UMS 'N JIP is actually one of the most innovative and outstanding Swiss contemporary music ensembles. Founded in 2007 by Ulrike Mayer-Spohn [UMS] and Javier Hagen [JIP] it is yet one of the activest contemporary music ensembles worldwide performing around 70 concerts and commissioning around 10 works per year. UMS 'N JIP works on both new musical and scenical settings for voice, recorders and electronics reflecting live vs. digital performance as well as European vs. non-European music. Since their studies (composing, audio design μsical performance) in Holland, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, UMS and JIP have been both invited to prestigious contemporary music and theatre festivals (Avignon, TKF Zürich, TKF Lausanne, Shanghai, Donaueschingen, Hong Kong, New York, Karlsruhe, Berlin, Basel, Bern, Paris, Strasbourg, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Adelaide, Riga) where they premiered as soloists and a duo more than 200 oeuvres collaborating with world famous composers such as Goebbels, Rihm, Kagel, Reimann, Eötvös and Guo Wenjing.