real-time looping one-man orchestra
In latin, Omnia means "everything", according indian
philosophy, Om is primal (universal) sound which contains all the other tones. Georg Ohm is german physician who scientifically defined the same idea in his Ohms´ accoustic law. Onion is healthy vegetable which layers resembles the spheres of micro or macrocosmos but also musical structures of Omnion music.
Omnion is one-man-project of musician and composer Tomas Reindl, inspired by sacred musical traditions of east and west, using contempotary musical approaches and techniques..Besides of traditional instruments (tabla, didjeridu, ancient clarinet) and human voice (overtone singing, beatbox, or gregorian chant style), Omnion uses technology of "real-time looping" which gives possibility of creating multiple- layer musical structures, or ambient soundscapes. ...photo galery here ...
Tomáš Reindl
voice, overtone singing,
beat-box, tabla, didjeridu,
kanjira, hang, ancient-clarinet, blues harmonica, koncovka flute, realtime looping
Possibility of special guests:
Anežka Hessová - kathak dance
Amit Chatterjee (India/US) - guitar, voice
Pavel Hrubý - bass clarinet, soprano sax, Elena Kubičková - esraj
interactive video (VJ Grey Goo)
(all the possibilities are visible at Omnion videos)
VIDEO:
... YouTube video playlist of OMNION here...
************... MP3 SAMPLES FROM THE NEW CD here ...
(Amplion Records 2011)*************
Performance of Omnion could be accompanied by explanation of the particular musical systems and techniques
(indian rhythmic systém, australian didjeridu, throat singing technique, or realtime-loopoing system).
There is also possibility of workshop/seminar Rhythms
of the East
(Introduction into indian and middle eastern rhythmic systems and
percussion instruments)
Tomáš Reindl is a musician, multi-percussionist and composer. He is the only percussionist in Czech Republic playing tabla and Indian Classical Music professionally. His tabla teacher is tabla maestro Sanju Sahai, the leading performer future torchbearer of the Benares Gharana (lineage) of tabla. Tomas cooperates with many groups and musicians, including Shahab Tolouie (guitarist, singer and composer from Iran), world known Indian artist Amit Chatterjee, indian dance/music group Damaru and ethno-electronic group Al-Yaman, internationally known drummer Pavel Fajt, or jazz pianist Milan Svoboda. In his solo project Omnion he combines his multi-istrumental playing with "realtime-looping" techniques, performed live. He is a prolific composer of original music and regularly conducts rhythm workshops throughout Central Europe
Complete CV of Tomas Reindl ...
*******New possibility of MP3 version of OMNION album:
