"20-Finger-Guitarist"
"Guitar Magician"
"Guitar Acrobat"
"Leeb regularly takes his audiences by storm."
Various Newspapers
(Austria)
" Every last fibre of his guitar is wrung dry to produce either rhythm, bass, chords or melody and very inspiring it is, too. Upside Down is indeed an album full of joy and spirit."
Acoustic Magazine
(UK)
Thomas' technique and compositions have certainly put him into the 'world's greatest unknown guitarists' category [...] He has to be seen to be believed.
Guitar Techniques Magazine (UK)
"I was his teacher for about five minutes and then I heard him play."
Eric Roche
(IRL)
He is one of the most original and captivating guitarists we know.
Nammusic
(Brasil)
"Moving music - movingly played."
Parnass
(GER)
Thomas showcased all the skills and abilities of the top-flight fingerstylists on the scene today years ago.
Bridge Guitar Reviews (Holland)
Melodic and tasteful Fingerstyle CD's like this one have unfortunately become rare.
Concerto Magazin
(Austria)
NOBODY LIKES A SHOW-OFF!
Un-f***ing-real!
Good stuff.
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Austrian born Thomas Leeb plays a style he calls 'the bastard child of acoustic fingerstyle'. This style owes as much to percussive techniques as traditional fingerstyle guitar as his tunes are usually punctuated by slaps, pops and beats. Adding to the overall effect is his frequent use of ringing harmonics. The resulting blur of busy hands and fingers has to be seen to be believed.
His repertoire consists of self-penned numbers, traditional tunes and occasional covers of Guns 'n' Roses, Bjork and Bob Marley songs..
Leeb released his first album, the now out of print Reveller, as a precocious 17 year old. However, his unique style didn't come into full force until his 1999 album Riddle. He has since released four further albums and toured Asia, North and South America and Europe.
Along the way he has picked up a number of influential fans such as Eric Roche who was his guitar teacher, "for about five minutes and then I heard him play" and Guthrie Govan who thinks that "what Thomas does on an acoustic guitar probably shouldn't be legal.".
photo: Lissa Hahn
