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Moshe · 08.30.2008, 01:09 PM

Mats Gustafsson has worked extensively with artists from the worlds of dance (Lotta Melin, Kazuo Ohno, Tiger, Susanne Jaresand, GushTanz, Die AudioGruppe/AudioBallerinas, Birgitta Egerbladh, Claire Parsons), theatre (Saara Salminen-Wallin; Lars Rudolfson; Sven-Åke Johansson), poetry (Stig Larsson, Maria Gummesson; Sven-Åke Johansson; Jenny Morelli; Jaap Blonk; Terri Kapsalis; Mikael Niemi; Mattias Alkberg; Gerhild Ebel) and painting (Hanns Schimansky, Olle Bonnier, Ann Blom, Karin Almlöf, Inger Arvidsson, Anders Knutsson, Gerhild Ebel, Edward Jarvis, Håkan Blomkvist, Leif Elggren, Lars Kleen, Mathias Pöschl). Some of these combinations were brought together in his 1997 enhanced CD, Impropositions, released by the Swedish Music Information Center. Mats Gustafsson also works as a composer and a selective list of his compositions includes:

Back - or for-word (1989), chamber piece for cello, piano, reeds, percussion, voice, video, performance artist
Bortviska (1989), for large ensemble and conductor
Viska (1990), solo piece for baritone saxophone
Korpo II (1990/96), for tenor sax, bass and percussion
Viska: too hands (1992), solo piece for tenor or baritone saxophone
Viska: flphm (1992), solo piece for muted fluteophone
Viska Mix IV (1994), solo piece for tenor saxophone, flageolet and fluteophone
Bevllohallat Hhu/ö (1994), for baritone saxophone and fluteophone, dance and light design
Structure a la Mallé (1995/96), for jazz ensemble
Korrrp - scener vid en åtel (1996), solo piece for baritone saxophone and film by Gunilla Hamne and Torkel Lundberg
Forskande ögen eller vem glor på vem? (1997), solo piece for tenor saxophone and film by Gunilla Hamne and Torkel Lundberg
Hidros one (1997), piece for 9 improvisors and one conductor

Gustafsson formed The Thing with Norwegians Paal Nilssen-Love and Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten in 2000 and, as well as performing as a trio, they work with frequent collaborators such as Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark and the Norwegian hard-core-combo Cato Salsa Experience. He has also been a frequent collaborator with Sonic Youth since 2000 undertaking recordings, concerts and festivals. He has initiated a number of "Silence" projects - Original Silence, Related Silence, International Silence and Another Silence - with a.o. Guy Picciotto, Ikue Mori, Caspar Brötzmann, DJ Olive, Thurston Moore, Terrie Ex, Jim OÕRourke, Han Bennink, Tim Barnes, Massimo Zu, Paal Nilssen-Love, Dror Feiler and Johan Berthling: different combinations of musicians and soundartists focusing on creative improvised noise and alternative rock-music.

08.30.2008, 01:09 PM	#2
Moshe Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,866	Mats Gustafsson has worked extensively with artists from the worlds of dance (Lotta Melin, Kazuo Ohno, Tiger, Susanne Jaresand, GushTanz, Die AudioGruppe/AudioBallerinas, Birgitta Egerbladh, Claire Parsons), theatre (Saara Salminen-Wallin; Lars Rudolfson; Sven-Åke Johansson), poetry (Stig Larsson, Maria Gummesson; Sven-Åke Johansson; Jenny Morelli; Jaap Blonk; Terri Kapsalis; Mikael Niemi; Mattias Alkberg; Gerhild Ebel) and painting (Hanns Schimansky, Olle Bonnier, Ann Blom, Karin Almlöf, Inger Arvidsson, Anders Knutsson, Gerhild Ebel, Edward Jarvis, Håkan Blomkvist, Leif Elggren, Lars Kleen, Mathias Pöschl). Some of these combinations were brought together in his 1997 enhanced CD, Impropositions, released by the Swedish Music Information Center. Mats Gustafsson also works as a composer and a selective list of his compositions includes: Back - or for-word (1989), chamber piece for cello, piano, reeds, percussion, voice, video, performance artist Bortviska (1989), for large ensemble and conductor Viska (1990), solo piece for baritone saxophone Korpo II (1990/96), for tenor sax, bass and percussion Viska: too hands (1992), solo piece for tenor or baritone saxophone Viska: flphm (1992), solo piece for muted fluteophone Viska Mix IV (1994), solo piece for tenor saxophone, flageolet and fluteophone Bevllohallat Hhu/ö (1994), for baritone saxophone and fluteophone, dance and light design Structure a la Mallé (1995/96), for jazz ensemble Korrrp - scener vid en åtel (1996), solo piece for baritone saxophone and film by Gunilla Hamne and Torkel Lundberg Forskande ögen eller vem glor på vem? (1997), solo piece for tenor saxophone and film by Gunilla Hamne and Torkel Lundberg Hidros one (1997), piece for 9 improvisors and one conductor Gustafsson formed The Thing with Norwegians Paal Nilssen-Love and Ingebrigt Haaker Flaten in 2000 and, as well as performing as a trio, they work with frequent collaborators such as Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark and the Norwegian hard-core-combo Cato Salsa Experience. He has also been a frequent collaborator with Sonic Youth since 2000 undertaking recordings, concerts and festivals. He has initiated a number of "Silence" projects - Original Silence, Related Silence, International Silence and Another Silence - with a.o. Guy Picciotto, Ikue Mori, Caspar Brötzmann, DJ Olive, Thurston Moore, Terrie Ex, Jim OÕRourke, Han Bennink, Tim Barnes, Massimo Zu, Paal Nilssen-Love, Dror Feiler and Johan Berthling: different combinations of musicians and soundartists focusing on creative improvised noise and alternative rock-music.
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