12/1 Workshop NMH
19/1 Workshop Trøndertun
9/2 BOL&SNAH Trøndertun
11/2 BOL&SNAH Tromsø Jazzklubb
7/3 Åse/Strønen’s Voxpheria, Familien, Trondheim, arr.Trondheim Jazzforum
8/3 Åse/Strønen’s Voxpheria Vårt Hjem, Steinkjer, arr.FolkJazzScena
9/3 Åse/Strønen’s Voxpheria Rock City, Namsos, arr.FolkJazzScena
10/3 Åse/Strønen’s Voxpheria Røstad Scene, Levanger, arr. FolkJazzScena
25/5 T- Emp ,Raflost, Reykjavik, Island
8/6-14/6 Trondheim Voices Space Unfolding, München
31/7 Trondheim Voices, Kyrkjhøla Kulturbeite, Stordal
8/8 The Soundbyte, Juarez, Mexico
13/9 Ekkokammer, Trondheim Voices, Ultima, Oslo
16/9 Ekkokammer, Trondheim Voices, Arktisk Kultursenter, Hammerfest
17/9 & 18/9 Abgesänge der Posthaus, Trondheim Voices/Asle Karstad/Tronsmo /Veie, Berlin
26/9 Trondheim Voices/Karstad, Dokkhusjubileum
24/11- 26/11 BOL&SNAH Italia
30/11 Voxpheria, Najonal Jazzscene, Oslo
17/12 Den store juletrefesten, Byscenen, Trondheim
29/12 Nachsprell, Dovrejul, Dombås
BOL&SNAH
BOL&SNAH is a cooperation between impro- trio BOL and Hans Magnus “Snah” Ryan, guitarist known for his outstanding work with among others the band Motorpsycho. The cooperation started as a project in 2010 ( At that time together with guitarist Stian Westerhus, the quintet released the cd “Numb, Number in 2012). The quartet has become a more permanent constellation, which released the album “So? Now?” november 2015- The album was re-released for distribution in Germany and Italy october 2016. ( Reviews on the BOL website)
Tone Åse Vocal & Electronic
Ståle Storløkken Keyboards
Tor Haugerud Drums
Hans Magnus “Snah” Ryan Guitar and Vocal
Reviews BOL&SNAH “So? Now ?”
A powerful meeting… “Intricate and open pop inspired by Joni Mitchell,spoken word ,”Sonic Youth – like” art-rock with an edge, and volcanic prog….” Vegard Enlid , Adressa ! (5/6)
” …. both rockers and jazz people with open senses will have plenty of reasons to enjoy
” So? What? ” . ” Tor Hammerø blogg.no
” You should give up any kind of resistance , because So ? What? is a powerful delight for the ear and should be obligatory for anyone who likes music. This is Genre-crushing at its most beautiful . This is a classic for those who seek the irresistible . ” Tor Stemland, Musikk fra Norge
More reviews at the BOL website :
BOL&SNAH new album!
BOL&SNAH: So? Now? is out on Gigafon!
BOL&SNAH: So? Now?
Gigafon records (Giga013, 2015)
The Sidewalks (Åse/Jacobsen/Grinde)
#thatfeeling (Åse)
So? Now? (Åse/BOL&SNAH)
Reality (Åse/Jacobsen/Grinde)
Briefing (Åse/Jacobsen/Greenwald)
Epilogue (Åse/Jacobsen/Greenwald)
Concerts coming up
Coming up next :
17/11 Workshop, Stavanger Jazzforum, Stavanger
18/11 Release concert BOL&SNAH Folken, Stavanger
19/11 Release concert BOL&SNAH, Hulen, Bergen
20/11 Release concert BOL&SNAH, Blæst, Trondheim
1/12 Dafx conference, Trondheim
Bol&Snah : The Sidewalks/Reality
Two new songs released digitally october 2014. iTunes, Spotify, Wimp and Clicktrack….
Voxpheria review in Jazzwise (UK) :
Jazzwise Magazine
September 2012
Page 36
Åse/Strønen tour oct/nov 2012
Åse/Strønen on tour :
27/10 UMEÅ jazzfestival
30/10 Sweden
31/10 Østersund
2/11 Bidrobon, Oslo
4/11 Vår Frue Kirke, Trondheim
Reviews for Voxpheria !
Since the release, Voxpheria has been reviewed in several medias:
“And what might tomorrow’s sound be, if you could hear it today? Enter a wormhole as you brave Norwegian Tone Åse’s new album Voxpheria (Gigafon), a semi-dissonant duo with percussionist Thomas Stronen. Åse is an unearthly, achingly soulful singer; the two improvise with raw, symbiotic melding of electronicized human and inanimate sound in expressive ‘singularity’. Åse cracks all category orientations apart and invents new language.”
The New York City Jazz Record, (US) June 2012
“A beautiful and inventive achievement.”
In truth we wouldn´t want to do without anything on this album… because this is refreshing, new, vital music that in a unusually succesful way has taken charge of the electronics (and not the other way around)!
A new artistic breakthrough for Tone Åse
April 04/2012 by Jazznytt, Norway
“With Voxpheria, Tone Åse and Thomas Strønen have created quite an incredible piece of work. In turn spellbinding or disconcerting, accessible or challenging, it brings two incredibly talented and individual musicians. The result is, quite simply, breathtaking.
(5,9/6)
The Milk Factory, UK
“This album perfectly exemplifies that it´s possible to make new soundscapes using traditional instruments like vocals and drums.”
Trygve Lundemo, Adressa, Trondheim , Norway (5/6)
«Space Jazz» It could have been a new galaxy, but «Voxpheria» is introduced as the soundscape that´s created when the electro-acoustic improvisers Tone Åse and Thomas Strønen meet. Åse, who once co-founded Kvitretten, who is the leader in Trondheim Voices and has her own band Bol, has been an important voice in the field […]
Roald Helgheim, Dagsavisen, Oslo, February 16 2012