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Stephan Thelen: Of Sonar, Fractals And Interactive Complexity

by Mike Jacobs
June 5, 2023

If you have been at all aware of the two-decade-old movement known as Swiss Minimalism, you've likely seen Stephan Thelen's name crop up. Lately, it would be fairly difficult not to. From 2018 to 2023 alone, his work as a leader in groups like Sonar and Fractal Sextet along with his Fractal Guitar series and other ...

Fractal Sextet: Fractal Sextet

by Mike Jacobs
March 23, 2023

In the over two-decade-old “movement" that's come to be known as Swiss Minimalism, guitarist Stephan Thelen has pushed himself to the fore, both with his group SONAR and in solo projects. In recent years, he's been astonishingly prolific (releasing five albums from 2021-2022 alone). With recent group work in Sonar being expanded to include guitarist David ...

Stephan Thelen: Fractal Sextet

by Mark Sullivan
February 17, 2023

Swiss composer/guitarist Stephan Thelen's two Fractal Guitar albums were largely multi-tracked affairs, involving considerable file sharing. The idea of organizing a band to perform the music live may have been inevitable. The resulting Fractal Sextet is an international project consisting of guitarist Jon Durant (USA), keyboard player and composer Fabio Anile (Italy), bassist Colin Edwin (UK), ...

Stephan Thelen: Fractal Guitar 3

by Mark Sullivan
January 12, 2023

Guitarist/composer Stephan Thelen presents the third installment of his Fractal Guitar series. Like the previous albums, the emphasis is on multiple guitars, layered in kaleidoscopic arrangements based on his compositions and guitar playing, but significantly colored by the contributions of his collaborators. This edition was also influenced by the other albums that he was working on ...

Mata Atlantica: Retiro e Ritmo

by Mark Sullivan
January 10, 2023

Retiro e Ritmo is a love letter to Mata Atlântica, the coastal rain forest of Brazil, and a call to help preserve and protect this beautiful habitat. The music supports that goal not by quoting or referencing Brazilian music directly, but by building a complex musical ecosystem that evokes it, obliquely creating a sense of place. ...

Slow Flow & Dancer

By Andreas Vollenweider

Label: AVAF Music/MIG Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: As We Sail On By, Deep Green Waltz, Slow Flow, Forevernow, In The Heart Of Your Mind, Find Me In My Dream, Woa Woa, Scarabaeus, The Golden Bird, Uthando, Up & Out.

Retiro e Ritmo

By Mata Atlantica

Label: 7D Media
Released: 2022
Track listing: Candles In Brazil; Quando Como Aranhas; Sempre O Mesmo; Mata; Se Deus Quiser; Um Beijo Selvagem; O Fim Do Mundo.

Fractal Guitar 3

By Stephan Thelen

Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Through The Stargate; Morning Star; Glitch; Ascension; Black On Electric Blue; Through The Stargate (Edit).

Fractal Sextet

By Fractal Sextet

Label: Alchemy Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Zeptoscope; Fractal 5.7; Planet Nine; Mise en Abyme; Slow over Fast; Point of Inflection (download only).