here we GO :

some vinyl goodies in 7″ and 12″ format. soem HEAVY Sun Ra´s and some surprises and a BOMB!

new trades up on the vinyl site :

http://matsgus.com/archives/category/vinyl/trades

plaese check it out and return to me with yr best offers if there is anything ib the  list ( or the  old lists…) that u would like to trade.

new solo vinyl LP out soon on dancing wayang records….

acoustic and live electronic improvisations in the great Eastcote studios, recorded by the great Anna Tjan!

liner notes by Jim O  `Rourke

artwork by Mathias Pöschl

the covers are just printed, screenprinted!!!!

limited edition in 180 g black vinyl… just the way it should be!!!!!

http://www.dancingwayang.com/news.html

after a summer of joy and related matters… touring is coming up!!!

heavy autumn touring with The thing & Otomo, The things as a trio, FIRE w Jim O `rourke in Japan,Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Tour in Europe,  BGNO in krakow and some other activities that will all be posted on this site….

but first of all: THE THING XXL w Terrie Hassels, Peter Evans, Mats Älseklint and the mighty Jim Baker as guests:

mulhouse 26th august and saalfelden 27th august!!!!

an interview for the mulhosue activity is just published:
http://festival-meteo.fr/WordPress/?p=1041

see you soon / peace & FIRE

the 31st NICKELSDORF KONFRONTATIONEN is over for this time….

and MY GOD, what a  PARTY it was….uncomparable to everything! MIGHTY MIGHTY MIGHTY!

pictures by great photographer Ziga Koritnik will be published soon. watch out for it!

unforgettable music by Roscoe Mitchell, Joe McPhee, Evan Parker & Sten Sandell, The Ex, Fernandez / Lovens / Flaten Trio, Illita Trio, Boogie (aka Wildbirds & Peacedrums) and many many others!

thank you audience!!!! thank you crew!!!! thank you DJ paal, DJ andy, DJ Ken and DJ Philipp for the vibe… and thank you musicians — see ya all next year!!!

great links to what happened:

http://www.muzicadevest.ro/2010/07/21/konfrontationen-2010/

http://derstandard.at/1277338465795/Jazzfestival-Warum-leise-sein-wenn-es-auch-laut-geht

start yr preperations now….

http://www.konfrontationen.at/

starting NOW / 15th JULI!!!!

the PARTY OF THE YEAR!!!

(Party started already some days ago…) — and the MUSIC kicks off now!!!

read the article in  Der Standard:

http://derstandard.at/1277338021907/Nichts-fuer-schwache-Nerven

check the program out:

http://www.konfrontationen.at/

coem and PART with us!!! /// peace and all FIRE ///// mg

some  mg photos from last year by great photographer nuno martins, from lisbon.

http://www.nmartins.com/Galleries_JazzImprov/MatsGustafsson_gallery/index.html?detectflash=false&

very very sad news….

Fred Andersoon, one of the greatest saxophone players and free jazz pioneers, died this morning in Chicago.

born in 1929 and one of the founding members of AACM and always active at his Velvet Lounge in Chicago, until the very end.

RIP

well… the quiz is over…. very many answers… and a lot of them quite corretct…. but only one guessing the right year… it was not Mars Williams, It was not Larry Ochs…. it was not… etc etc….the photo of the roland kirk wannabee…was of course… yours truly. ( sorry about that…)

MATS GUSTAFSSON 1984

the picture were taken by Edward Jarvis in 1984, during a session with drummer Kjell Nordeson in Umeå. ( good times….)

an ep + casette will be sent soon to the happy winner from holland!

a big sax photo quiz is coming up later in summer… watch out for it!!!

check it out… two BOMBS and some other great vinyls:

http://matsgus.com/archives/category/vinyl/trades

Good luck! only trades… nothing for sale….