BIOGRAPHY

Jeroen Thesseling began studying bass guitar in 1988 at the Conservatory 'Hogeschool Enschede’, the Netherlands. During the period 1992-1994 he collaborated with the Dutch death metal band PESTILENCE by recording the jazz/fusion-influenced album SPHERES and touring Europe. In 1995 Jeroen started to study microtonality and developed a 72-tone equal temperament bass. Since 2001 he decided to concentrate primarily on fretless bass guitar as his focus was on microtonal world music. During the period 2003-2005 he has been touring with the flamenco ensemble of guitarist EL PERIQUIN. From 2005 he participated in the recording sessions of ENSEMBLE SALAZHAR, a contemporary world music project. Late 2007 Jeroen joined the German death metal band OBSCURA. He will play the upcoming tours and participates in the recordings for the 2nd album, due in 2008.