INTRO
“When you want to stop recording, just press this button, okay?”
A tiny voice states firmly back to her mother:
“I know how to do it!”
The cassette we're hearing played back –labeled “Gwen’s tape, age 4”– marks the start of G.T. Thomas’ long-standing practice of self-assuredly laying down all her biggest ideas on recorded format.
This is significant.
Because it’s true, G.T. Thomas is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and singer who’s certainly at ease in front of live audiences (as evidenced by her performances from to NYC, to Seattle, to Amsterdam, and beyond)...
And yes, for years she has gladly filled these shoes, as well as various session musician roles, in collaborations with artists on their projects (for example with Fleet Foxes, Benny Sings, The Metropole Orchestra, and so many others)...
But ever since she first developed her own recording studio during her Bachelor’s study in composition (early 2000s), it’s from within that space that her own artistic vision gets to take the wheel.
And that’s where it becomes evident that there really is something G.T. Thomas knows how to do that only G.T. Thomas knows how to do, and must do. The layers-upon-layers of sunshine-pop influenced vocals (inspired by her studies with her mentor Chris Dedrick, of The Free Design), underscored by inventive arrangements including elements like vibraphone, percussion, synthesizers, and drum sequences...
G.T. Thomas knows how to do it.
NEWEST
9 new tracks
In November, 2018, G.T. Thomas crossed everything off her agenda and challenged herself instead to spend every waking hour writing and recording a new song from scratch every few days for the entire month. She posted the results in real-time on Instagram.
It's been 7 years since the release of her debut album, and 4 years since her most recent single. In that time, she has played many shows and collaborated with dozens of artists. But the lack of new recordings started to feel like a bit of a black hole, and this didn't reflect the vivid fluorescence she feels inside.
She named the challenge "NOVAVEMBER" so the project might inspire her to become like a nova :
To shine with a sudden increase in brightness, all month long.
Setting out to have 9 new songs by the end, she achieved her goal.
LIVE
G.T. Thomas has presented her songs as a singing bassist for audiences from Amsterdam, to Seattle, to NYC as a solo artist for years.
A more recent incarnation of the songs she wrote from behind her bass takes shape with the addition of Julien Moussiegt on vibraphone and Jeroen de Rijk on Latin percussion. As a trio, they translate the heart of her "weird little songs" with something of a cocktail-hour kick in the brains.
But stay tuned – in 2019, G.T. Thomas is embodying her newest lounge pop songs (album coming later this year) in solo act form, accompanying her soft, intense voice with bass (left hand) and synthesizers (right hand). It’s a mesmerizing, new spin on the one-woman band.
The G.T. Thomas Trio is located in The Netherlands, and happy to travel.
Hermine Deurloo, G.T. Thomas, Julien Moussiegt
Julien Moussiegt, G.T. Thomas, Jeroen de Rijk
Photo: Gulkhova Photography
Photo: B. Dubbe
Photo: Joost van Brug
PRAISE
“STUNNINGLY ARRANGED ORCHESTRAL POP SONGS WHEREIN THERE'S MORE TO BE DISCOVERED UPON EVERY LISTEN.”
— Eric Scipio (Heaven Magazine)
“A MELODIC ARCHITECT; EACH RECORDING A SCENIC TOWN YOU WANT TO REVISIT.”
— Ken Maiuri (The Hampshire Daily Gazette/ WMUA radio DJ)
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