TOMAGA channel various forms of multi-instrumentalism into music that moves by turns through industrial, jazz, psychedelia and minimalism, on it’s way to somewhere wholly other. Devoted to musical exploration, this London based duo obsessively deconstruct familiar tropes, looking for the tension that lies between improvisation and form.
In April 2017 Tomaga comprised part of the 8 person ensemble who performed theCAN Project (alongside original Can singer Malcolm Mooney, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley, My Bloody Valentine’s Deb Goodge and others) at the Barbican. They were also named by avant-garde luminary Thurston Moore as one of the 5 bands you should know about right now in a recent article for NME.TOMAGA channel various forms of multi-instrumentalism into music that moves by turns through industrial, jazz, psychedelia and minimalism, on it’s way to somewhere wholly other. Devoted to musical exploration, this London based duo obsessively deconstruct familiar tropes, looking for the tension that lies between improvisation and form.
Tomaga & Pierre Bastien live au les ateliers claus : Tomaga & Pierre Bastien video
Playlist :
Tomaga : Malintesi (Futura Grotesk - Hands In The Dark - 2014)
Tomaga & Pierre Bastien : Paper Ritual ( Bandiera Di Carta - Other People - 2019)
Tomaga : Giant Bitmap (Play Time: Music for Video Games - Abstrakce Records (Ram Tapes - K7)) -2016 (2015))
Tomaga : Sleepy Jazz For Tired Cats (Sleepy Jazz For Tired Cats - Bunkland Records (K7) - 2013 )
Tomaga : The Shape Of The Dance (The Shape Of The Dance - Hands In The Dark - 2016)
Tomaga & Pierre Bastien : live at les ateliers claus - 2020-01-24
CZN (Copper, Zinc and Nickel) : Limb Sequence pt-1(The Golden Path - Lovers & Lollypops - 2018)
The Oscillation : Take Us To The Moon (Monographic - All Time Low - 2016)
Tomaga : Il Colore Della Memoria (Extended Play 1 - Negative Days - 2019)
Tomaga : Il Fiume Di Ferro (Memory In Vivo Exposure - Hands In The Dark - 2017)
Picture and video (C) Geert Coppens