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Håkon Thelin Light The Norwegian double bass player and composer Håkon Thelin released his first album with his own compositions on the label Atterklang in 2011. Håkon is recognized as one of the worlds leading performers of contemporary music, and he has researched and presented a number of novel techniques on the double bass. The album feature his solo playing and the performance of two duos, with the tenor Frank Havrøy and with the Italian violinist Marco Rogliano who plays on the title track “Light”. Light was recently awarded the Norwegian Grammy “Spellemannprisen” for best contemporary music album 2011. As an ensemble musician, Håkon is widely known from the group POING who in 2011 were artistic leaders and artists in residence for the Ultima festival in Oslo, the largest festival for contemporary music in Scandinavia. He regularly performs with leading European ensembles like musikFabrik and Ensemble Modern. From 20072010 Håkon was employed as an artistic research fellow at the Norwegian Academy of Music with the project "A new world of sounds advancements in contemporary double bass techniques". Here, he specifically works on the music and techniques of Stefano Scodanibbio, researching novel techniques such as harmonics and multiphonics and questioning performance practices in contemporary music. “The music on this CD represents a defining discovery of my own musical voice, as it speaks through the double bass. The exploration of sounds has been ensued by an evolving thought regarding the contextualization of this specific language of music, which I have come to call a folk music for the double bass. The great Italian double bass player and composer Stefano Scodanibbio said that he wanted ”...to allow the contrabass to sing with its own voice”. During the 1980’s he found this voice, which came from the instrument itself, being based on the possibillities that the instrument provides. The main discovery that allowed such a language to be created was the expansion of flageolet techniques, the most evident being the interchanging of ordinary tones and flageolets. The conception of such a folk music for the double bass has been my main approach in creating this music, and my aim for the sounding result. To create a composed music, bound by intricate fixed rhythms, melodic shapes and forms, but yet to envince the sounding impressions of improvisation. My music is based upon an exploration of certain sounds which speak particularly well through the double bass. The overtones enable a new world of sounds, and at the same time strengthen the link to the fundamentals of all sound.” Contact: Håkon Thelin www.thelin.no www.haakonthelin.com [email protected] phone: +47 95247305 Kristian Skaarbrevik www.atterklang.com [email protected] phone: +47 92442101

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Håkon  Thelin   Light  The  Norwegian  double  bass  player  and  composer  Håkon  Thelin  released  his  first  album  with  his  own  compositions  on  the  label  Atterklang  in  2011.  Håkon  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  worlds  leading  performers  of  contemporary  music,  and  he  has  researched  and  presented  a  number  of  novel  techniques  on  the  double  bass.  The  album  feature  his  solo  playing  and  the  performance  of  two  duos,  with  the  tenor  Frank  Havrøy  and  with  the  Italian  violinist  Marco  Rogliano  who  plays  on  the  title  track  “Light”.      Light  was  recently  awarded  the  Norwegian  Grammy    “Spellemannprisen”  for  best  contemporary  music  album  2011.      As  an  ensemble  musician,  Håkon  is  widely  known  from  the  group  POING  who  in  2011  were  artistic  leaders  and  artists  in  residence  for  the  Ultima  festival  in  Oslo,  the  largest  festival  for  contemporary  music  in  Scandinavia.  He  regularly  performs  with  leading  European  ensembles  like  musikFabrik  and  Ensemble  Modern.  From  2007-­‐2010  Håkon  was  employed  as  an  artistic  research  fellow  at  the  Norwegian  Academy  of  Music  with  the  project  "A  new  world  of  sounds  -­‐  advancements  in  contemporary  double  bass  techniques".  Here,  he  specifically  works  on  the  music  and  techniques  of  Stefano  Scodanibbio,  researching  novel  techniques  such  as  harmonics  and  multiphonics  and  questioning  performance  practices  in  contemporary  music.        “The  music  on  this  CD  represents  a  defining  discovery  of  my  own  musical  voice,  as  it  speaks  through  the  double  bass.  The  exploration  of  sounds  has  been  ensued  by  an  evolving  thought  regarding  the  contextualization  of  this  specific  language  of  music,  which  I  have  come  to  call  a  folk  music  for  the  double  bass.  The  great  Italian  double  bass  player  and  composer  Stefano  Scodanibbio  said  that  he  wanted  ”...to  allow  the  contrabass  to  sing  with  its  own  voice”.  During  the  1980’s  he  found  this  voice,  which  came  from  the  instrument  itself,  being  based  on  the  possibillities  that  the  instrument  provides.  The  main  discovery  that  allowed  such  a  language  to  be  created  was  the  expansion  of  flageolet  techniques,  the  most  evident  being  the  interchanging  of  ordinary  tones  and  flageolets.  The  conception  of  such  a  folk  music  for  the  double  bass  has  been  my  main  approach  in  creating  this  music,  and  my  aim  for  the  sounding  result.  To  create  a  composed  music,  bound  by  intricate  fixed  rhythms,  melodic  shapes  and  forms,  but  yet  to  envince  the  sounding  impressions  of  improvisation.  My  music  is  based  upon  an  exploration  of  certain  sounds  which  speak  particularly  well  through  the  double  bass.  The  overtones  enable  a  new  world  of  sounds,  and  at  the  same  time  strengthen  the  link  to  the  fundamentals  of  all  sound.”      

 

   

Contact:    Håkon  Thelin  www.thelin.no  www.haakonthelin.com  [email protected]  phone:  +47  95247305    

Kristian  Skaarbrevik  www.atterklang.com  [email protected]  phone:  +47  92442101