Keyngdrum Overdrive is Thollem’s long running electric duo project he’s played with many great drummers over the years including Sara Lund, Jacopo Andreini, Brian Chase, Greg Saunier, Michael Wimberly, Alex Cline, Ravish Momin, Tim DuRoche, Gino Robair, Dave Wayne, Tatsuya Nakatani, Nava Dunkelman, Jeremy Barnes, Csaba Csendes, Lisa Schonberg, Sean Adams, Michael Guarino, Chris Johnedis, Heather Treadway, Federico Ughi, J Ashley Miller, John Niekrasz, Simone Sfamelli, Michael Evans, Rob Wallace, Owen Davis, André Custodio, Peter Valsamis, Nick Zielinski, Andy Burton, Paul Kikuchi, Greg Campbell, Craig Comstock, Moe! Staiano, Stephen Flinn, Brian Steever, Djallo Djakate, Nik Francis, Eric “Doc” Smith and Danny Frankel.
2023 RELEASES
with Danny Frankel, Eric “Doc” Smith, Brian McComber
“Lund comes at improvisation from a rock angle, and Thollem comes at rock from an improvisational angle, and they collide in a volatile and elusive zone, where you can hear the thought process, the disposition, the musical history of the players as they push and pull each other into mutually simpatico musical spaces, on the fly… For me, the concept of freedom that really matters is, how free does the music make you feel?”
From the liner notes by Sam Coomes (of Quasi and many more…)
“Power Duo” – Seattle Stranger
WITH!
“It’s brilliant! Rocks hard as hell too!”
Raven Chacón
With a Rhodes, Elkapiano 88, analog effects and a simple handheld digital recorder, Thollem recorded spontaneous duos with 10 different drummers from the east coast, west coast, the midwest the southwest and Budapest, all of them for the first, and so far, only time with this configuration…and attitude.
on Union Pole Records
Thollem on Rhodes and Elkapiano 88 with drummers: Csaba Csendes, Dave Wayne, Raven Chacón, Lisa Schonberg, John Niekrasz, Heather Treadway, Ian Kerr (Timpanies), Brian Chase, André Custodio, and Miles Rozatti.
“Thollem is an intense and virtuosic keyboardist” Time Out New York
all other bookings: booking@thollem.com