*B O O M - B O X*

THOMAS BORGMANN – TONY BUCK – JOE WILLIAMSON

"outstanding music & the strongest & most organic work of Thomas Borgmann"
Wolf Kampmann     (Jazzthetik, JazzThing, TIP-Berlin, etc.)

"... die supercoole Free-Jazz-Combo Boom Box"
Felix Klopotek     (StadtRevue Köln, '03,2003)

>BOOM BOX played in top form, and with their kind of free bop it was a perfect set<
Peter Bastian      (Jazzthetik, 9 '00 about Festival St. Johann - Austria)

Borgmann (sax), Williamson (bass) and Buck (drums) are congenial partners; they create imaginative, intense and deeply emotional music. This music covers the spectrum from peaceful to ecstatic, from spacious to dense.

"The voicing of Thomas Borgmann covers various evolutionary states: hymn-like -intensity, from time to time spontaneously reminding of John Coltrane or Pharoah Sanders on the one hand, and figurative spirituality, as expressed by many tribes on their wind instruments, on the other." (intro-musicmagazin 6’98). The ‚wild melancholic‘ has enjoyed a fabulous reputation in the New York scene for a long time. That is why SONIC YOUTH guitarist Thurston Moore joined Borgmann’s trio with Brötzmann and Borah Bergman. His work in trio with Wilber Morris and Denis Charles, as well as with Reggie Nicholson was documented in one year on five CDs.

His last CD on CIMP-Records got the Down-Beat Stars (March 2000). The US-Magazine ‚JAZZIZ‘ wrote in January ’99: "His very linear but wholly free approach to his horn recalls the great Sun Ra Arkestra saxophonist John Gilmore", and Walter Horn wrote at the ‚CADENCE‘ Jazzmagazin (8’98): "He has power, passion, technique, and range. His playing is exciting and multi-faceted. There is a variety to be found in his solos that often escapes other talented players. Most of what emerges from his lips has the aura of the timeless classic about it".

JOE WILLIAMSON is Canadian, living in Amsterdam and Berlin and played with Han Bennink, Jon Rose, Conrad Bauer, Peggy Lee, Vinny Golia, Evan Parker, Tristan Honsinger, Leonid Soybelman, Tobias Delius and many more...
TONY BUCK, born 1962 in Sydney is certainly one of the most versatile drummers around the world. He was 13 years old, when he founded his first rock group and since that time he played a lot of projects. His most famous work is certainly the Hardcore/impro-band PERIL, which he founded in 1992 together with Otomo Yoshihide, as well as the trio THE NECKS with Lloyd Swanton and Chris Abrahams. Lately he has been concentrating on his own projects and continuing to work on the further integration of his interactive electronics and acoustic drums/percussion. He is now living in Berlin.
Tony Buck played on festivals like Montreux, Montreal, Pori, North-Sea Festival, and he played, toured & recorded with such likes Jon Rose, Nicolas Collins, Tenko, John Zorn, Tom Cora, Phil Minton, Keiji Haino, Switchbox, Machine for making sense, The Ex, Ne Zhdali, Roof, Peter Brötzmann, shoji Hano, Hans Reichel, Subrito Roy Chowdhurry, Clifford Jordan, Richie Cole, Ernie Watts, Brandford Marsalis, Mickey Tucker, Kletka Red, Charles Gayle ...