Jonas Petry alias Nime is a musician, curator, record label manager, and artist assistant working at the intersection of experimental music and sound art, based between Leipzig and Berlin.
His musical practice centers on the exploration, transformation, and conscious modification of sonorities and rhythmic structures. His repertoire includes prepared drums, tonbak, daf, piano, field recordings, as well as natural and synthesized found objects.
Besides his solo work he is part of the electroacoustic duo Nadelør (with burgund t brandt). His collaborations include artists such as composer muhawalāt (Khaled Kurbeh) and composer and writer Fabian Saul. From 2016 to 2023, he was a member of the Leipzig-based jazz band Welten. His artistic output further includes
performances, sound installations, audio walks, and compositions for exhibitions and theatre.
Selected works and releases include Homecoming with SAUL (2024), PPR52 with
Nadelør (2023), and four albums with Welten (Jazzlab Hamburg). In 2022, he created the audio walk Klangtour Kunst for Zollverein UNESCO World Heritage Site. His work has been supported by grants from the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony and Musikfonds e.V.
He has presented his work at festivals, museums, and art institutions, including Meakusma Festival (BE), Migros Museum (CH), Stiftung Zollverein Essen (DE), Neue Berliner Kunstverein (DE), Volksbühne Berlin (DE), jazzahead! Bremen (DE), and Rota Festival (ES), as well as at Fusion Festival (DE), Harpa Reykjavík (IS), Salzburg Jazz
Festival (AT) and the Leipziger Buchmesse at the stage of Deutschlandfunk (DE).