ØKSE

ØKSE

Mette Rasmussen - saxophone
Val Jeanty – turntables, electronics
Savannah Harris - drums
Petter Eldh – bass

ØKSE is NYC based drummer Savannah Harris, Danish saxophonist Mette Rasmussen, Haitian electronic musician Val Jeanty, and Swede Petter Eldh on bass, synths and sampler.

ØKSE means AXE in Danish. Axe is also Ashe; the life-force that runs through all things, living and inanimate. Ashe is a current or flow, a groove that initiates can channel so that it carries them along their road in life.

The band won the German Jazz Award in the category “International Album of the Year” in 2025 with their debut album, which was released on the renowned Backwoodz label.