Jeroen Paul Thesseling

Jeroen Paul Thesseling (born 13 April 1971) is a Dutch fretless bass player, most famous for his work in the German band Obscura,[1] Dutch band Pestilence[2] and Dutch-Cuban group Salazh Trio.[3]

Jeroen Paul Thesseling
Jeroen Paul Thesseling, 2016
Background information
Born	(1971-04-13) 13 April 1971
Genres	Jazz Fusion, Death metal
Instruments	Bass guitar
Years active	1991–present
Associated acts	Obscura Quadvium Salazh Trio Pestilence Ensemble Salazhar
Website	www.jeroenpaulthesseling.com

Biography

Thesseling began studying bass in 1988 at the ArtEZ School of Music in Enschede, Netherlands. During the period 1992-1994, he was a member of Pestilence, with whom he recorded the jazz/fusion-influenced album Spheres.[4] In 1995 Jeroen started to study microtonality, which resulted in two pieces: Hafnium — study in 72-tone equal temperament (1999) — and Argon — study in 18-tone equal temperament (2000). The period following, Arabic microtonal and contemporary classical music inspired him to focus primarily on fretless bass.[5] In 2005 he recorded with the studio group Ensemble Salazhar.[6] Despite their highly acclaimed demo Colors the group never officially released recordings.[7] Between 2007-2011, he collaborated with Obscura and recorded with them Cosmogenesis [8] (2009) and Omnivium [9] (2011). During the period 2009-2012 he rejoined Pestilence after a 15-year break [10][11] and recorded their sixth studio album Doctrine (2011). Since 2011 he plays fretless 7-string basses built by German bass luthier Warwick, which are strung with a subcontra F#-tuning.[12][13][14] Late 2014 he founded the jazz-fusion group Salazh Trio with Dutch former Ensemble Salazhar pianist Hans Grotenbreg [15] - and later on completed with legendary Cuban drummer/ percussionist Horacio Hernández. Their debut work Circulations was released in December 2017.[16][17][18] In October 2019 he founded the fusion-world-metal group Quadvium with fellow fretless bass player Steve Di Giorgio. [19][20][21] In April 2020 it was revealed that Jeroen rejoined the German progressive death metallers Obscura as a permanent bass player after a nine-year break. [22][23][24]

Equipment

Warwick Customshop basses (Jeroen plays Warwick Thumb NT basses since 1993)

• Warwick Thumb NT 7-string fretless ebony fingerboard (2017, custom shop)
• Warwick Thumb NT 7-string fretless snakewood fingerboard (2013, custom shop)
• Warwick Thumb NT 7-string fretless ebony fingerboard (2011, custom shop)

Recording

• Aurora Audio GTQ2 stereo preamp
• Kush Audio Electra stereo parametric equalizer

Discography

Studio

• Salazh Trio – Circulations (2017)
• Obscura – Omnivium (2011)
• Pestilence – Doctrine (2011)
• MaYaN – Quarterpast (2011)
• Obscura – Cosmogenesis (2009)
• Pestilence – Spheres (1993)

Live

• Pestilence – Presence of the Past (2015)

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Obscura". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
2. Serba, John (2002-07-22). "Pestilence". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
3. Editor, Last.fm (2016-08-02). "Salazh Trio overview Last.fm". Last.fm. Retrieved 2018-06-01.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
4. Beller, Bryan (2010-03-09). "Jeroen Paul Thesseling of Obscura". Bassplayer.com. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
5. Larson, Eric (2007-02-28). "Fretless Questions: Jeroen Paul Thesseling". Fretlessbass.com. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
6. Editor, Last.fm (2008-05-27). "Ensemble Salazhar overview Last.fm". Last.fm. Retrieved 2018-06-01.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
7. Staff, Blabbermouth.net (2008-01-21). "Ensemble Salazhar featuring ex-Pestilence bassist - New demo recordings posted online". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
8. Staff, Blabbermouth.net (2009-02-25). "Obscura Cosmogenesis first week US sales revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
9. Staff, Blabbermouth.net (2011-04-06). "Obscura Omnivium first week US sales revealed". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
10. Staff, Blabbermouth.net (2009-10-29). "Pestilence rejoined by bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
11. Staff, Metalstorm.net (2009-10-30). "Pestilence rejoined by Jeroen Paul Thesseling after 15-year hiatus". Metalstorm.net. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
12. Amador, Valery (2011-07-01). "Warwick releases Jeroen Paul Thesseling's 7-string fretless bass". Bassmusicianmagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
13. Johnson, Kevin (2011-11-17). "Ultra Low: An Interview with Jeroen Paul Thesseling". Notreble.com. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
14. Beller, Bryan (2012-05-11). "Machines of Death: Four Extreme Metal Bassists Lay Out Their Weapons of Choice". Bassplayer.com. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
15. Kennelty, Greg (2015-05-21). "Ex-Obscura Bassist Has A New Fusion Trio Named Salazh Trio". Metalinjection.net. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
16. Staff, Drummerszone.com (2017-12-18). "Horacio 'El Negro' Hernández' new Salazh Trio-album". Drummerszone.com. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
17. D'Auria, Jon (2018-04-04). "Jeroen Paul Thesseling and the Salazh Trio Reveal Debut Album". Bassplayer.com. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
18. Amador, Valery (2017-12-26). "Bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling - Salazh Trio releases debut album 'Circulations'". Bassmusicianmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
19. Staff, Blabbermouth.net (2019-11-02). "Testament and former Obscura bassists team up in Quadvium". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
20. Staff, Bassmagazine.com (2019-10-31). "Bassists Steve Di Giorgio and Jeroen Paul Thesseling create new group Quadvium". Bassmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
21. Staff, Notreble.com (2019-11-03). "Steve Di Giorgio and Jeroen Paul Thesseling announce new band". Notreble.com. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
22. Staff, Bassmagazine.com (2020-04-29). "Fretless bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling rejoins Obscura". Bassmagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
23. Staff, Blabbermouth.net (2020-04-30). "Bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling rejoins Obscura". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
24. Staff, Notreble.com (2020-04-30). "Jeroen Paul Thesseling rejoins Obscura". Notreble.com. Retrieved 2020-04-30.

External links

• Official website