Thomas Strønen
Norwegian Thomas Strønen is a prolific drummer, composer, arranger, improviser, producer, and bandleader. He has participated in or self-created some 70 albums on his own and in cooperation with a wide variety of talent, including the bands Food (with Iain Ballamy, Arve Henriksen, Mats Eilertsen, and Fennesz), Humcrush (with Ståle Storløkken), Parish (with Bobo Stenson), his own Time Is a Blind Guide, Eilertsen's trio with Harmen Fraanje, and the Maria Kannegaard Trio. He has also played on and/or composed for recordings by Eivind Aarset, Nils Petter Molvaer, John Taylor, Tore Brunborg, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Sidsel Endresen, Bugge Wesseltoft, Tomasz Stańko, and Stian Carstensen. Strønen graduated from the Music Conservatory of Trondheim, Norway in 1999 after studying jazz and composition for six years. Since his student days he has been involved with improvised music in many different contexts. He is an interactive musician who enjoys creating different musical forms to generate unexpected results. Strønen is a melodic, almost circular drummer who plays both acoustic and electronic music. He has record deals with Norway's Rune Grammofon and ECM. His most celebrated recordings are Humcrush (2004), Parish (2006), six Food albums divided between the two labels from 2002-2015, and two Time Is a Blind Guide albums, including 2018's Lucus. Also noteworthy are his three albums with Mats Eilertsen's trio, particularly 2019's And Then Comes the Night.
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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And Then Comes The Night
Mats Eilertsen, Harmen Fraanje, Thomas Strønen
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 1 Feb 2019
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Time Is A Blind Guide
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 16 Oct 2015
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Lucus
Thomas Strønen, Time Is A Blind Guide
Jazz - Released by ECM on 19 Jan 2018
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Quiet Inlet
Food, Thomas Strønen, Iain Ballamy
Jazz - Released by ECM on 16 Apr 2010
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Bayou
Thomas Strønen, Ayumi Tanaka, Marthe Lea
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 9 Apr 2021
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Mercurial Balm
Food, Thomas Strønen, Iain Ballamy
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 9 Nov 2012
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Parish
Thomas Strønen, Bobo Stenson, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Mats Eilertsen
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 26 Aug 2005
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Lucus
Thomas Strønen, Time Is A Blind Guide
Jazz - Released by ECM on 19 Jan 2018
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Djupet
Erlend Viken, Jo Berger Myhre, Thomas Strønen
Folk - Released by Ok World on 11 Mar 2022
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And Then Comes The Night
Mats Eilertsen, Harmen Fraanje, Thomas Strønen
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 1 Feb 2019
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Silence Trio 3
Jakob Davidsen, Jesper Egelund, Thomas Strønen
Contemporary Jazz - Released by ILK Music on 29 May 2020
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Pohlitz
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - Released by Rune Grammofon on 3 Feb 2006
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Humcrush
Ståle Storløkken, Thomas Strønen
Free Jazz & Avant-Garde - Released by Rune Grammofon on 22 Oct 2004
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Albatross
Mats Eilertsen, Harmen Fraanje, Thomas Strønen
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 4 Jan 2019
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Gråura
Jo Berger Myhre, Erlend Viken, Thomas Strønen
Folk - Released by Ok World on 18 Feb 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bayou
Thomas Strønen, Ayumi Tanaka, Marthe Lea
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 9 Apr 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Lucus
Thomas Strønen, Time Is A Blind Guide
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 15 Dec 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Time Is A Blind Guide
Jazz - Released by ECM Records on 16 Oct 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo