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previous artist: guru guru		there are 7 titles featuring mats gustafsson in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: will guthrie

$13.41

back in stock as of
august 25th, 2008

first in stock on
august 25th, 2006

blue chopsticks (usa) #bc 11 cd

david grubbs / mats gustafsson “off-road” compact disc

rendezvous up north (12:11)
dystopian turboprop (5:53)
pumpkin creek (3:26)
three if by train (1:56)
skiing + shooting (4:58)
back off (4:54)

blue chopsticks press release...

david grubbs & mats gustafsson, off-road - bc11 cd

off-road is david grubbs and mats gustafsson's second duo recording, the follow-up to 1999's apertura. apertura consists of two long, nearly-static improvised duos for harmonium and reeds, making it perhaps the slowest, steadiest boil in either participant's discography. off-road finds the two of them forsaking their earlier, ice age m.o. for a shower of digitally re-composed slivers, the metal-on-metal timbre of a saxophone equipped with contact mics, grubbs's chiming electric guitar, and gustafsson's pro rhythm analog synthesizer clipped to the bell of his horn. turntablist henry moore selder makes a couple of guest appearances marked by sharp rhythmic counterpoint and low-frequency warbles and moans.

off-road was recorded in stockholm immediately following grubbs and gustafsson's scandinavian tour in february 2002. those shows were chaotic events that wandered from song to free-jazz freakout to tunnel of drone to digital collage to mouthless saxophone and brainless, bruising guitar. the final set of the evenings were quartet performances with the turntable and drums duo rock out (selder and niklas korssel, who also play with mats in the group djustable), and that's how henry came to make all that tone-arm rumble in the studio.

off-road has a similar range to the live shows in an even-more compacted time frame, from the improvised pop tune "pumpkin creek" to the fractured, groove-cursed "three if by train," from the meditative, still surfaces of "rendezvous up north" to the fire alarm plus plunderphonics of "back off." with off-road, an already improbable duo takes a frightening turn beyond genre. the cover photo by john flavell shows the riot that took place at louisville, kentucky's commonwealth convention center in 1983 after the mid-show cancellation of a performance by neil young. (released march 2003)

$13.41

back in stock as of
august 25th, 2008

first in stock on
august 25th, 2006

blue chopsticks (usa) #bc 02 cd

david grubbs / mats gustafsson “apertura” compact disc

apertura part 1 (39:42)
apertura part 2 (25:28)

blue chopsticks press release...

david grubbs & mats gustafsson, apertura - bc2 cd

david grubbs will gladly tell you the story of being knocked dead upon first hearing the swedish reed player mats gustafsson perform solo at chicago's renaissance society. mats gustafsson has been known to tell a similar tale about an all-electric, mcentire-backbeated gastr del sol show at the empty bottle. mats and gastr flitted about in similarly odd orbits with a gustafsson flageolet contribution to gastr del sol's upgrade & afterlife and the inclusion of jim o'rourke on mats's okka-disk debut, parrot fish eye. by 1999, mats gustafsson was a bit of a star in chicago. he had performed with ken vandermark, fred anderson, kent kessler, hamid drake, michael zerang, fred lonberg-holm, and a freshly minted peter brötzmann tentet. a slew of releases on okka-disk and a duo performance with thurston moore at the empty bottle festival of improvised music did nothing to abate the love. mats was dragged into the studio that year by david grubbs for the purpose of contributing to a thicket-in-the-works. the pair instead became terminally sidetracked with recording the two lengthy duets for harmonium and tenor saxophone and harmonium and fluteophone (mats's invention -- a flute with a reed mouthpiece jammed in the end) that make up apertura. listening to apertura, the first question is who is doing what? do the artists themselves know? mats was hot off of a tour with ken vandermark and the aaly trio, hence his singular performances on apertura (behold the twenty minutes plus of quiet circular breathing with which "apertura pt. 1" begins). reference points? for grubbs, his solo harmonium and reed organ performances; "aux noctambules," a duet with noël akchoté; and his performances with tony conrad. for gustafsson, his solo work and his excellent nothing to read duo cd with drummer paul lovens. apertura is at times starkly out of character for both individuals, and for this reason already a personal favorite of gustafsson and grubbs. what a strange fate to make such beautiful music! (released july 1999)

$20.43

back in stock as of
may 24th, 2010

first in stock on
august 13th, 2006

threads:
free-jazz

doubtmusic (japan) #dm 103 cd

mats gustafsson “baritone sax solo - catapult” compact disc

memory of a specific silence - to paul auster (m.gustafsson) 4'22"
torparvisa (gunde johansson) / angels (albert ayler) 7'32"
the light (alva melin) 4'48"
catapult of solitudes - to paul auster (m.gustafsson) 5'48"
the nut (alva melin) 5'27"
it is. remember - to lars gullin (m.gustafsson) 6'19"
flutter (otomo yoshihide) 6'43"
chance illusions - to paul auster (m.gustafsson) 6'23"
kungssangen (trad. arr mats gustafsson) 5'16"

june 2005 solo set from swedish saxophonist mats gustafsson...

doubtmusic press release...

doubtmusic / dms-103
mats gustafsson
baritone saxophone solo - catapult

catapult of solitudes...
reflections and directions,
considerations...illusions...moments of minds.
fire and joy !
sacrifices..sharing...
music and playing is living it!!!
............. ( mats gustafsson )

amazing his blowing technic is in "memory of a specific silence" and "catapult". "torparvisa", composed by gunde johansson inspired albert ayler to write "ghosts" while living in stockholm back in 1962. mats plays very beautiful overtones in this tune. his daughter composed very beautiful tunes, are "the light" and "the nut". "it is, remember" has a destractive rockin' ending. in otomo's masterpiece "flutter", mats add his own interpretation. etc... his first only bariton sax solo work! killin' cd!!

produced by mats gustafsson & jun numata

$20.01

new to stock as of
november 8th, 2011

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
concert-recordings
live-electronic
plunder-phonic

editions mego (austria) #demego 023 lp
demand (austria) #demego 023 lp

dieb13 / mats gustafsson / martin siewert “(fake) the facts” long playing record

fact (15:23)
rat (7:32)
zoom (21:31)

november 2011 release ; ... exceedingly noisy trio improvisations by recent vienna transplant mats gustafsson (sax, electronics), dieter “dieb13” kovacic (turntable), and martin siewert (guitar, electronics) ...

editions mego press release...

demego 023 / dieb13 / gustafsson / siewert
(fake) the facts
lp

release date 22.11.2011

dieb13: turntables, cigar box
mats gustafsson: soprano, slide and tenor sax, live electronics
martin siewert: guitars, ring stinger, electronics

recorded at garnisongasse 7 / vienna, march 2011 and rhiz / vienna, april 2011
mixed by dieter kovacic and martin siewert
mastered by martin siewert
cut at dubplates & mastering, berlin, september 2011
cover art by dieter kovacic and billy roisz

after the runaway success of the akita / gustafsson / o’rourke lp , ‘one bird two bird’ (demego 022), swedish sax legend mast gustafsson returns to editions mego with another storming collaboration. now resident in vienna he teamed up with experimental artists dieb13 and martin siewert for a live and studio session. (fake) the facts is the result.

a dense fog of sound coming from all directions, but whereas the general impetus is a full on attack the trio do find restraint to create a deeper dynamic and open the spaces between the walls of noise.

$13.44

back in stock as of
july 1st, 2010

first in stock on
november 8th, 2006

threads:
free-jazz
electro-acoustic-improvisation
harsh-noise
norway
sweden

ideal (sweden) #ideal 027 cd

nash kontroll “your left hand just exploded” compact disc

in the presence of fucking god... we are all the same
your left hand just exploded
passport to pork

... super-trio record featuring everywhere-simultaneously saxophonist mats gustaffson, noisician/polyglot lasse marhaug, and dror feiler (recent disc on tochnit aleph.)

ideal press release...

nash kontroll
»your left hand just exploded«

cat. no. ideal027
year 2005
format cd
info 600 copies in jewelcase

this is without doubt one of the best recorded and coolest sounding advanced-experimental music records we have laid our ears upon. it's a document of the true power in sound and noise recorded at the swedish national radio. in the hands of mats gustavsson, dror feiler and lasse marhaug sound and noise are getting vital again. three true masters that whip the cream and blood outta their equipment, taking us to unknown territories of music, challenge and sound. a modern power trio, and debut album by this proud line up.

about the band members:

mats gustafsson (b. 1964) maybe the most important and well-known improvisational musician in sweden today. since the late 80's he has collaborated with such names as peter brotzmann, sonic youth, otomo yoshihide and ken vandermark on a regular basis but is also known for his exciting solo projects for solo saxophone, most recently the amazing "slide" album for firework editions and "catapult" for doubtmusic. he is also playing with ingebrigt haaker-flaten and paal nilssen-love as the thing and with thurston moore and jim o'rourke as diskaholics anonymous trio, amongst other shapes and forms with different artists.

dror feiler (b. 1951) dror feiler is based in stockholm and have since his arrival to the city in the late 70's become a very important figure for the swedish modern art & music scene. feiler is a very political person and is very outspoken and sometimes controversial. he has been a key figure for many years at fylkingen in stockholm and is working with visual arts, electro-acoustic composition , noise, opera, ballet and compositions for orchestras. as an improviser, he is infamous for his group lokomotiv konkret who has blown audiences away since 1977.

lasse marhaug (b. 1974) lasse has over the last ten years been one of the leading forces in the so-called norwegian noise scene. as a performer and composer he has over a hundred releases to his name, as well as extensive touring and performing in europe, asia and america. in addition to his solo work, marhaug plays regularly in projects jazzkammer, del, rishaug marhaug and a duo with frode gjerstad. past projects include origami replika and lasse marhaug band. he has collaborated with several artists in his own field of music, but has over the years also worked with artists in the improv, free jazz, drone rock and extreme metal scenes, as well as theatre, dance and video.

$14.82

back in stock as of
february 10th, 2009

first in stock on
august 19th, 2005

threads:
free-improvisation
plunder-phonic

xeric (usa) #xer 101 cd

mats gustafsson “sticky tongues & kitchen knives” compact disc

for hannah höch and harald hult (4:06)
for betty davis and raymond strid (10:13)
for gal costa and hal rammel (6:38)
for mario schiano and andre williams (9:52)
a (2:37)
b (1:19)
c (1:43)
d (2:37)
e (3:28)
f (1:06)
g (2:23)
h (1:21)
i (2:35)
j (2:16)

xeric press release...

side a
mats gustaffson - tenor saxophone, fluteophone
john corbett - cd players, turntables, mix

side b: fricasee
mats gustafsson - baritone saxophone, fluteophone
john corbett - electric guitar

swedish saxophone chameleon mats gustafsson changes hue in two extraordinary sets of duets with american improvisor and writer john corbett. in round one, corbett assembles shards of vinyl and disc into a series of vivid, peculiar, haunting collages; gustafsson deftly navigates the absurd audio jungle, directly engaging with sound beasts or donning camouflage and disappearing into the veldt. the second round offers a suite of intense, interactive, freely improvised short takes featuring gustafsson on baritone sax and fluteophone and corbett on electric guitar.

"mats is the most modern of players where the genre tags of jazz, noise, experimental, avant-whatever are finally transcended to a new millennium -- where compositional concepts are at once in check with open improvisation and a super-postmodernism becomes what we always wanted: rock & roll!" - thurston moore, sonic youth

$14.82

back in stock as of
february 10th, 2009

first in stock on
august 19th, 2005

threads:
free-improvisation
concert-recordings

xeric (usa) #xer 100 lp
table of the elements (united states) #xer 100 lp

mats gustafsson “the education of lars jerry” long playing record

a visit to källom (8:51)
lars get a slesson in myckelgensjö (4:30)
a photo is made in sundsvall (4:19)
disappointing lack of initial support (in kubbe) (6:22)
success in drömme i (3:56)
message from fatmomakke (4:28)
studies in saxnäs (6:41)
lars develops arachnophobia in amerika (5:33)

xeric press release...

recording: jim o’rourke, the renaissance society, chicago, 12 october 1995.
production: john corbett and mats gustaffson

swedish saxophonist mats gustafsson is one of the most significant new faces in improvised music. combining great sensitivity and attention to detail with boundless energy, gustafsson works regularly with the upper echelon of european and american improvisers, including bassist barry guy, percussionist paul lovens and pianist marilyn crispell. the education of lars jerry, which features gustafsson on tenor and baritone saxes, french flageolet and "fluteophone" (his own contraption combining alto sax mouthpiece and flute), is his second solo record, splendidly recorded by legendary producer jim o'rourke in the unique acoustic space of chicago's renaissance society art gallery.

"mats is the most modern of players where the genre tags of jazz, noise, experimental, avant-whatever are finally transcended to a new millennium -- where compositional concepts are at once in check with open improvisation and a super-postmodernism becomes what we always wanted: rock & roll!" - thurston moore, sonic youth

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