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"Tomas Dobrovolskis. The Brass Globe"

Review by Frans de Waard

Tomas Dobrovolskis has built his own percussion instrument, called The Brass Globe, which indeed looks like a globe and which is played in various percussive ways (such as the conga, djembe or tabla), feeding the sound through various sound effects. On his self-produced CDR we find examples of this instrument in various ways, as-well as a large data portion. The music is a bit ethnic like, but due to the electronic effects also more western like. There are faint traces of Muslimgauze, certainly when it comes to playing it like a tabla. Overall the pieces are a bit too long for my taste, but it's an good display of what this instrument can do. The data portion contains much more music, including duets with other people, such as Andre Pabarciute and Eugenijus Kanevicius. Since they are more varied, I must say I like them better. But overall this release is a good place to start if you want to know about this man.

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Discography

Album Take recorded with Þenklo Grupë, 2006
Album Duets recorded with Andre Pabarèiûtë (vocals) and Eugenijus Kanevièius (bass), 2005 (Promo version)
Solo album The Brass Globe, 2005 (Promo version)

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Tomas Dobrovolskis, composer, percussionist-multiinstrumentalist, developed an original, new percussion instrument The Brass Globe to create a new genre and way of performing in regard to solo percussion. He presents his creative achievements in his latest records.

At present Tomas is a member of Vilnius percussion, X Zenklo Grupe and Meiles trikampis groups, Duet Exlex, Duet Fixtrix and The New ARTrio. He participates in joint jazz and pop projects, creates his own projects and performs in Lithuania and abroad.

As a guest Tomas performed with jazz musicians Sainkho Namtchylak, Vladimir Chekasin, Petras Geniusas, Andre Pabarciute, Raimondas Sviackevicius, Dalius Naujokaitis, Neda Malunaviciute, Liudas Mockunas, Eugenijus Kanevicius, Vytautas Labutis quartet, Arturas Anusauskas quartet and other well known lithuanian jazz musicians.

Music stile: Jazz, Free Jazz, electro-acoustic improvisational music, world, experimental, academic music.

Personal projects:
Trimatrix. Three movements. Dance project. Composer and author of the idea. Choreographer – Loreta Juodkaite. Festival New Baltic Dance’07. Vilnius 2007
The Brass Globe III. Solo project. Days of European Culture. Denmark 2007
Fixtrix. The Inner Trip. Andrë Pabarèiûtë and Tomas Dobrovolskis. Festival of percussion music Dramblys (DrumPlease). Kaunas 2006
The Brass Globe II – Solo project (2006). . Festival Klusa Daba. Ryga; Festival Five percussionists at Days of Ðiauliai city 2006
DUMATRIX BEAT (2006): Kimo Arbas (vocal), Martynas Musanya aka Def One (vocal and beatbox), Bernardas Janauskas (tabla, percussion, vocal), Tomas Dobrovolskis (The Brass Globe, Glass, percussion, vocal). Festival Five percussionists at Days of Ðiauliai city 2006
Exlex – unruly for law. Neda Malûnavièiûtë & Tomas Dobrovolskis (2006). Uþupis festival What are you doing here? Vilnius 2006
The Brass Globe – Solo project. Festival of electronic music BALTICOCO. Vilnius 2006
Duets with Andre Pabarèiûtë, vocals and Eugenijus Kanevièius, bass (2005).

Collaboration in joint projects (2006):
„The trip or inner emigration“ featuring Sainkho Namtchilak. Sainkho Namtchilak and The New ARTrio: Andrë Pabarèiûtë; Raimondas Sviackevièius; Tomas Dobrovolskis;
“Intervention to Classical music”. Vladimir Chekasin, Petras Geniuðas, Tomas Dobrovolskis.
„The trip or inner emigration“. The New ARTrio: Andrë Pabarèiûtë; Raimondas Sviackevièius; Tomas Dobrovolskis;
„Meilës trikampis“. Kostas Smoriginas; Olegas Ditkovskis; Neda Malûnavièiûtë;Tomas Dobrovolskis.
„Take“. „X Þenklo grupë" (X Sign group).