Stephan Thelen – Music for Watermelons

Stephan Thelen – Fractal Guitar 2 (MoonJune 2021)

2021 ambient Andi Pupato David Torn Jon Durant Markus Reuter Moonjune postminimal prog Stephan Thelen

By Marcello Nardi Mar 27, 2021 0

Like a place I’ve been before, Stephan Thelen’s music retains that level of intimacy to my ear, whatever he plays. Exploration of rythmic fractals are, from the perspective of the Swiss guitarist, a neverending source of looking glasses and revolving doors that hint at a direction and take another. No surprise that Fractal Guitar 2, the sequel to the 2019 album on MoonJune Records, starts with a similar pattern with a the same line-up of incredibly high level of musicianship, but then veers in another place.

Sonar with David Torn, Samuel Hällkvist, Thor de Force

2020 BoogiePost David Torn electrojazz jazz Katrine Amsler Manuel Pasquinelli postminimal prog RareNoise Ropeadope Samuel Hällkvist SONAR Stephan Thelen Thor de Force

By Marcello Nardi Jul 28, 2020 1

Sonar with David Torn – Tranceportation Vol. 2 (RareNoise, 2020), Samuel Hällkvist – Epik, Didaktik, Pastoral (BoogiePost Recordings, 2020), Thor de Force – The Build (Ropeadope, 2020)

Sonar with David Torn – Tranceportation Vol.1 [RareNoise 2019]

2019 David Torn Manuel Pasquinelli postminimal RareNoise SONAR Stephan Thelen

By Marcello Nardi Nov 17, 2019 0

What initially started as a follow-up of Vortex, eventually sprawled to more than 80 minutes of music and became a double album, whose second volume will be released in May 2020. In a move equal parts bold and conservative, Tranceportation Vol. 1 is moving the music of Sonar and their collaboration with David Torn ahead. Staying faithful to one of the rules that lies underneath the music of many Swiss postmininal musicians, that which says that minimal structures do not cage the music, instead unleash a new world of possibilities, Sonar and David Torn are now delving into new depths