biographyensemble index:
- as analogue synthesizer player
- as piano player
upcoming concerts
back dated appearances
released CDs
CDs in preparation
reviews
short info version (german)
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biography
ensemble index:
- as analogue synthesizer player
- as piano player
upcoming concerts
back dated appearances
released CDs
CDs in preparation
reviews
short info version (german)
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Thomas Lehn (May 21, 1958, Germany) - analogue synthesizer & piano
Since the early 1980s Thomas Lehn has been working as a performer, interpreter, composer and improviser of contemporary music. His individual style of musical expression is rooted in the experience of a broad spectrum of musical fields. After studying recording engineering at the Hochschule fur Musik in Detmold (Germany), he moved to Cologne and received a formal education in order to become a professional pianist.
From 1980 to 1987 he studied both classical and Jazz piano at the Hochschule fur Musik Koeln. During the 1980s he was the pianist of numerous jazz formations and a member of workshop ensembles conducted by Gunter Hampel, George Russell and Keith Tippett.
As an interpreting pianist he has played concerts since 1982 - performing both contemporary new music including numerous first performances and traditional composed music of the classical and romantically period. In 1989 he initiated the chamber ensemble Trio Dario and four years later the Mengano Quartett. Focused on performing compositions of the contemporary avant-garde, he is pianist of the Nova Ensemble Wuppertal, the ConGioco Ensemble and the quartet Natrium. He has also worked in performances of music theatre compositions of Maria de Alvear and Manos Tsangaris and in projects of performance artist Angie Hiesl.
Parallel to his work as a pianist, he concentrates on
composing and performing electronic music. The electronic equipment
he uses consists of analogue synthesizers of the late 1960s. The facilities
of these 'historic' instruments - e. g. to modify electronic sounds
very directly as well as to combine and to control several parameters
at the same time - allows him to spontaneously act and react in close
contact with the process of tension, space and structure of the music
during its performance.
As a synthesizer he is member of a number of ensembles, e. g. VARIO-34, a sextet with Guenter Christmann, Alexander Frangenheim, Mats Gustafsson, Paul Lovens and Christian Munte; KONK PACK, a trio with Tim Hodgkinson and Roger Turner; trios with Phil Durrant and Radu Malfatti, Phil Minton and Axel Doerner, Martin Theurer and Erhard Hirt, Peter van Bergen and Gert-Jan Prins, Andreas Wagner and Guido Hafner (DIE KLANGRAEUMER), Konrad Doppert and Joker Nies (VCO1); duos with Gerry Hemingway and Marcus Schmickler (a-musik); GLASSBAND, a quintet with Alexander Frangenheim, Evan Parker, Roger Turner and Philipp Wachsmann; MIMEO, a 12 piece electronic orchestra a.m.o.
He has repeatedly collaborated with Martin Blume, John Butcher, Guenter Christmann, Jim Denley, Axel Doerner, Phil Durrant, Christian Fennesz, Alexander Frangenheim, Wolfgang Fuchs, Malcolm Goldstein, Gunda Gottschalk, Guillermo Gregorio, Beth Griffith, Mats Gustafsson, Gerry Hemingway, Erhard Hirt, Tim Hodgkinson, Bruno Leicht, Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton, Radu Malfatti, Jeffrey Morgan, Torsten Mueller, Christian Munthe, Josef Novotny, Evan Parker, Peter Rehberg, Keith Rowe, John Russell, Hans Schneider, Burkhard Stangl, Raymond Strid, Martin Theurer, Roger Turner, Peter van Bergen and Philipp Wachsmann.
Thomas Lehn has played concerts in Austria, Denmark, England, France, Hungaria, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Germany and the USA. He has been repeatedly invited to perform at international festivals and for TV and radio productions. He has been involved in projects promoted and/or supported by Goethe-Institutes in Budapest, London, Roma, Manchester, Marseille, York and Chicago.
His discography includes recordings with vario 34, Durrant/Lehn/Malfatti, Christmann/Lehn, MIMEO, Hirt/Theurer/Lehn, Die Klangraeumer a.m.o. CDs with KONK PACK and Hemingway/Lehn will be released in Nov 1999. A solo CD with Lehn's own electronic compositions on label Random Acoustics is in preparation.
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ensemble index 1999
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as analogue
synthesizer player.........
BUTCHER/LEHN/LOVENS/ZIMMERLIN QUARTET
John Butcher (GB) - tenor & soprano saxophone
Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
Paul Lovens (D) - drums & percussion
Alfred Zimmerlin (CH) - cello
contact also: John Butcher, 28 Aylmer Road, London W12 9LQ, U.K.
phone/Fax +44.181.7401349, email: JBacta@msn.com
DIE KLANGRAEUMER
Guido Hafner (D) - double bass
Thomas Lehn -analogue synthesizer, piano
Andreas Wagner (D) - tenor & soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute
contact also: Guido Hafner, Redwitzstr. 53, D-50937 Koeln
Phone +49.221.4758417
DOERNER/LEHN/MINTON TRIO
Phil Minton (GB) - vocals
Axel Doerner (D) - trumpet
Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
contact also: Axel Doerner, Dieffenbachstr.35, D-10967 Berlin
Phone/Fax +49.30.6921107, email: axeldoerner@snafu.de
DURRANT/LEHN/MALFATTI TRIO
Phil Durrant (GB) - acoustic violin
Radu Malfatti (A)- trombone
Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
contact also: Phil Durrant, email: pdsowari@freqshift.demon.co.uk
15 North Gardens, Colliers Wood, London SW19 2NR, U.K.
Phone/Fax +44.181.5400466
E-RACK
Peter van Bergen (NL) - electronic wind controller, sampler
Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
Gert-Jan Prins (NL) - electronics, radio, tv
GLASSBAND
Philipp Wachsmann (GB) - violin & electronics
Evan Parker (GB) - soprano & tenorsaxophone
Alexander Frangenheim - double bass
Roger Turner (GB) - drums & percussion
Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
contact also: Alexander Frangenheim, Im Schellenkoenig 56 D,
D-70184 Stuttgart, Phone/Fax +49.711.243332
HIRT/LEHN/THEURER TRIO
Erhard Hirt (D) - guitar, electronics
Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
Martin Theurer - (D) piano
contact also: Martin Theurer, Roehrchenstr. 24, D-58452 Witten, Phone +49.2302.13877
KONK PACK
Tim Hodgkinson (GB) - flat guitar, electronics, clarinet, alto saxophone
Roger Turner (GB) - drumsets and percussion
Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
contact also: Tim Hodgkinson, 46 Spenser Road, London SE24 ONR U.K.
Phone/Fax +44.171.2070719
email: konkpack@gmx.net
MIMEO (Music In Movement Electronic Orchestra)
Phil Durrant (GB) - violin, electronics
Christian Fennesz (A) - sampler, computer
Cor Fuhler (NL) - electronics, piano, organ
Thomas Lehn (D) - analogue synthesizer
Kaffe Matthews (GB) - violin, electronics
Jerome Noetinger (F) - tapes, speakers, electronics
Gert-Jan Prins (NL) - electronics, radio, tv
Peter Rehberg (A) - computer
Keith Rowe (GB) - guitar, electronics
Marcus Schmickler (D) - electronics
Rafael Toral (P) - electronics
Markus Wettstein (CH) - electronics
contact also: Keith Rowe, Les Hautes Cottieres, F-44330 Vallet
Phone +33.2.40363269, Fax +33.2.40364132, email: keith.rowe@wanadoo.fr
LEHN & SCHMICKLER
Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
Marcus Schmickler (D) - electronics
contact also: Marcus Schmickler, email: ushmi@proaudio.de
TOM & GERRY
Gerry Hemingway (USA) - drums & percussion
Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
contact also: Gerry Hemingway, email: gh@gerryhemingway.com
VARIO-34
Guenter Christmann (D) - trombone, cello
Alexander Frangenheim (D) - double bass
Mats Gustafsson (S) - saxophones
Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
Paul Lovens (D)- percussion
Christian Munte (S) - guitar
contact also: Guenter Christmann, Weserweg 36, D-30851 Langenhagen
Phone/Fax +49.511.732936
VCO 1 (Voltage Controlled Oddities)
Konrad Doeppert (D) - analogue synthesizer, electronics
Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
Joker Nies (D) - digital synthesizer, computer
contact also:Joker Nies, email: joker@netcologne.de
Phone/Fax-Mod: +49.(0)221.5504995
CONGIOCO ENSEMBLE
Liesel Babette Juergens - vocals
Ebba Rohweder - flutes
Urla Kahl - french horn
Ruth Waeffler - cello
Carmen Brendel - double bass
Andreas Roth - trombone
Thomas Lehn - piano, analogue synthesizer
contact also: Ebba Rohweder, Gneiststr. 11, D-10437 Berlin
Phone/Fax +49.30.4447705
NATRIUM
Tim Jones - violin
Georg Boergers - cello
Martin Ingenhuett - double bass
Thomas Lehn piano - analogue synthesizer
also: Martin Ingenhuett, Palanter-Str. 40, D-50937 Koeln
Phone +49.221.413829, Fax +49.221.419756
email: m_ingenhuett@gmx.de
NOVA ENSEMBLE WUPPERTAL
Gudrun Pelker - vocals
Markus Hufschmidt - flutes
Bernhard Schwarz - cello
Helmut Zehe-Schmahl - acoustic guitar
Thomas Lehn - piano
Tobias Liebezeit - percussion
contact also: Konrad Hupfer, Im Hagen 30, D-42349 Wuppertal
Phone +49.202.401268
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Upcoming
concerts 1999
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03.-06.11.1999, Vienna/A
trio projects with Hannes Loeschel (p) and Josef Novotny (electr, computer)
Tu. 16.11.1999, Hannover/D @ Forum Kesselhaus
vario-project,with Guenter Christmann (tbn/vc), Peter van Bergen (sax/cl),
Axel Doerner(tp), Alexander Frangenheim (b), Wolfgang Schliemann (dr)
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Th. 23.09.1999, Amsterdam/NL @ Bimhuis
Trio with Gert-Jan Prins (electr, tv, perc) and Peter van Bergen (sax, electr),
first performance
Sa. 04.09.1999, Glasgow/GB @ CCA, Baustelle Festival
Duo with Olaf Rupp (g)
Th. 17.06.1999, Hannover/D @ Kesselhaus, Hohe Ufer Konzerte
with Guenter Christmann (tbn, vc) and Urs Leimgruber (sax)
We. 09.06.1999, 20.30 h, Cologne/D @ Stadtgarten, music summit, duo line
Duo with Eugene Chadbourne (g, banjo, dobro, elctric rake)
Th. 20.05.1999, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy/F, Festival
Die Glassband with Evan Parker (ss/ts), Philipp Wachsmann (vl), Alexander
Frangenheim (b), Roger Turner (perc), Thomas Lehn (an.syn)
Su. 02.05.1999, 13:30 h (!), Gloeckelberg/Zvonkova/CZ, KALEIDOPHON 99
(Ulrichsberg/A)
Trio Durrant/Malfatti/Lehn with Phil Durrant (vl) and Radu Malfatti (tbn)
Sa. 01.05.1999, Vienna/A, phonoTAKTIK festival
Die Klangraeumer with Andreas Wagner (ts/cl), Guido Hafner (b) and Thomas
Lehn (an.syn). Early experimental silent movies by Viking Eggeling, Hans
Richter, Fernand Leger and Henri Chomette live-accompained with free improvised
music.
Th. 29.04.1999, Graz/A, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten, Festival: FILM/MUSIK/FILM. Die Klangraeumer with Andreas Wagner (ts/cl), Guido Hafner (b) and Thomas Lehn (an.syn) Early experimental silent movies by Viking Eggeling, Hans Richter, Fernand Leger and Henri Chomette live-accompained with free improvised music.
07.04.1999, tour with trio KONK PACK in Netherlands/Belgium with Tim Hodgkinson (e-table-g., electr., reeds), Roger Turner (perc)
10.-21.02.1999 Italy tour: Die Klangraeumer with Andreas Wagner (ts/cl), Guido Hafner (b), Thomas Lehn (an.syn) and guests Fabrizio Spera (perc, electr), Giuseppe Ielasi (g)
04.02.1999, Vienna, rhiz adhoc groupings with hans w. koch (syn), Thomas Lehn (an.syn), Max Nagl (as), Josef Novotny (electr), Burkhard Stangl (g), Andreas Wagner (ts, cl)
03.02.1999, Vienna - Alte Schmiede Trio with Hannes Loeschel (p), Josef Novotny (electr) and Thomas Lehn
15./16./17. Dec. 1998 Cologne, Stadtgarten, Festival "Jack Pohl stellt vor": M.I.M.E.O. (Music In Movement Electronic Orchestra) Keith Rowe (g, electr), Phil Durrant (vl, electr), Kaffe Matthews (vl, electr), Thomas Lehn (an.syn), Peter Rehberg (computer), Christian Fennesz (samp), Gert-Jan Prins (electr), Cor Fuhler (p, electr), Jerome Noetinger (electr), Rafael Toral (electr), Markus Schmickler (electr), Markus Wettstein (electr)
11.12.1998, 23 h, Bremen, projektgruppe neue musik bremen: Festival: Das "Rohe und das Gekochte" quartet with Guenter Christmann (tbn), Paul Lovens (perc), Torsten Mueller (b) and Thomas Lehn (syn)
29.11.1998, 20 h, Berlin, Podewil, Berlin Factory with Wolfgang Fuchs, Aleks Kolkowski, Axel Doerner, Andrea Neumann, Thomas Lehn u.a.
18.-26.11.1998 USA tour, in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Chicago
21.11.1998, Chicago, Lunar Cabaret, with Johannes Bauer/Jeb Bishop (tbn); Axel Doerner (tp)/Lonberg-Holm; Thomas Lehn/Jim Baker (an.synth); plus, in second set, ad hoc groupings with Michael Zerang and others
22.11.1998, Milwaukee, Woodland Patterns Bookshop, with Thomas Lehn/Jim Baker (an.syn) duo; Axel Doerner/Lonberg-Holm duo; quartet at end
25.11.1998, Chicago, Empty Bottle, Sextett with Hamid Drake (dr), Ken Vandermark (reeds), Kent Kessler (b), Axel Doerner (tp), Johannes Bauer (tbn), Thomas Lehn (an.syn)
08.11.1998, Witten, Haus Witten, Konzert Neue Impr. Musik, 3 x 3 = 7 with Martin Theurer (p), Gunda Gottschalk (vl), Ute Volker (acc), Sue Schlotte (vc), Joachim Zoepf (sax), Erhard Hirt (g), Thomas Lehn (an.syn) u.a.
30.10.1998, 20:00 h, Cologne, Basement, Herwarthstr., No(z)Art Festival: Die Klangraeumer with Andreas Wagner (ts/cl), Guido Hafner (b), Thomas Lehn (an.syn)
20.09.1998 Bochum, Skandinavien/NRW project with Lotta Melin (dance), Elena Franzen (dance), Martin Blume (perc), Mats Gustafsson (reeds), Raymond Strid (perc), Thomas Lehn (an.syn), Stan Sandell (p), Eckard Koltermann (cl) u. a.
20.07.1998 Szeged/Hungary, Thealter International Festival: trio concert with Guenter Christmann (tbn/vc), Alexander Frangenheim (b), Thomas Lehn (an.syn)
18.07.1998 Konfrontationen 98, Festival, Nickelsdorf: vario-34 with Guenter Christmann (tbn/vc), Mats Gustadfsson (reeds), Chistian Munte (g), Alexander Frangenheim (b), Paul Lovens (perc), Thomas Lehn (an.syn)
27. Intern. New Jazz Festival Moers, Loft Exil project III with Beth Griffith (voc), Georg Graewe (p),Thomas Lehn (syn), Markus Schmickler (elec), Nils Wogram (tbn), Michael Heupel (fl), Claudius Valk (ts/ss/fl), Frank Gratkowski (as/cl/bcl), Matthias Schubert (ts), Claudio Puntin (cl) Ernst Reijseger (vc), Dieter Manderscheid (b), Achim Kraemer (dr) LMC Festival, Duo with Paul Lovens
24. May 1998, The Royal Festival Hall, London, Southbank, promoted by Goethe-Institut London with Paul Lovens (perc), Thomas Lehn (an.syn) Chroniques de Heinrich Heine
Dec.1997, Cite de la Musique, project promoted by Goethe-Institute Marseille
with Maria Husmann (voc), Angela Konrad (rec), Raymond-Jean Audigane (fl,
perc), Bertrand Daurat (b), Wolfgang Fuchs (b-cl, cb-cl, sso), Thomas Lehn
(an.syn), Jean-Marc Montera (g), David Rueff (as)
IV. Szuenetjel-Festival Dec. 1997 Budapest, in cooperation with Goethe-Institute Budapest with Raymond Strid (perc), Albert Markos (vc), Veryan Weston (p), Gabor Toth (electr), Phil Durrant (vl, electr), Soeres Zsolt (vl, electr), Kovacs Zolt (g, electr), Dorothea Schuerch (voc), Alexander Frangenheim (b), Mats Gustafsson (reeds), Roger Turner (perc), Tim Hodgkinson (g, cl, electr) Und: der Venus trabant - Oper ohne Ort
Nov.97, Krems/Austria, opera project by Burkhard Stangl and Oswald Egger King Uebue Oerchestrue
Nov.1997, Leeds/U.K., Festival, in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Manchester with Axel Doerner, Wolfgang Fuchs, Thomas Lehn, Paul Lytton, Radu Malfatti, Melvyn Poore, Dorothea Schurch, Philipp Wachsmann Zwischenspiel - Interplay
Nov.1997 London, Institute of Contemporary Art project promoted by Goethe-Institute London and London Musicians Collective with Tim Hodgkinson (g, electr), Robin Hayward (tu), Thomas Lehn (an.syn) Music in Movement Electronic Orchestra (M.I.M.E.O.)
Jul 97: Konfrontationen 97, Nickelsdorf/Austria
Oct 97: Timecircle Festival, Den Haag/Netherlands
Nov 97: IMI-Festival, Wuppertal/Germany with Keith Rowe, Phil Durrant, Christian Fennesz, Cor Fuhler, Yannis Kyriakides, Thomas Lehn, Gert Jan Prins a. m. o.Linguafonie 3
April 1997, project at and promoted by Goethe-Institute Rom with Wolfgang
Fuchs (b-cl, cb-cl, sso), Fernando Grillo (b), Thomas Heberer (tp), Erhard
Hirt (g), Thomas Lehn (an.syn), Giancarlo Locatelli (cl, ca-cl, b-cl), Elio
Martusciello (g), Giancarlo Schiaffini (tbn), Frank Schulte (electr), Stefano
Zorzanello (fl,ss)
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1999
MIMEO
live recording of 3 festival concerts in Nickelsdorf/A, Den Haag/NL,
Wuppertal/D
with Keith Rowe, Phil Durrant, Christian Fennesz, Cor Fuhler, Yannis Kiriakides,
Thomas Lehn, Gert Jan Prins, Peter Pita Rehberg, Richard Barret, Justin
Bennett, Jerome Noetinger recorded Dec 1998 on German label GROB, Cologne/D
(GROB.005)
email-orders: ThomasLehn@compuserve.com or: metamkine@compuserve.com
released August 1999 on label Perdition Plastics, Chicago/USA
Hirt/Lehn/Theurer - Trinidad -
with Martin Theurer (p), Erhard Hirt (g), Thomas Lehn (an.syn)
rec. live on 6 June 1999 at c.u.b.a., Muenster/D
released in August 1999 on happy few records (hf CD 8)
c/o Martin Theurer, Roehrchenstr. 24, D-58452 Witten, Phone +49.2302.13877
Durrant/Lehn/Malfatti - beinhaltung -
live recordings of concerts in Bremen/D (1996) and Graz/A (1997)
Phil Durrant - violin, Radu Malfatti - trombone, Thomas Lehn - analogue
synthesizer
released May 1999 on label Fringes, Milano
vario 34-2
with Guenter Christmann, Alexander Frangenheim, Mats Gustafsson, Paul
Lovens and Christian Munte
rec. live on July 15th 1998 at Kesselhaus, Hannover/D
on label concepts of doing, Stuttgart/D (cod004)
shabotinski - bypass kill -
production by Werner Dafeldecker, Uli Fussenegger, Christof Kurzmann, a.m.o.
on label durian, Vienna
Christmann/Lehn - temps duree -
Guenter Christmann - cello, trombone, Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
recorded at Kesselhaus, Hannover/D, October 22/23, 1998
released February 1999 on label edition explico, Hannover/D
limited edition of 150 numbered copies with handmade each individually
designed cover by Guenter Christmann
mail-order: ThomasLehn@compuserve.com
Linguafonie 3 - Laboratorio d'Improvisazione Italo-Tedesco
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live recording of 3 concerts at Goethe-Institute in Rome on March 20/21/22,
1997
with Wolfgang Fuchs (b-cl, cb-cl, sso), Fernando Grillo (b), Thomas Heberer
(tp), Erhard Hirt (g), Thomas Lehn (an.syn), Giancarlo Locatelli (cl, ca-cl,
b-cl), Elio Martusciello (g), Giancarlo Schiaffini (tbn), Frank Schulte
(electr), Stefano Zorzanello (fl,ss)
produced by Goethe Institute Rome and Cervello a Sonagli, Rome
1998
MIMEO (Music in Movement Electronic Orchestra) - queue -
live recording of 3 festival concerts in Nickelsdorf/A, Den Haag/NL,
Wuppertal/D
with Keith Rowe, Phil Durrant, Christian Fennesz, Cor Fuhler, Yannis Kiriakides,
Thomas Lehn, Gert Jan Prins, Peter Pita Rehberg, Richard Barret, Justin
Bennett, Jerome Noetinger
released December 1998 on German label GROB, Cologne/D (GROB.005)
email-order: metamkine@compuserve.com
Trio Hirt/Lehn/Theurer - Zwei+Zwei sind drei, 2nd
concert -
with Martin Theurer (p), Erhard Hirt (g), Thomas Lehn (an.syn)
rec. live on 26 April 1998 at Musikraum, Witten/D
released in Sep. 1998 on happy few records (hf CD 3), c/o Martin Theurer,
Roehrchenstr. 24, D-58452 Witten, Phone +49.2302.13877
http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/labels/happyfew/hfcd3.html
1996
Die Klangraeumer - Mangelware -
with Guido Hafner (D) - double bass, Thomas Lehn (D) analogue synthesizer
- piano, Andreas Wagner (D) - tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute rec. live
between May 1994 and September 1995
released 1996 on hybrid music production (hmp CD 10), Giessen/D
Phone +49.(0)641.77429, email: HybridMP@aol.com
also available by:metamkine, Phone +33.4.76652773, Fax +33.4.76652774
email-order: metamkine@compuserve.com
http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/labels/hybrid/hybrid10.html
1995
vario 34
with Guenter Christmann, Alexander Frangenheim, Mats Gustafsson, Paul
Lovens and Christian Munte
rec. live on 28/29 October 1993 at Kesselhaus, Hannover/D
released in 1995 on Blue Tower (BT-CD06; 1995), Stockholm/S and edition
explico (exp 05), Hannover/D
http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/labels/bluet/btcd06.html
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KONK PACK - Big Deep -
with Tim Hodgkinson (GB) - flat guitar, electronics, clarinet and alto saxophone,
Roger Turner (GB) - drumsets and percussion, Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
live recorded Tilburg, Bruxelles and Roma in April 1999
will be released in October 1999 on label GROB, Cologne/D
contact: konkpack@gmx.net
Tom & Gerry
Gerry Hemingway (USA) - drums & percussion, Thomas Lehn - analogue
synthesizer
live recorded in June 1997 in Dortmund, Duesseldorf, Osnabrueck, Wuppertal
will be released in November 1999 on label Erstwhile Records, New York/USA
http://www.erstwhilerecords.com
Thomas Lehn, - Feldstaerken -
solo-CD Thomas Lehn - analogue synthesizer
will be released in January 2000 on label Random Acoustics, Munich/D
Die Klangraeumer & Jean-Marc Montera (Marseille)
recorded live at Gremberger Salon, Cologne, April 19, 1998
limited edition (100)
Jean-Marc Montera (F) - guitar, electronics, objects, Guido Hafner (D)-
double bass, Thomas Lehn (D) analogue synthesizer - piano, Andreas Wagner
(D) - tenor saxophone on label GROB, Cologne/D
ConGioco Ensemble
recordings at 7 special chosen places
Liesel Babette Juergens - voice, Ebba Rohweder - flutes, Urla Kahl - french
horn, Ruth Waeffler - cello, Carmen Brendel - double bass, Andreas Roth
- trombone, Thomas Lehn - piano, analogue synthesizer
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Their set (the Music in Movement Electronic Orchestra's set) was very
quickly put into motion by an astonishing synthesizer solo played by Thomas
Lehn. He changed the parameters of his apparatus with greater speed and
fluency than I have heard before. His hands almost seeming to burn with
volatility on the keyboard.
John Corbett, SPEX, September 1997
Thomas Lehn follows in Herber Eimert's or Karlheinz Stockhausen's footsteps
by conceiving anew using the nearly unlimited possibilities of synthetic
sound production for his improvisations.
Daniel Schraad, Westdeutsche Zeitung,
26 January 1998
The musician at the synthesiser displays the whole spectrum of sound
gestures, timbral effect and atmospheric depth and accompanies these by
his own particular gestures. Concert as an attempt to sensitise the contemporary
listener in a world overflowing with sounds.
Dita von Szadkowski, Westdeutsche
Zeitung, 10 May 1997
Thomas Lehn's synthesizer, built at an early age of the technology, and
looking more like a physics device than a musical instrument, was able to
bridge the contradiction between technology and nature. Indeed, there was
something extremely natural about the sounds it produced.
Guenter Matysiak, Weserkurier, 13
December 1996
Thomas Lehn is one who can still turn knobs and spin dials, and thereby
allow the observer to get an idea about the origin of the sounds.
Michael Ruesenberg, Frankfurter
Rundschau, 12 January 1998
Lehn gives his analogue synthesizer the full treatment, untethered,
performing with an impressive range of facial expressions and gestures,
and it is this combination of visual and acoustic impressions that make
up the charm of the music.
Daniel Schraad, Westdeutsche Zeitung,
June 1997
Splash gives you full value for money. Thomas Lehn see-saws and teeters
about and the chaotic sounds his diabolical machine churns out are taken
up by the female dancers as if in Pavlovian frenzy.
Sandra Luzina, Der Tagesspiegel,
September 1997
Thomas Lehn, geboren am 21. Mai 1958 in Froendenberg/D, entwickelte auf
dem Hintergrund langjaehriger Erfahrung als interpretierender und
improvisierender Pianist individuelle Ausdrucksformen auf dem Gebiet
live-elektronischer Musik. Hier konzentriert er sich auf die Anwendung
analoger Synthesizersysteme, die einen unmittelbaren Zugriff auf die
einzelnen Elemente der elektronischen Klangsynthese und damit ein
unmittelbares Agieren und Reagieren im Struktur- und Spannungsprozess
live aufgefuehrter Musik gestatten.
1979-1987 absolvierte er Studiengaenge als Tonmeister und Pianist an den Musikhochschulen in Detmold und Koeln, konzertierte als Kammermusikpartner im TRIO DARIO und im MENGANO QUARTETT, war Mitglied diverser Jazzensembles und in zahlreiche Projekte verschiedenster musikalischer bis multimedialer Genres involviert. Gegenwaertig ist er Pianist des Quartetts NATRIUM und des NOVA ENSEMBLE WUPPERTAL.
Als Synthesizerspieler konzertierte er - wiederholt unterstuetzt durch auslaendische Goethe-Institute - in Europa und den USA mit Musikern der internationalen Avandtgarde. Er ist u.a. Mitglied der Ensembles DIE KLANGRAEUMER, VARIO 34, KONK PACK, DURRANT/MALFATTI/LEHN TRIO, TOM & GERRY, MIMEO, ENSEMBLE ECHTZEIT, GLASSBAND, HIRT/THEURER/LEHN TRIO, MINTON/DOERNER/LEHN TRIO, BUTCHER/LEHN/LOVENS/ZIMMERLIN QUARTET, VCO1.
Thomas Lehn lebt in Koeln.
Pressestimmen:
Klug und gleichberechtigt integriert, weder als sensationsheischender
Wunderwuzzi in den Vordergrund noch als Staffage in den Hintergrund
gerueckt, bereicherte Thomas Lehn die spannungsvolle, von nervoeser,
metallischer Sproedigkeit bestimmte Improvisationstextur [des Sextetts
vario 34] um wertvolle Sound-Impulse.
Andreas Felber, Jazzpodium, September
1998
Thomas Lehn veraenderte die Variablen des Apparats so schnell und
im Flow, wie ich es noch nie vorher gehoert habe.
John Corbett, SPEX, September 1997
Der Musiker am Synthesizer, der hier ein ganzes Spektrum von 'Klang-Gesten',
Klangsubstanzen und -dimensionen durchmisst, begleitet dies mit einer
eigenen Gestik. Ein Konzert als Sensibilisierungsversuch des Hoerers
von heute in seiner klangueberfluteten Welt.
Dita von Szadkowski, Westdeutsche Zeitung,
10.05.1997
Thomas Lehn's Synthesizer, einer aus den Anfaengen dieser Technik,
optisch sehr physikalisches Geraet denn Musikinstrument, war in der
Lage, den Widerspruch zwischen Technik und Natur zu ueberbruecken.
Seine Klaenge hatten etwas durchaus Naturhaftes.
Guenter Matysiak, Weserkurier, 13.12.1996