Stephan Thelen – Fractal Guitar 3 (Moonjune, 2022)
Fractal Guitar 3, is the sensational third installment in the Fractal Guitar series. Stephan Thelen is a Swiss-based composer, musician, and mathematician based in Zürich. He is recognized for his innovative rhythms, utilizing techniques such as odd meters, polyrhythms, and isorhythms. Despite these technical descriptions, his progressive music style is highly accessible and deeply mesmerizing.
Thelen, and his remarkable cast of guests, develops a groundbreaking set of instrumental pieces using various types of specialized electric guitars. The overall result is a set of irresistible, spellbinding grooves, and intricate, creative instrumental work.
His creations often have multiple applications in different musical contexts. He is the artistic director, guitarist, and composer of the Swiss minimal groove band SONAR and is acclaimed for his composition “Circular Lines”, performed and recorded by the Kronos Quartet.
Lineup: Stephan Thelen (electric guitar, synthesizer, strings, programming); Eivind Aarset (electric guitars, e-bow, effects); Markus Reuter (Touch guitar U8); Jon Durant (fretless guitar, clouds); Fabio Anile (electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer); Stefan Huth (Touch guitar U8, bass); and Yogev Gabay (drums)
Get the album at stephanthelen.bandcamp.com/album/fractal-guitar-3