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He is a graduate of the Bartok Béla Zeneiskola (Béla Bartok Music Academy) in Hungary. Tomisheep arrived in Montreal in 2005, and has since been the in-house musical director at Air M.S. Media. Rhodes Trip was inspired by Tomisheep’s purchase of a vintage Fender Rhodes piano, an instrument whose historical and recognizable sound can be heard on legendary recordings such as The Beatles' "Let It Be", on Stevie Wonder's "You Are The Sunshine of My Life", and on recordings by legendary jazz musicians Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Joe Zawinul and Herbie Hancock.
Tomisheep’s personal Rhodes trip started at improvised music sessions with a group of some of Montreal’s best known instrumentalists. Tomisheep says: “After scoring the music for 26 episodes of a TV series, I needed to get away from the computer and back to the basics of free form improvising and recording with great musicians. I dug out my trusted Fender Rhodes, and contacted my friend Alex Bellegarde, a great double bass player and improviser.
There were moments in these recorded jams that were too cool to delete. A few more friends added overdubs to the original tracks; Rhodes Trip is the result of these sessions.” Rhodes Trip features Tomisheep on Rhodes piano; Namori Cisse and Alain Mercure on drums; Alex Bellegarde on electric contrabass; with guest appearances by Daniel Paul Bourdages on flute, Philippe Dalphe on saxophone, Eduardo Sanchez on trumpet, Richard Lemoine on guitar, Kiko Osorio on percussion; and turntablists DJ 7D & DJ Pocket.
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Rhodes piano, Open Labs Miko LX4, Yamaha KX8, Cry baby.
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Take Five with Tomisheep
by AAJ Staff
Meet Tamas Barany (aka Tomisheep):I am a pianist/keyboardist, arranger and sound designer, based in Montreal, Canada, working predominantly as a composer of theme music and soundtracks for cinema, television, and advertising. I am also an independent artist/composer--just released Rhodes Trip under my own name--and perform sometimes as a guest pianist-keyboardist for other artists. I inherited my love of music and performing from my mother, Gizella Dallos, a Hungarian folk singer, and from my father, Gyula ...
read moreTomisheep: Rhodes Trip
by Chris M. Slawecki
Tamas Barany studied for eight years at the Bela Bartok Music Academy in his native Hungary and in 2004 was appointed a Knight in the Order of Saint George (Eastern Europe's oldest chivalric order, established in 1326), an appointment he accepted as a pianist, accompanied by an oath to protect the origins of traditional Hungarian music.Barany relocated to Montreal as a composer, arranger and keyboardist for hire, session work that seemed to satisfy more professional needs than creative ...
read moreFree 'Zombies' Download by Tomisheep at All About Jazz
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Michael Ricci
In celebration of Holloween and the new AMC series, The Walking Dead, we present Zombies," by keyboardist Tomisheep. About the track: Tomisheep lays down a thick groove behind a zombie killing tutorial. In the artist's words: A real Halloween gift for you guys! This is the musical version of the voice of Paul Scofield, taken from the short film, What to Do in a Zombie Attack, by Joey Carillo, Lone Bannana Productions. Since I'm from an ex-Communist country (Hungary), I ...
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Disques Air M.S. Launches Recording Rhodes Trip by Tomisheep
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Vivo Musique Internationale
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal based recording label Disques Air M.S. (Air M.S./Les Entreprises de Productions Air M.S. Mdia Inc.) proudly announces the launch of Rhodes Trip, the debut solo recording of original music by Tomisheep (Tams Brny). Rhodes Trip was produced by Eric Ranzenhofer for Air M.S. Media., and arrangements, mixing and mastering are by Tomisheep. Rhodes Trip is distributed by Distribution Select, Canada's largest independent music and video distributor.
Born in Sznolnok, Hungary, Tomisheep is a classically-trained Montreal based ...
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“Backed up by wah-wah sounds, amplified trumpet and rhythmic details inherited from the unsurpassable Weather Report, everything on this album is set to conjugate the past into the present.” Journal de Montréal
“…for a good dose of groovy jazz and funk, it’s perfect. The musicians are having fun, that’s obvious and shines throughout the album.” Voir
”I can feel the love Tomisheep has for his Rhodes. This is jazz that you can get down to.” Lauren Burrows, CBC Radio
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Zombies
From: Rhodes TripBy Tomisheep