one of the distinct and most impressive voices in jazz as well as indie-rock, hip-hop and fusion. His playing with “blood and guts”  brings a “fresh and complete concept” (allaboutjazz.com) to concert stages and clubs all over the world.

As an artist he is standing at a complex crossroads where different worlds intersect. As a Ukrainian exiled in Berlin, unable to return home, he is obliged to negotiate different cultural and political identities, and as a forward-looking contemporary musician he chooses to negotiate the different genres of jazz, rock, electronica and other less easily defined traditions.

“A secret weapon from Ukraine” (Jazz Times), he earned recognition by touring internationally and also recording with some of the greatest artists. Among those are Jason Lindner, Eric Harland, Nasheet Waits, Logan Richardson, Joe Sanders, Greg Hutchinson and others. All while developing his own band, and recording his debut (“I”, Unit Records, 2015) and sophomore (“Dream Delivery”, For-Tune, 2016, “No Past Human” Xjazz 2023, “Motherland 2K14” Whirlwind Recordings 2024) albums.
 
International appearances: NPR Tiny Desk, Village Vanguard, Jazzahead, CPH Jazz Festival and others. One of the albums that he has worked on as a part of Logan Richardson’s project “Blues People” has been listed under the top 3 jazz albums of 2018 by the New York Times.