Time Is A Blind Guide
The drummer, composer, arranger and band leader Thomas Strønen has caused justifiable attention with his new band 'Time is a Blind Guide'. Here he masterfully combines his interests in various musical traditions: Jazz, chamber music, contemporary music and folk music.
Thomas Strønen is known from a number of sometimes very different musical contexts - from freely improvised music in Food and Humcrush to the more structured groups of Maria Kannegaard and Mats Eilertsen. He has written music for film and theater and composed many major works. He has taken part in almost 70 disc recordings, of a very different nature. Much of what he is most comfortable with, he has now managed to collect in a new musical universe Time is a Blind Guide. We experience music that is both complex and simple, that is particularly melodic and beautiful, with an almost hypnotic effect at times. And the compositions and arrangements give the individual musicians ample opportunity for outstanding solo performances.
Kit Downes (piano) Lucy Railton (cello) Håkon Aase (violin) Ole Morten Vågan (double bass) Thomas Strønen (dums/composer)
En español:
Drummer, composer, and bandleader Thomas Strønen has attracted justified attention with his new band 'Time is A Blind Guide'. Here he masterfully combines his interests for different musical genres: Jazz, chamber music, contemporary music and folk music.
Thomas Strønen is known from a number of very different musical contexts – from freely improvised music in Food and Humcrush, to the more structured groups of Maria Kannegaard and Mats Eilertsen. He has written music for film and theatre, and composed many major works, and he has been involved in nearly 70 recordings of different character. In this new musical universe he has managed to gather different genres to create a unique experience. The music is both complex and simple, extremely melodic and beautiful, with an at times almost hypnotic effect. The compositions and arrangements provide the individual musicians ample opportunities for outstanding soloist performances.
