Jeroen Paul Thesseling
| Jeroen Paul Thesseling | |
|---|---|
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| Background information | |
| Born | April 13, 1971 |
| Genres | Death metal, Jazz, World |
| Instruments | Bass guitar |
| Years active | 1991-Present |
| Associated acts |
Salazh Trio Obscura Pestilence Ensemble Salazhar |
| Website |
www |
| Notable instruments | |
| Warwick basses | |
Jeroen Paul Thesseling is a Dutch fretless bass player, most famous for his work in the German group Obscura, Dutch group Pestilence and Dutch world fusion project Ensemble Salazhar.[1][2]
Biography
Thesseling began studying bass in 1988 at the ArtEZ School of Music in Enschede, Netherlands. During the period 1992-1994, he was a member of Pestilence, with whom he recorded the jazz/fusion-influenced album Spheres. In 1995 Thesseling started to study microtonality, which resulted in two pieces: Hafnium — study in 72-tone equal temperament (1999) — and Argon — study in 18-tone equal temperament (2000). The period following, microtonal and contemporary classical music inspired him to focus primarily on fretless bass. In 2005 he recorded with the studio group Ensemble Salazhar. Despite their highly acclaimed 'Colors' demo, the group never officially released recordings. Between 2007-2011, he collaborated with Obscura and recorded with them Cosmogenesis (2009) and Omnivium (2011). During the period 2009-2012 he rejoined Pestilence after a 15-year break and recorded their sixth studio album Doctrine (2011). Since 2011 German bass luthier Warwick built fretless 7-string instruments for him that are strung with a sub-contra F#-tuning. Late 2014 Jeroen co-founded the world fusion group Salazh Trio. Their upcoming debut album Circulations is set to be released in February 2017.
Equipment
Jeroen is endorsed by Warwick and plays 6-string Thumb neck-through basses since 1993. From 2011 he uses 7-string fretless Thumb NT basses with a low F#-tuning.
Discography
Demo recordings
- Ensemble Salazhar - Colors demo (2008)
Studio albums
- Pestilence - Spheres (1993)
- Obscura - Cosmogenesis (2009)
- Pestilence - Doctrine (2011)
- Obscura - Omnivium (2011)
- MaYaN - Quarterpast (2011)
- Salazh Trio - Circulations (February 2017)
References
- ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Obscura". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
- ↑ Serba, John (2002-07-22). "Pestilence". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-15.