With the debut live performance of Sera Kalo’s eX.II at the 2024 XJAZZ FESTIVAL opening for visionaire, saxophonist & flutist Shabaka Hutchings, Sera Kalo’s eX.II sent shockwaves across the music scene as they fused new wave poetry jazz with hypnotic electronics, abstract soundscapes and groove. Following Sera’s powerful performance, her music was featured as part of the Soundwalk experience of the 2024 Wassily Kandinsky exhibition at H’art Museum Amsterdam, in collaboration with Centre Pompidou Paris.
Sera Kalo’s eX.II embarked on a transformative journey with the piece „AFENI, a heartfelt homage to Afeni Shakur—luminary activist, feminist, and mother to hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur. This composition is part of the XJAZZ-Entangled Grounds compilation album. In a captivating live analogue studio performance, characterized by improvisation, profound lyricism, and remarkable synergy, eX.II’s evolving soundscapes showcase powerful genre-fluidity that transports listeners into realms of deep spiritual transformation and boundless energy release. eX.II has recorded their debut album in June 2024 at Brewery Studios (Berlin) and awaits release. eX.II celebrates 2025 with each band member receiving the prestigious, national German Jazz Prize in their perspective categories! A band of award-winning individuals leading the way for innovative fluid jazz.