Astro Hatch is a new
instrumental trio featuring legendary Danish guitarist, Claus Bøhling (Hurdy
Gurdy, Secret Oyster, Elektrum, ØSC) fame.
This CD is a live recording taken from the bands debut gig on March 14th.
2019, almost exactly a year ago from this release (official release date
3/3/20). The CD features 8 tracks that
will very much remind the listener of Claus’s old band, Elektrum as this music
is in exactly the same format. All instrumental, tracks based on some riffs but
mostly long guitar sections.
Claus mixes things up on a couple of tracks with a
guitar synthesizer (Glasnost) and even plays some harmonica for us on the last track, Blue
Shift. I have not heard of the guys he
is playing with but they are really perfect match for what Claus needs to do on
the guitar. This is a guy in his 70s now who still can totally fucking play. He has a really solid band with Nigel Tilbury
on drums and Ivan Tønder on bass. The CD
has a really nice clear, clean production which as done by the band and
engineered by Ivan.
Elektrum is for
sure the closest comparison you can make but I don’t think that Ivan quite has
that bass drive or groove the way that Ian Macdonald had. Anyway great stuff and you can hear a couple
of tracks on you tube. Theband has no official web site, Facebookpage or
bandcamp that I could find.
Contact info is: light2000@post.tele.dk
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