Selected work
A career built one record at a time.
Sven’s recording career began in 1997 and now includes more than 250 album credits. This is a selected cross-section of session, arrangement, songwriting and screen work.
Recording credits
Selected work across decades.
A curated view of the rooms, roles and records that shaped the work.
One session, remembered
Busi Mhlongo · Amakholwa
An IOL feature from the sessions describes Sven’s rock-guitar contribution and Busi Mhlongo’s response to it. It is a good snapshot of the wider approach: listen first, understand the intention, then add something that belongs.
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Range
From guitar part to production room.
Across the catalogue Sven has worked as a session guitarist, arranger, producer, co-writer and live musician, on electric, acoustic and 12-string guitar and mandolin.
Genre changes. The job does not: understand what the project needs, work well with the people in the room, and make choices that last.
Discuss a recording projectWhat collaborators say
Useful in the room.
The best proof is how experienced collaborators describe working with him.
“Sven Blumer is one of the best guitarists, performers and session musicians I know, with an intuitive knack for what works.”
“He is always easy to work with and get along with, very professional in his approach, skill and how he applies himself.”
“Sven is one of those rare musicians that has an ear for the right sound, texture or mood. His technical expertise is excellent.”
Featured live recording
CALEV · Live at Bellingham
Recorded live in 2016, the nine-track performance features Sven on guitars alongside Helmut Meijer, Lukas de Beer, Iwan Kemp and Renate Riedemann.
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