Stefan Pasborg & Ibrahim Electric

The Pharos Arts Foundation and the Royal Danish Embassy in Nicosia invite you to experience one of Denmark’s premier jazz musicians, Stefan Pasborg and his band IBRAHIM ELECTRIC. The concert will take place on Friday 13 June 2014 at the Foundation’s open-air venue, The Olive Grove, in Delikipos / 8:30pm. IBRAHIM ELECTRIC’s style is not for the pedantic. There are elements of old-fashioned soul/jazz – AFRObeat - 60’s acid-power-beat - and of course the Trio’s trademark: the fast, almost-punk passages in which the three musicians merge into one playful organism. Join us for what is sure to be an unforgetable and exciting musical experience.

STEFAN PASBORG & IBRAHIM ELECTRIC
NICLAS KNUDSEN / Guitar
JEPPE TUXEN / Hammond B-3
STEFAN PASBORG / Drums

’’Do you remember the feeling of listening to a band for the first time and being completely blown away by the sheer majesty of the performance? For those of you who have experienced this, be prepared for it to happen again. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, you will understand. Prepare yourself for Ibrahim Electric!” – Hammondbeat.com, USA

IBRAHIM ELECTRIC has during the last couple of years been one of the most popular European jazz groups... These 3 personal instrumentalists have - besides the popularity with this group - made a name for themselves as some of the most striking on their respective instruments in Scandinavia.

The Danish trio IBRAHIM ELECTRIC never disappoints. Their quirky – provocative – extroverted - original music sticks its fingers into just about every musical cookie jar... and sends cascades of pearls from the speakers.

IBRAHIM ELECTRIC’s style is not for the pedantic. There are elements of old-fashioned soul/jazz – AFRObeat - 60’s acid-power-beat - and of course the Trio’s trademark: the fast, almost-punk passages in which the three musicians merge into one playful organism.

Each of the band-members possess an extremely high level of musical ENERGY, and they have a mutual love for the pure energy in the music... This has made this unit extraordinary! Whether Niclas is playing a guitar solo in the spirit of Ali Farka Toure...Jeppe is playing a solo that leads your mind to the Hammond-icons of the 1960’s...or Stefan is playing a drum-solo with avantgarde elements, the one thing that overshines it all, is their love for playing and performing, and the sheer intensity of their expression!

This trio is a fantastic live experience ! - an experience which has been delivered in following countries so far:
USA – Canada – Morocco – Denmark – England – Ireland – Scotland – Poland – Sweden – Norway – Finland – France – Germany – Lithuania – Latvia – Estonia – Netherlands – China – Korea – Thailand !

NICLAS KNUDSEN / Guitar:
Has been playing almost all styles of music since he started performing professionally in 1992.
He has released CD’s with some of our times greatest jazz players such as David Liebman, Ray Anderson, John Tchicai and Adam Nussbaum among others.

He received a Danish Grammy in 1999 for his playing on the Danish Sax-player Hans Ulriks CD “Jazz And Mambo” and won the first price at the Gexto Jazz Competition in Spain in 1996 with the group ‘Science Fiction Quartet’, and again in 1999 with the group ‘Out To Lunch’.
In 1998 he received the prestigious price ‘Roland Musical Award’ given to an outstanding young musician, and furthermore his two solo-CD’s “Human Beat Boxer” and “Human Beat Boxer – Second Stroke” gained a lot of positive attention from the critics.

At the present time he plays regularly with bass-icon Matt Garrison, Danish bass-legend Jesper Lundgaard, and a quartet featuring Ben Besiakow and Kresten Osgood.

JEPPE TUXEN / Hammond B-3:
Considered one of the most talented Hammond organ players in Europe. He started out as a pianist but migrated to the Hammond B-3 after having tried this powerful instrument at a recording session.

After graduating in 2003 from Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, he has proven himself to be a very versatile musician. He has been seen in a lot of different contexts but his main focus has since 2004 been with the trio Ibrahim Electric, where he really gets to experiment with his more expressionistic sides.

His style of playing has been compared with such different organ playes as: Jon Lord (Deep Purple), Booker T. Jones (Booker T. and the MG’s), Jimmy McGriff, Larry Young and Dr. Lonnie Smith.

The critics wrote:
"The Hammond-playing by Tuxen has 'God-like' calibre in my ears.." - Jazz Special Magazine, 2007.
“Jeppe Tuxen treats his Hammond B3 as if both Jimmy Smith and the Devil himself were close on his heels.” – Information 2004.

STEFAN PASBORG / Drums:
Three-time Grammy-winner, drummer and composer, has become known on the European jazz scene as a highly personal drummer as well as a composer and bandleader. He has performed and recorded with a number of internationally renowned musicians, including guitarist Marc Ducret, trumpet player Tomasz Stanko, bassist Miroslav Vitous, trombonist Ray Anderson, and saxophonists Ellery Eskelin and John Tchicai among others.

In addition to Denmark, Pasborg has performed in a large number of other European countries as well as Asia and the United States.

He has been awarded several prizes, including the soloist prize at the 16th European Jazz Contest in Germany; the Rhythmic Music Conservatory Talent Prize; the first prize at the 5th European Tournament for Improvised Music in France; and the Danish Arts Foundation’s grant for artistic work in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

He received 2 Grammy’s Danish Music Awards 2004, and received 1 at Danish Music Awards 2011. And his latest CD - TriplePoint - was selected into the worldwide TOP 5 "Best Debut Albums of 2007" by All About Jazz Magazine, New York.

TICKETS:
€15 Adults / €10 Members of the Foundation, Concessions
Box Office: Tel. 7000-9304 (daily 9.30-11.30am) / www.pharostickets.org