TEMPERED: THOMAS STRØNEN 'TIME IS A BLIND GUIDE'

Moving on Music

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Saturday 5th November

Doors 8pm

Tickets £13 / £10

All Event Tempered Ticket £30

at Crescent Arts Centre





Thomas Strønen (drums), Kit Downes (piano), Lucy Railton (cello), Håkon Aase (violin), Ole Morten Vågan (bass)





Welcome to the second edition of Tempered, Belfast’s very own contemporary music week. Meshing local and international talent, Tempered brings the very best New Music on offer, to your doorstep.



Combining Thomas Strønen’s skills as a composer and percussionist, Time Is a Blind Guide perform music from their recent self-titled debut release on ECM.



An all-acoustic Anglo-Norwegian group, they play what Strønen describes as ‘melodic music with a twist’ where ‘the notion of ‘time’ is a key theme.’ The result is a melodically, wholesome sound, almost folky in atmosphere, that sits alongside a dense rhythmic complexity providing a balance of darkness.



Originally commissioned by Radio 3 presenter Fiona Talkington, as part of her Conexions series, who has long been a supporter of both Strønen’s work and also the wider Norwegian music scene, we are delighted to present Time Is A Blind Guide as part of this year’s Tempered.



“A fascinating jazz crossover” The Guardian

“An album so compelling that it truly deserves the term masterpiece”All About Jazz