Former OBSCURA/PESTILENCE Bassist Working On Microtonal Recordings For 7-String Bass

January 11, 2013

Dutch bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling is working on a new series of microtonal recordings for seven-string bass. Three pieces, "Discrepantium", "Transluon" (written by contemporary composer Jurica Jelic) and "Mpulse", will be released later this year.

"At this stage of my career, these recordings are important for me, as I'm trying to discover other techniques and concepts for bass guitar," said Jeroen. "I see them as mini-works, short personal studies which represent a broad view on the instrument's timbre within experimental music."

For more information, visit Jeroen's personal webpage.

Thesseling recorded two other microtonal works in the late '90s. He collaborated with OBSCURA from 2008 to 2011 and recorded the band's full-length albums "Cosmogenesis" (2009) and "Omnivium" (2011). During 1992-1994 and 2009-2012, Jeroen worked with Dutch death metallers PESTILENCE. He recorded their fourth and sixth studio albums, "Spheres" (1993) and "Doctrine" (2011).

Photo credit: Peter Matis

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