Jean-Luc Guionnet – as. (Paris)
Clayton Thomas – bass (Berlin)
Will Guthrie – drums, percussion (Nantes)

Wie Th. Monk sagte: „talking about music is like dancing about architecture“.

Das erste “minimalist power Trio” bringt Clayton Thomas auf deren Tour durch Europa auch nach Köln, und diese Kombination bietet beides: Gewohntes und schockierend Neues. So bringt es frischen Wind in die klassische sax, bass und drums Besetzung. 2 Australier und ein Franzose begeben sich auf Entdeckungsreise…und wer schon mal was hören möchte: www.virb.com/theamesroom

The worlds first minimalist power trio is coming to Koln. A unique combination of free jazz’s power play, musique concrete’s structural dynamic, and minimalism’s power to transfix, The Ames Room brings a genuinely fresh approach to the sax/bass/drums format – and well beyond that, creates a music both familiar and shockingly new.

The Tiny Tremors Tour, March 2009 will be the first tour the group has undertaken, playing Germany, Poland and France over a week of searching, searing, improvisation.

With a striking and rare discipline, this trio shoots to build mountains one block at a time.

BIO’s
Jean-Luc Guionnet: A boundless 21st century musician, comfortable and experienced in practically every field of creative music, including electro-acoustic composition, field recording and diffusion, free improvisation and radical performance. A major figure in the Parisian contemporary music scene for nearly 20 years, Jean-Luc defies categorisation – you might even say he does everything he can to avoid it. As experienced and versatile as he is, working with such luminaries as Toshimaru Nakimura, Mattin, Axel Doerner and Eric La Casa to name a few, the Ames Room sees him in particularly tough form – moving away from the open landscape of texture, to the pointalistic and ballistic.

Clayton Thomas: An Australian double bassist living in Berlin. Since moving to Europe in 2007 he has gone from strength to strength, working with many of the worlds great improvisers. His interest in power play, complex sound and extreme dynamic control have led to collaborations with Peter Brotzmann, Mats Gustaffson, Peter Evans, Paul Lovens, Sonny Simmons, Axel Dorner, Tony Buck, Johannes Bauer, Andrea Neumann, Burkhard Beins and literally hundreds of improvisers pursuing the million dollar questions of the 21st century. www.myspace.com/doubleclayton

Will Guthrie: Since moving to Europe 5 years ago, Australian drummer/percussionist Will Guthrie has been best known for his use home-made instruments, amplified found and junk, microphones & electronics alongside more conventional drums and cymbals. He has worked in many different settings: live performance, improvisation, studio composition. With The Ames Room, Will concentrates on the Trap Set – focussing on Sound, Attack, Rhythm and control. He is a poet with a rare power behind the drums – With The Ames Room he brings his most focussed intensity to bare.