Filip Augustson was born in 1973 near Jönköping in Sweden. From 1989 until 1991 he attended the music high school in Jönköping and from there he moved to Stockholm where he continued his studies at the Royal College of Music, from which he graduated in 1996. During his studies he began to work as a freelance bassist playing with many different groups including Fredrik Norén Band and Fredrik Ljungkvist Quartet.Since then he has become one of the busiest bass-players on the scene and gone on to perform, tour and record with musicians such as Nils Landgren, Bernt Rosengren, Tim Hagans, Jerry Bergonzi, Joakim Milder, Monica Borrfors, Claes Jansson, Jimi Heath, Svante Thuresson, Rigmor Gustavsson, Marie Bergman and many others.Filip has performed on the stages of many venues throughout the world and has also taken part in around fifty recordings. He presently plays in such Swedish groups as Karl-Martin Almqvist Quartet, Mats Öberg trio, Örjan Hultén Trio/Fakir Karlsson and Mathias Landaeus House of Approximation.Since 2003 Filip leads his own group, which performs his original compositions. In January 2004 the group’s first CD "Ich bin Filip Augustson" was released by Moserobie Music Production. In januari 2006 the CD Box “Moserobie Jazz Manifesto†was released which also features Filips group.
Discography
Ulf Sandberg Quartet: Ulf Sandberg Quartet (Acid Jazz 1993)
Fredrik Ljungkvist Quartet: Fallin.. Papers (Dragon 1994)
Fredrik Norén Band: One day in may (Mirrors 1995)
Amanda Sedgwick: Volt (caprice 1996)
Fredrik Ljungkvist Quartet: Sonicspace (Prophone 1996)
Jerker Lindström: Deliberate Sounds (Dragon 1996)
Cecilia Wennerström Quartet: Minor Stomp (Four Leaf Clover 1997)
Gosta Rundqvist Trio: Bernhard's Boat (Sittel 1997)
Jerker Lindström: Project (Dragon1997)
Ulf Adåker: Something Juiceful (Dragon 1998)
Dan Johansson: The Blue Precentor (Imogena 1999)
Jerker Lindström: April in Täby (Caprice 2000)
Cecilia Wennerström Quartet: Stuck Zipper (Four Leaf Clover 2000)
Fredrik Nordstrom 08: Urgency (Dragon 2000)
Karl-Martin Almqvist: Karl-Martin Almqvist (Prophone 2000)
Ståhls Blå: Ståhls Blå (Dragon 2001)
Alf Häggkvist Trio: Beutiful High Coast (ARV Sez Musica 2001)
Rebecka Gordon: Yiddish..n Jazz (Touché Music 2001)
HÃ¥kan Nykvist: Horncraft (Phono Suecia 2002)
Bengt Andersson: The Painters Dance ( Jazz and Art 2002)
Fredrik Nordstrom Quintet: On Purpose (Caprice 2002)
Orjan Hulten Trio: Med Vanner Live i Tensta (Artogrush 2002)
Carl Orrje: Skylight (Dragon 2003)
Stora stygga: Stora Stygga Big Bad Band (Caprice 2003)
Mathias Landaeus: House of Approximation (Moserobie Music Production 2003)
Berit Andersson-Goran Strandberg Quartet: How About Now (Dragon 2003)
Fredrik Nordstrom Quintet: Moment (Moserobie 2004)
Karl-Martin Almqvist Quartet: Full Circle (Prophone 2004)
Harri Ihanus: Eye Opener (Imogena 2004)
Ståhls Blå: Schlachtplatte (Moserobie Music Production 2004)
Filip Augustson Quartet: Ich bin Filip Augustson (Moserobie Music Production 2004)
Mathias Landaeus: Fringle People (Moserobie Music Production 2004)
Bengt Andersson: BAQ in Stockholm (Jazz and Art 2004)
SURD: Live at Glenn Miller Cafe (Ayler Records 2004)
Alf Häggkvist Trio: Crystals (Liphone Records 2004)
Johan Berke: Johan Berke Uppstairs Five (Gason Jazz 2004)
Orjan Hulten Trio/ Fakir Karlsson: Ayouni (Artogrush 2005)
Fredrik Nordstrom Quintet: Moserobie Jazz Manifesto Box Set, with various bands (Moserobie 2006)
Orjan Hulten Trio: In The Woods (Artogrush 2006)
Johan Berke: The Cactus Suite (Gason Jazz 2006)
Filip Augustson Quartet: Moserobie Jazz Manifesto Box Set, with various bands (Moserobie 2006)
Fredrik Nordström: VIBB (Moserobie Music Production 2006)
Niklas Winter: Live in Stockholm (abovoice 2006)
Robert Nordmark: Changing Lanes (Imogena 2006)
Monica Borrfors: Monica sjunger Monica (Gazell 2007)
Mathias Landaeus: goes a long long way(Moserobie Music Production 2007)
H3FK: Nubiska nätter (Caprice 2008)
Karl-Martin Almqvist Quartet: Stretching a Portfolio (Prophone 2008)
Johan Berke Upstairs Five: Eastern Scene in Grey Minor (Gason Jazz 2008)
Örjan Hultén Trio: In the City(ARToGRUSH 2008)
Bengt Andersson Quartet: Post festum (Footprint 2008)
