Many may have seen him, but even more will have heard him. The sympathetic German is a sought after cat in the German and international music scene for quite some years. 1997 he was awarded "best german Rock-Pop guitarist, in 2004, the 50th birthday of the Stratocaster, as the final winner of an europewide competition he was called "Stratking of Europe". He is resposible for some jingles (f.e. the top german sports show "Das Aktuelle Sportstudio" (ZDF), film- and serial-stoundtracks (see "Die Oase" (The oasis), a big city eco-thriller, "Hart an der Grenze" (On the edge), both by SR/ARD). He as well played with international greats like Percy Sledge, Bobby Kimball or Hazel O' Connor, German acts like Purple Schulz, actor/singer Uwe Ochsenknecht, the Rainbirds, Bastiaan Ragas, Pop newcomers like No Angels, Planet Claire or Germany's No.1 female rappers Tic, Tac, Toe. On their sucessful tours Thomas had the possibility to play his guitar to a younger but surprisingly enthusiastic audience.
His CDs "The Beauty of Simplicity", "Electric Gallery", and his actual masterpiece "21st century guitar" - poppy catchy melodies meet here the typical rounchy, bluesy rocking sound of Thomas's Stratocaster. His live DVD "Thomas Blug band live in Holland" he introduces the Thomas Blug band with some of europe´s finest instrumentalists: Thijs van Leer (B3 Organ and flute), Raoul Walton (bass), Wolf Simon (drums). Sounddesign is another working field of Thomas that brought him around internationally. Since the late 80's he is working as sound designer and worldwide performer on music fairs from Frankfurt to L.A. and inbetween for the amp company Hughes & Kettner (Demo CD: "Triamped", H&K 1995). Besides that he has out two also instrumental pro-user-only CDs named "Living Guitars" (1996) and "white strat magic" on Selected Sound and a German vocal rocktrio cd called Dreist. Powerful melodic instrumental rock with typical strat sound, sometimes heavier and bluesy sometimes more into pop, with catchy melodies...
English: Hey! There is a little x-mas present for you: Our second song “Path to eden” is available on myspace now! !!Merry x-mas and a happy new year!!
Deutsch: Hallo! Hier ist ein kleines Weihnachtsgeschenk für Euch: Unser zweiter Song “Path to eden” ist nun auf Myspace zu hören! !!Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!!
£leTriKa sounds completely different from any Metal band you have ever heard. The Brazilian rhythms and the Portuguese language added to the songs makes its style unique, giving birth to a new kind of Metal. If you are really looking for something new about Metal, you should check £leTriKa out!
Hugs from Brazil, Claudio David
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Valeu demais a força! Quando rolaumtempinho, me fala o que achou da £leTriKa. Agente junta Metal com umasparada Brasileira. Tamutendumbom feed nas rádios gringas nos quatrocontos. Mantenha contato, blz?
Hey Thomas, danke nochmal für den tollen musikalischen Abend beim GO MUSIC in Essen. Es war mal wieder so schön Dir zuhören und zuschauen zu können. Ich hoffe wir sehen und bald mal wieder. lieben Gruß
danke für die freundschaft thomas! als alberner jüngling versuche ich gerade deine 61er strat nachzubauen... mal schauen wies mir gelingt :) aber dauert wohl noch ein paar monate bis ich die richtigen teile finde.
German guitar master Thomas Blug has just released his new album "Soul & Pepper" for digital download via Stunted Records. It can be found here right now :-
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"one of the most tasteful virtuoso players out there" - Guitarist magazine July 2009
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Dann möchten wir darauf hinweisen, dass die NEUE AUSGABE von Gitarre & Bass ab sofort im Handel ist. Die Themen verraten wir auf unserer MySpace-Seite.
Und drittens haben wir noch eine interessante Auktion für Fans von STEVE VAI und/oder Ibanez-Gitarren im Angebot. Wir versteigern nämlich ein extrem seltenes und mittlerweile sehr gesuchtes Instrument: Diese IBANEZ JEM 90th ANNIVERSARY ist nagelneu, ungespielt und wurde von Steve Vai persönlich HANDSIGNIERT. Mit dem Betrag, den die Versteigerung der Ibanez JEM 90 erzielt, wird in Zusammenarbeit mit School Jam e.V. eine Schule mit neuen Musikinstrumenten ausgestattet!
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The new Thomas Blug Band album "Soul and Pepper" will be available from October for digital download at all the usual online stores...itunes / emusic / napster etc.
In the meantime physical copies are available from our online shop at www.stuntedrecords.co.uk for worldwide shipping