Tomo Jacobson
what is jazz? + toise/-
*100 copies limited edition* He originates from a parallel universe and is in possession of alien technology that he uses to create self-discovery music for your listening pleasure. After his ultra-low-fi Mini CD single Plays (Gotta Let It Out, 2023), Tomo comes back with not one but two stunning EPs released on a single 180g vinyl in a beautiful gatefold cover. Six 80s Yamaha synths and drum machines, the beloved midi-ribbon, and two Fostex 4-track tape recorders become a space-time ship here, …
Tomo Plays
He claims to originate from a parallel universe and be in possession of alien technology that he uses to create self-discovery music for your listening pleasure. Introducing Tomo with his Mini CD single Plays - a love letter to the sound of the 80s Yamaha synths & drum machines and Fostex tape-recorders in a cosmos-peppered stylistic blender. The album was recorded directly to the 4-track cassette recorder. We gave up with describing this music, but perhaps the way Tomo classifies it could help:…
Spirit Spirit
*2023 stock* Spirit Spirit is an improvised suite in nine parts and epilogue by the Scandinavian trio featuring the renowned saxophone player Torben Snekkestad, pianist Søren Kjærgaard, and double bass player Tomo Jacobson. The suite was carefully composed from almost 3 hours of spontaneously improvised studio recordings by the trio. The outcome is a focused, minimal, dark, dynamic, enigmatic 38 minutes of music that unfolds like a ghostly tale. The trio was formed in 2016.
Variations On No Particular Theme - Part 2
*2023 stock* Lo and behold, the second and final part of the diptych from the unusual free improvising quartet featuring two New York-based viola players Mat Maneri & Tanya Kalmanovitch, and Copenhageners Tomo Jacobson on double bass & Kresten Osgood on drums, is finally here! This time, we enter into a darker, fiercer, seemingly telepathic exchange - a powerful finale to an unprecedented musical journey.
Variations On No Particular Theme - Part 1
Perhaps for the first time in the history of music, here is two violas, double bass, and drums quartet featuring the New York-based Mat Maneri & Tanya Kalmanovitch, and Copenhageners Tomo Jacobson & Kresten Osgood. Calling their music chamber free improv gives some clues about the sound world you are entering, but it also falls very short in the face of the multitudes presented here. ‘Variations On No Particular Theme’ is a pregnant name in which we can look for the key to this album. Of course,…