Crows Labyrinth is an ambient solo bass project, conceived by Theo Tol from the Netherlands.
What started as an experiment in December 2011 turned out to become a real project, resulting in his first full album, titled “Travels”, released in January 2013.

Theo’s approach to making music is simple but challenging: try to create ambient soundscapes by exclusively using bass guitars and digital effects. As an extra challenge, every track should preferably be recorded as one take, one flow of sound, one improvisation.

Later in 2013, Crows Labyrinth teamed up with UK post-rock artist Coma Cloud for a one-off track called “Sunrise Finale”. The track was released in July 2013, featuring punchy post-rock grooves and hypnotizing ambient bass guitar drones.

One month later, Crows Labyrinth released “Gemini Sun”: companion single or B-side to Coma Cloud’s “Sunrise Finale” and features the isolated, full dark ambient bass guitar soundscape that was used in “Sunrise Finale”. The track was improvised and recorded in one live take using a 5-string bass guitar and numerous effects.

The year 2016 saw two shorter releases: the double-track release “Transmitter” and the Consolation EP. “Transmitter” was fairly abstract and tried a new approach of improvising with only-the-fly effect changes. The Consolation EP was more melodic and used live looping for the first time. The music on the Consolation EP was heavily inspired by Brian Eno and Robert Fripp.

The story of Crows Labyrinth continues in 2019 with his second full-length album, titled “All Will Perish”. The album can be seen as a successor to the Travels album, featuring dark soundscapes that often make the original sound of the bass guitar unrecognizable. The limited edition CD version of the album has the tracks from the Consolation EP as bonus tracks.

Crows Labyrinth is inspired by many artists. These names are a small selection: Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Tangerine Dream, Steven Wilson (with his Bass Communion and I.E.M. projects), Tom Heasley, Loscil, Clem Leek.

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