Time Is a Blind Guide Thomas Strønen

• 1 The Stone Carriers 06:47
• 2 Baka / Tide 01:30
• 3 Everything Disappears I 03:53
• 4 Pipa 04:55
• 5 I Don't Wait for Anyone 06:44
• 6 The Drowned City 06:06
• 7 Lost Souls 06:16
• 8 Everything Disappears II (Ode to Jt) 02:21
• 9 Time Is a Blind Guide 05:40
• 10 As We Wait for Time 05:19
• 11 Simples 03:19
• Total Runtime 52:50

Info for Time Is a Blind Guide

Time Is A Blind Guide ist sowohl der Titel von Thomas Strønens Album als auch der Name seines neuen norwegisch-britischen Ensembles. Im Gegensatz zu seiner Formation Food und deren elektronischen Soundscapes ist TIABG eine rein akustisch agierende Gruppe, die »melodische Musik mit einem speziellen »Twist« spielt, wie der Schlagzeuger-Bandleader-Komponist es ausdrückt. Ihre Melodien entfalten sich geschmeidig über sich verlagernden rhythmischen Mustern.

Die Band wurde zusammengestellt, um eine Reihe sich überschneidender musikalischer Untergruppen zu vereinen. »Es gibt eine Art erweitertes Klaviertrio im Zentrum von Time Is A Blind Guide«, sagt Strønen. »Und dann gibt es eine Streichergruppe mit Geige, Cello und Bass – über die Jahre habe ich viel Musik für Streicher geschrieben – und außerdem noch ein Trommelensemble mit Siv Øyunn Kjenstad, Steinar Mossige und mir...« Die beiden Percussionisten liefern häufig kräftige Grooves, die es Strønen erlauben, frei über den Rhythmen zu spielen und dynamisch mit dem herausragenden jungen englischen Pianisten Kit Downes zu interagieren, der hier sein ECM-Debüt gibt. Time Is A Blind Guide wurde im Juli 2015 im Rainbow Studio in Oslo aufgenommen.

Thomas Strønen, Schlagzeug, Percussion
Kit Downes, Klavier
Håkon Aase, Violinw
Ole Morten Vågan, Kontrabass
Lucy Railton, Cello
Siv Øyunn Kjenstad, Percussion
Steinar Mossige, Percussion

Thomas Strønen
graduated from the Music Conservatory of Trondheim, Norway in 1999 after six years of studying jazz and composition. Since his student days he has been involved with improvised music in different contexts

He is one of Norway´s most prolific drummers, known from his involvement with Food (with Iain Ballamy), Humcrush (with Ståle Storløkken), Parish (with Bobo Stenso), Pohlitz (solo), Maria Kannegaard Trio and others, where he has often also taken on the role of writer and arranger and sometimes producer.

Strønen is a very interactive musician who likes to be involved in different musical forms and he has the ability of creating structures and textures to generate unexpected results. He is a melodic type of drummer who focuses on large forms, sounds and communication, playing both acoustic music and a set up with live electronics such as samplers and sound effects. Today Strønen has a solo record deal on the leading electronic music label Rune Grammofon, and also with his band Parish, on German label ECM.

As a composer, Strønen has contributed (either as main or co-composer) on almost all of his released records so far, more then thirty-five altogether. He has also contributed on several commissioned works for festivals (e.g. the Bath and Cheltenham Jazz festival and Ultima comptemporary music festival) and radio. (e.g. the BBC, NRK, Deutsche Rundfunk, Swedish Radio, among others).

He has played with musicians such as Bobo Stenson (S), Iain Ballamy (UK), Tomasz Stanko (PL), Evan Parker (UK), Tim Harries (UK), Bill McHenry (USA), Lars Danielsson (S), David Tronzo (USA), Koichi Makigami (JP), Ernst Reijseger (NL), Chris Batchelor (UK), Eric Vloeimans (NL), Mattias Ståhl (S), Joakim Milder (S), Fredrik Ljungkvist (S), Christian Spering (S), David Stackenas (S), Staffan Svendsson (S), Joe Williamson (Can), Francois Houle (Can), Martin Kuchen (S), Magnus Lindgren (S), Phil Bancroft (UK), Tunji Bejer (GE), Ståle Storløkken, Bjørnar Andresen, Vidar Johansen, Knut Reiersrud, Iver Kleive, Silje Nergaard, Tore Brunborg, Christian Wallumrød, Trygve Seim, Arve Henriksen, Stian Carstensen, Cikada, and others.

Thomas has toured Europe, Asia and Canada during the last few years with the bands mentioned above, and also with Ståhls Blå (with Swedish musicians Joakim Milder, Filip Augustson and Mattias Ståhl), Phil Bancroft Quartet (with British musicians Mike Walker, Steve Watts) and Maria Kannegaard trio (comprising Ole Morten Vågan). His festival appearances include Moldejazz, Oslo Jazzfestival, Ungjazz, Maijazz, Bylarm, Vossajazz, Nattjazz, Soddjazz, Trondheim Jazzfestival, Kongsberg Jazz, Dølajazz, Montreal Jazzfestival (Can), Vancouver Jazzfestival (Can), Winnipeg Jazzfestival Can), Edmonton Jazzfestival (Can), Toronto Jazzfestival (Can), Victoria Jazzfestival (Can), Ottawa Jazzfestival (Can), Calgary Jazzfestival (Can), Birningham Jazzfestival (UK), Cheltenham Jazzfestival (UK), Bath Jazzfestival (UK), Brighton Jazzfestival (UK), Edinburgh Jazzfestival (GB), Largs Jazzfestival (GB), Exeter Jazzfestival (UK), Leeds Jazzfestival (UK), Leverkusen Jazzfestival (Ty), Musik Triennale Köln (Ty), Aalen Jazztage (Ty), Heidelberg Jazzfestival (Ty), Beyreuth World Music Festival (Ty), København Jazzfestival (DK), Umeå - Stockholm-, Malmö- og Göteborg Jazzfestival (S), Expo (Jp) and others.

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