Siebe Pogson
Siebe Pogson is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and bassist from Sydney, leader of the jazz-funk group Funk Engine and a composer for Australia’s only electric viola da gamba ensemble, Elysian Fields.
Siebe was born in 1992 and grew up in Putney, Sydney. He works as a piano teacher, accompanist, composer and arranger, and as a bass player. As a multi-instrumentalist he has studied with many respected Sydney musicians and composers, including Kevin Hunt, Saul Richardson, Gerard Willems and Steve Hunter, and with bass innovator Victor Wooten and bass pedagogue Anthony Wellington.
He began composing in 2013 when he founded the jazz-funk band Funk Engine. With Funk Engine he has recorded and released three albums of original compositions, the first two under the guidance of world music legend Llew Kiek.
He is also an active composer for the baroque-jazz fusion group Elysian Fields, Australia’s only electric viola da gamba ensemble. His composition Dark Dreaming has been featured on the ABC music show, and a second original, The Tragedy, appears on Elysian Fields’ 2020 album.
Other bands he plays with include the Soul Messengers, The Domestics and Vanquished Kingdom. He has been featured twice in Cut Common, described as “one of the most multi-talented young musicians on the scene.”
Performing as Elysian Fields
Elysian Fields, Australia’s only electric viola da gamba ensemble, was formed by Jenny Eriksson, Matt Keegan and Matt McMahon in 2015. The band is an ongoing experiment in new improvised and composed repertoire for the electric viola da gamba, of which Eriksson is believed to be the only Australian exponent.
Fika
Fika is the second album from crossover ensemble Elysian Fields: music shaped for the Swedish custom of gathering with friends over coffee, conversation and something sweet to share.
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What should I say
Australia’s only electric viola da gamba band, Elysian Fields joins Jenny Eriksson with jazz colleagues Matt Keegan and Matt McMahon in new repertoire that sets Renaissance verse beside contemporary improvisation.
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Performing as Funk Engine
Sydney-based jazz-funk group Funk Engine was formed in 2013 by Sydney Conservatorium jazz graduates led by bassist and composer Siebe Pogson.
Jazz-Funk
Funk Engine, formed in 2013 by Sydney Conservatorium jazz graduates, returns with a tight, danceable set that revives jazz-funk for a new generation.
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