Tuesday, April 12, 2016

GERMANY/SWEDEN:Tonbruket- Forevergreens (ACT2016)

A new beginning for Tonbruket Tonbruket's first three albums put down a strong marker... Over the course of their three albums, the Swedish band Tonbruket have comprehensively defined the part of the musical universe which they choose to inhabit: a world on the outer boundaries of unshockable prog rock, of uncharted avant-garde folk, and of the kind of jazz where the rule-book has been thrown away. Tonbruket have been able to put down a decisive marker of their identity because each of the members is such a strong individual musician. The band represents the meeting of four people who have already proved themselves in many different contexts, and who were pleased to bring all of the vast experience that they had gathered into this new situation. Bassist Dan Berglund had been an intrinsic part of the reinvention of jazz which took place...
line up

Tonbruket are:
Dan Berglund / double bass
Johan Lindström / guitar, pedal steel, keyboards
Martin Hederos / piano, synthesizers, violin
Andreas Werliin / drums