NEWS

Upcoming tour Atomic
May 14, 2012

Fr May 18 - Cinema Teatro Torresino, Padova, Italy
Sa May 19 - Jazz Cerkno Festival, Slovenia
Mo May 21 - Ring Ring Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
Tu May 22 - Cova del Drac / Jazzroom, Barcelona, Spain
We May 23 - Cova del Drac / Jazzroom, Barcelona, Spain
Fr May 25 - Música en el Picasso, Malaga, Spain
Sa May 26 - Jazz ao Centro, Coimbra, Portugal

New on the roster: Nate Wooley and Paul Lytton
April 9, 2012

Happy to announce a new collaboration with Nate Wooley (trumpet, amplifier) and Paul Lytton (drums, percussion, electronics) in different groupings:
Paul Lytton and Nate Wooley duo and with different guests; Nate Wooley solo; Nate Wooley Quintet and a new quartet by Paul Lytton with Rudi Mahall
(bass clarinet), Craig Taborn (piano) and Nate Wooley."Trumpet and Drums" (Peter Evans, Nate Wooley, Paul Lytton, Jim Black) will play at
Ljubljana Jazzfestival June 30 and North Sea Jazz Festival July 6.

The Thing on tour in Europe
March 19, 2012

Su March 18: Circol Malda Barcelona
Mo March 19: Circol Malda Barcelona
Tu March 20: Chateau Neuf Oslo
We March 21: EnergiMolla Kongsberg
Fr March23: Pannonica Nantes
Sa March 24: Area Sismica Forli
Mo March 26: Martinschlössl Vienna
Tu March 27: Stadtwerkstatt Linz
Th March 29: the Workman's club Dublin
Fr March 30: Black Box Belfast
Sa March 31: Vossa jazzfest

See also the concert page

Swedish azz and Gilbert Holmström perform Fåglarna, written in 1966, for the first time live
March 5, 2012

Last Saturday Swedish azz concluded their Scandinavian tour. Guests were invited for two concerts: Swedish musicians who were already active in the sixties. At Nefertiti, Göteburg, they played Fåglarna together with saxofonist Gilbert Holmström, who wrote the piece for a radio recording in 1966. The graphic score is based on the Hitchcock movie 'the Birds'.

Other guests were Lars Göran Ulander, Georg Riedel, Lennart Åber and Gunnar Lindgren. See some recordings on the video page.

Fire! invites Oren Ambarchi for another tour
January 3, 2012

After a succesfull tour with Oren Ambarchi last October, Fire! will bring him over to Europe again August 27 - September 2, 2012

Fire! is a high calibre allstar combo from Sweden featuring Mats Gustafsson from The Thing (saxophone/Fender Rhodes/electronics), Johan Berthling from Tape (bass) and Andreas Werliin from Wildbirds & Peacedrums (percussion). Now with added firepower courtesy of Australian drone master Oren Ambarchi from Sunn O))) (guitar/electronics). Their sound is a frenzy of monolithic rock textures, scorched electronics, hypnotic rhythms, repetitive grooves and an all-channels-open free jazz spirit, all amped up at blistering psychedelic voltage.
An album from the quartet with Ambarchi was recorded in London October 2011 and will be out on Rune Grammofon May 2012.

Atomic presents new CD 'Here comes everybody' during European tour
November 29, 2011

Read the press release about 'Here comes Everybody' (Jazzland).Tour starts December 1 in Nijmegen (NL) and will continue to Munich, Stockholm, Oslo, Tilburg, Leer, Amsterdam, Hasselt. Please see schedule.

Article about The Thing in Tomajazz
September 14, 2011

The September issue of the Spanish review Tomajazz has a feature story about The Thing.
A very good article about the history of the band by Pachi Tapiz. Photo's are by Sera Marín. You can read it here (in Spanish)

Tour Swedish azz
September 12, 2011

Swedish azz just finished their tour in Central Europe: driving a van between Budapest, Staranzano, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Pész and Vienna. Great audiences everywhere.
The tour was concluded with the recording of a 12" which will come out early next year.
Watch them rehearse one of the new pieces here.

Tarfala trio: SYZYGY
August 22, 2011

SYZYGY is a new production of Tarfala trio (Barry Guy bass, Mats Gustafsson tenor sax and alto fluteophone, Raymond Strid drums)
A 2LP/1 7" set on NoBusiness Records
Listen here

"Developing a cascade of responses to the musical opportunities their creativity allows, they spin extraordinary improvisations out of the raw materials of heart, soul and spirit." - Music and More

"In sum, a music of contrasts : raw and vulnerable, sensitive and harsh, coherent and adventurous, energetic and contained, yet full of incredible passion. Highly recommended!" - Free Jazz

5 stars in Cuadernos de Jazz for Kopros Lithos
June 15, 2011

Kopros Lithos is latest CD of Evans / Fernández / Gustafsson, on Multikulti Project.

For those who read Spanish or like to play with google translate:
'Formas y espacios' by Yahvé M. de la Cavada

Listen to this CD at the Music page

And the winner is....
June 1, 2011

Mats Gustafsson!!!
Today it was announced that he won the prestigious Nordic Council Music Price

The jury: "For over two decades Mats Gustafsson has been one of the big names in improvised music. With his innovative saxophone playing he is constantly bursting the limits of the musical genres that we need to assign to music we have not met before. Whether he is working in the Peter Brštzmann Chicago Tentet's avant-garde world, or in the more punk-oriented trio, The Thing, Mats is present with an uncompromising expression, a total presence, a striking energy and a high degree of sensitivity for his fellow musicians. Mats does not just renew the saxophone expression, he reinvents it and creates new worlds of music between the tones and behind the noise. Mats' concerts are just as extensive and incalculable as his huge record production which consists of more than 200 titles. We recommend that you open your hearts and let yourself be enchanted by Mats Gustafsson's musical universe".

Catalytic-sound
May 24, 2011

Mats Gustafsson and Paal Nilssen-Love joined forces with Peter Brötzmann and Ken Vandermark to create a common website:
Catalytic-sound.

You can find their individual catalogs of music there, and their tour dates.
Please subscribe to their mailinglist to receive information about upcoming tours of a lot of groups represented here.

The Thing European tour
April 7, 2011

The Thing just finished a European tour in Sweden, France, Austria, Italy and Lithuania. In Stockholm they performed with Neneh Cherry, in Vilnius with Barry Guy.

In Italy the trains were on strike, so after a long beautiful busride from Innsbruck to Verona we were welcomed by our driver, who knew very well who he was waiting for...

The Thing & Neneh Cherry
March 29, 2011

The Thing performed with Neneh Cherry at Strand, Stockholm, March 29.

They met for the first time last December, for a recording session in London. Together they picked a song, talked a little, and just went for it: no rehearsal, just one take. And it sounded great.

For more concert dates in France, Austria, Italy and Lithuania (with Barry Guy) go to the Thing concertpage

Evans Fernández Gustafsson: first concert of the tour in Poznan.
March 22, 2011

And it was great.
A little dark though....
Watch here

Last time the trio performed at Dragon Club a CD was recorded: Kopros Lithos (mutikulti project, MPI013) . I uploaded a track on MySpace.