User:TThom2

TT Geigenschrey aka TThomthom Geigenschrey is an electrical violinist with classical background who over the years developped more and more into an openminded wilderness, breaking stereotypes and rules of ordinary musical and technical instrumental and stylistical approach and ended up in diversity and crossover ambitions which are barely to be described as experimental and borderless variety. First I worked as kindergardener (that's what I did my examination in) for 6 years and parallel started writing enthusiastically for Berlin based music papers which brought me to Berlins big"Tageszeitung" TAZ.

After that to several bigger musicmags like SHARK, ME/SOUNDS a.o. and finally the Indiemag ZILLO, I was the Berlin editor for then. At the same time I also wrote for locals like Tip -magazine and later, now for 10 years for Berlins big daily "Morgenpost".

I also worked for Radio 100, Berlins first underground radio... Beside of this I worked as freelance music-biz-supporter in many other terms: band promoter, tour booker, manager for many (inter)national artists like Paul James Berry (from the U.K.Goths The Rose of Avalanche ), a fabulous One man-Motörhead-Folkster, for bands like the fab psychedelic L.A. based Mooseheart Faith Interstellar Groove Band or The Sharing Patrol comrades of Seattle based (and Presidents of the United States friends) Young Fresh Fellows (whose guitarist is in the R.E.M. Liveband).

In 1986 I did the first Berlin livegig for Sonic Youth in legendary "Sputnik" Kino, and many concerts more for (inter)national bands in other locations, until I finally joined the now-with my help- legendary East-Berlin club, "Die INSEL", which is located on an island in the Berlin river Spree. A strange monk tower with 3 levels, where a wide spectrum of international underground culture-mix takes place. I was the clubs' booker and promoter (two jobs and extremely underpaid ) - a hard enthusiastic, busy- idealist .. ... In the 5 years of the "Die INSEL" I did - beside many others - concerts with: Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion, Superchunk, Yo La Tengo, Blumfeld, The Notwist, Swell, Treponem Pal, Cordelias Dad, Die Sterne Sonia Hunter, Cleaners from Venus (with XTC's David Gregory), Kiwisex (the first Live Techno act), Band of Susans, Mooseheart Faith, Smog, The Cranes, Mecca Normal, and some wonderful, legendary Kiwi-artists like Chris Kox (from Tall Dwarfs),The Cakekitchen (Graeme Jeffferies), Peter Jefferies (both from Kiwiband: This Kind of Punishment), Alistair Galbraith, Bill Direen (Kiwis Lo-Fi-pioneer), and Sandra Bell (New Zealands' PJ Harvey) - who I married 1996, when I visited New Zealand to report about the fab Kiwi Indie- label Flying Nun Records.... After leaving the INSEL I continued supporting the international music scene, searching for new challenges. Beside of this I also began exploring Avantgarde, Rock, Jazz and other playgrounds as a musician myself. After I threw my classic lessons - fed up, neurotic and bored - I played the violin with Zappa-like bands and other experimental, controversial underground acts. This brought me back to the roots of essential tunes, pop and music creation itself, and to my own style, which has - more than classical roots - a lot in common with the minimalism of Steve Reich or Glen Branca or a neighbourhood to brothers-in-minds like Nash the Slash, Faust or other international "Krauts with attitude" from: Flaming Lips to Giant Sand to Julia Cope to Sonic Youth, Tuxedomoon, Residents, Adrian Belew, Snakefinger, all the New Zealanders I mention, and some extraordinary violinists like Stephan Grapelli ....... After several main or guest-roles in bands I nowadays only play with people I like (musically and personally) and continuously with a band called "Namrellob" - Berlin's finest Kraut(s) .. And I do my totally improvised solo performances as "Thomthom Geigenschrey's Blausäurekuss" inspired by all previously mentioned and more music such as Carpenter, Hitchcock, Caspar Brötzmann (the guitar-shaman) and the Einstürzende Neubauten (I went to Kindergarden with N.U. Unruh, their machine builder and percussionist ).

TT Geigenschrey style varies from violent violin screaming.to silent overtones flageolet stokings and pizzicatos... from gentle sensitive  to offensive controversial and psychedelic krautrockish at the same time. Thomas G'schrey - threw down his 6-year classic-education as he was 15 and left mother and home to get - inspired by Glam, Kraut, Art and Progrock - into the underground. When he was 17 and in south German boarding school (were his Over-Ego-Psycho-mother did send him as a punish for bad schoolnotes and behaviour against her) a funny Zappa fan named him Thomthom (from the classic "Tom Tom turnaround" in glamdays covered by The Sweet.) Back from boarding-school where they taught him smoking hash how to be cool, a rebel with (out) a cause, and a broad multicultural, musical taste (means - how cool it is to better listen to music like Roxy Music, King Crimson, Camel, Curved Air,Coltrane, Grapelli, Eno, Grobschnitt, Klaus Schulze, Hoelderlin and Brainticket Televison and Patti Smiththan Rolling Stones and Mike Batt -so in general how to survive with quality) he did put the "own" (german="Eigen") into the apostrophed gap of his surname. Over this inner- and outer- and programmatical name changes he found his self-definition, Identity and aims:

From now on finding real fun and ecstasy only in genetic drugs - simply and effective in his own temper and passion for good art and music. Thats the way he liked it and how he found the essential basics of the musical recepture and definition he was after.

Jamming with Jazz, Avantgarde, Experimental, Free, Noise and blues-related musicians he then developed his own style.

As time went by he played as Jam, Studio, Concert and Tour violinist with stilistical as contrary as interesting Projects and musicians like: