CONTACT

Mats Gustafsson
Vaktmannagården
SE-272 96 Gärsnäs
SWEDEN

mats@matsgus.com

contact : booking THE THING, FIRE!, Swedish azz & other mats gustafsson related activities : danielle@oosterop.com

- cell +31 6 2662 0845 – Amsterdam

check the full offers:

http://www.oosterop.com/index.html

webmaster: micke@keysendal.com

VINYL STORES

most recomendable shop in the world is the classic ANDRA JAZZ in Stockholm, Sweden!!!

no www available, but some decent coffee, a chesstable and the most amazing shop of vinyl you can find. Free Jazz, Improvised Music, Be- Bop, West-coast and everything in between!!!

seriously… THIS IS THE SHIT!

Harald Hult will take care of you, playing his favourites until they becaome yours.

ANDRA JAZZ Rödabergsgatan 9, 113 33 Stockholm

tel + 46 8 310707

Record stores in NY

http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/text/NYC.music_guide

good link with most record stores in NY…

Tropicalia in Furs!

304 E 5th Str. 212- 982 3251… one of the MOST amazing vinyl stores w brazilian records ever! great people!

Bleecker Bob’s Golden Oldies
118 W 3rd St
New York, NY 10012
(212) 475-9677
lots of vinyl, CD, new and used

East Village Books & Records
99 Saint Marks Pl # 1
New York, NY 10009
(212) 477-8647
also good on vinyl, CD, new and used

Mercer Street Books & Records
Address: 206 Mercer St, (Between Bleecker and Houston streets), New
York, 10012-1518
Phone: +1 212 505 8615
Web: http://www.mercerstreetbooks.com
Nearest Station: 6 at Bleecker St
Neighbourhood: Soho
interesting store with books, records, classical, jazz, art, photo, etc.

Village Music World
197 Bleecker St
New York, NY 10012
(212) 674-5463
years since first visit but should be good on vinyl and CD, new and used

Sound Library
214 Avenue A, New York, NY
(212) 598-9302
tons of vinyl, DJ store but lots of interesting jazz and latin

Other Music
15 E 4TH St (Cross Street: Broadway)
New York, NY 10003-6902View Map
(212) 477-8150
was incredible but is still a must..new, used, all sorts of music….

Downtown Music Gallery
www.downtownmusicgallery.com

NEW Store adress : 13 Monroe Stree, NY 10002-7351
a must, new, used, vinyl, CD all jazz / free jazz / experimental… and info on concerts and stuff—- great people too!

Kim’s Video & Music
New adress…
212-505-0311
nice store in nice area,
jazz, indie, massive DVD selection…

The Jazz Record Center -
236 West 26th St., between 7th and 8th Avenue, on the
8th floor. Only open from Tuesday- Saturday, 10-6. Phone:
212-675-4480 http://www.jazzrecordcenter.com/
one of the largest collections of vinyl jazz… insane and GREAT!

A-ONE RECORD SHOP
Vinyl specialist Open 7 Days 1pm – 9pm
439 East 6th Street Nyw York, NY 10009 (212) 473-2870
very very good store packed with vinyl, latin, jazz, DJ etc..

Record stores in Tokyo

shibuya:
#discland Jaro /tel 3461 8256 -FANTASTIC! just great! an insane shop for be-bop and west coast… all 1st pressings…

on of the smallest shops, but also greatest! a bit expensive…. but, u will find the shit you are lookin for!

shinjuku
#Diskunion /tel 5379 3551 — insane store of four floors…packed!! like NOTHING else!!! jazz department is insane…
#Los Apson / 3369 9616 —-Dakan Plaza Business #box, 7-9-15 Nishi
Shinjuku…….tiny store with very good selection of noise and
experimental…..a must…
#HALs / 3364 1577 —Insane! great selection of free jazz, be bop, improv etc. good prices too! very nice staff!

Shimokitazawa
#F’LMORE / 5430 1442 –GREAT shop!
#PSF/Modern Music / 3322 4461 —-noise, experimental, contemporary
music……loads of Kaoru Abe, Masayuki Takayanagi…
take the Keio Line subway to Meidaimae.

#EL SUR, world music on CD and Vinyl, tons of Brasilian and Cuban….
ph nr# 03-5485-9967

#AOYAMA BOOK CENTER
very good book store, open late: Roppongi Subway Station på HIBIYA
line. 6.1.20 Roppongi (Roppongi Street)

VINYL

March 28 2009

Trades
These records and currently available for trades. Not for sale vinyls. Goodies and hard to gets of supreme music:
Please contact mats@matsgus.com for trades and shit.

N= New unplayed
NN- = One side unplayes, other N-
N- = Looks like new, may have light marks
E+N- = Signs of wear, occasional surface noise
E+ = Light scuffs or light scratches
EE+ = Many Audible scratches, acceptable condition
E = Many scratches, bad condition

Lasse Lystedt – FANFAR! – Jazz Records 1401, 10” vinyl: E+ cover : E+/ N-
Super rare swedish 10” vinyl of Norrland Jazz w. Bernt Egerbladh on piano. Made in a couple of hundred copies. Sounds like early Mingus gone artic…

RESERVED…

GL Unit – Orangutang – Odeon E 062-34163 NN- / NN-
Amazing free jazz large ensemble. INSANE!!! Rare and highly sought after. With legendary Bengt ”Frippe” Nordström!

Åke Hodell – Spirit of Ecstasy – Caprice CAP 1149 N / N ( w booklet)
Sound Artist maestro Åke Hodell in classic recording. Text & Sound poet in his prime!

Barre Phillips – Journal Violone – Opus One nr 2 N- / N-Classic solo improv LP with beautiful cover and just an amazing piece of vinyl altogether!

THIS ITEM IS TRADED FOR, SORRY

Masahiko Togashi & Mototeru Takagi Duo – Isolation – Columbia SW- 7051 (JAP) NN- / N
Hard Core Full blast free jazz duo. Legendary Takagi at his best! Rare and KILLIN!!!

THIS ITEM IS TRADED FOR, SORRY

Barry Guy – Assist – jazz & NOW 4 (JAP) N/ N
Very rare solo bass LP and duos with Fred Van Hove. Only a couple of hundred made.
Amazing music!!!

THIS ITEM IS TRADED FOR, SORRY

Diskaholics Anonymous Trio – Trade Only N/ N
Mats Gustafsson, Thurston Moore and Jim O`Rourke on a japan only / trade only Lp made in only 200 copies. Handmade signed and numbered cover w. special stamp
Mega rare!

Mats Gustafsson – saxophones and live – electronics

Born 1964 in Umeå, Northern Sweden.
Saxplayer, improviser and composer. Soloartist and international tours and projects with a.o. Peter Brötzmann, Sonic Youth, Merzbow, Jim O´Rourke, Barry Guy, Otomo Yoshihide, Yoshimi, Ken Vandermark and in working groups The Thing, Sonore, FIRE!, Gush, Boots Brown, Swedish Azz and Nash Kontroll. Large ensemble work with Barry Guy New Orchestra, Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet and the NU – ensemble.1800 concerts and over 200 recordproductions in Europe, Australia, Africa, North & South America and Asia.
Collaborations with contemporary dance, theater, art as well as projects with noise, electronica, contemporary rock and free jazz.
Producer of international festivals and concert tours as well as work with own record labels Slottet, OlofBright Editions and Blue Tower Records.

MATS GUSTAFSSON

Soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, contrabass saxophones
Fluteophones
Flutes
Weevil Sax
Amplified saxophone & live-electronics

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Solo improviser, often in collaboration with contemporary dance, visual art, poetry and theatre

Composer of solo work for saxophone, live electronics and ensemble pieces. Sound Installations.
Commissions by Swedish Concert Institute, Swedish National Radio (P1 & P2), KulturBro 2000. . Compositions played by Sonic Youth, Nu-ensemblen, Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Copenhagen Art Ensemble, The Thing, AALY Trio, Trondheim Improvisers Ensemble, Neneh Cherry, FRIM Storband, Trondheim Voices a.o.

Curator of festivals; Sounds 89 & 99, Solo -92, Dygn (-95), Open Music – KulturBro 2000, 2002,
Wels /unlimited music 2003, Perspectives 2004, Perspectives 2007, Perspectives 2009, Nickelsdorf Konfrontationen 2010…
Curator of Swedish concert Institute’s tour project-series “Frislag” since 2000.

Re-started FRIM in 1998 (the association of free improvised music in Sweden).
Citizen of Elgaland/ Vargaland (KREV)

Started Blue Tower Records with Harald Hult in 1989.
Started Crazy Wisdom with Christian Falk and Conny C. Lindström in 1999.
Started Olof Bright Editions with Thomas Millroth in 2000.
Started SLOTTET with Conny C Lindström and Maria Eriksson in 2006

Extensive touring, over 1800 concerts and over 200 recording projects, with music ensembles and solo projects in Scandinavia, Europe, Australia, Africa, South &  North America and Asia.
Major festivals and clubs/performance theatres/museums in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, Belarus, Germany, Ukraine, Belgium, Holland, France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Monaco, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, India, China, Japan, Korea, Tasmania, Australia, New Zeeland, USA, Canada and Ethiopia

ENSEMBLES

The Thing

SWEDISH AZZ

FIRE!

SONORE: Brötzmann/Vandermark/Gustafsson
Two Slices of Acoustic Car
Guy/Gustafsson/Strid – TARFALA
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
BGNO/ Barry Guy New Orchestra
Diskaholics Anonymous Trio
Boots Brown
Gustafsson/Lovens Duo

Gustafsson – Fernandez – Evans

TR!O – Gustafsson / Christmann / Lovens

THE EX & Brass Unbound

Vario 34
DEG
NU ensemblen
DLA
FEED
GUSH
Grubbs/ Gustafsson
Nash Kontroll
Original Silence, Related Silence, International Silence, Another Silence…
ZU + Mats Gustafsson

PROJECTS

Jim O´Rourke, Sonic Youth, Paul Lovens, Barry Guy, Peter Brötzmann, Derek Bailey, Günter Christmann, Sven-Åke Johansson, Philipp Wachsman, Paul Lytton, Sten Sandell, Yamataka Eye, Sebi Tramontana, Roger Turner, Hamid Drake, Ken Vandermark, Zu, Yoshimi, Jaap Blonk, Misha Mengelberg, Lee Ranaldo, David Grubbs, Thurston Moore, David Sandström, The Nomads, Axel Dörner, Wilbert de Joode, Michael Zerang, Evan Parker, Merzbow, Han Bennink, Thomas Lehn, Raymond Strid, Conny Nimmersjö, John Essing, Dieb 13, Leif Elggren, Greg Goodman, Kevin Drumm, Joe McPhee, Bob Hund, Dror Feiler, Otomo Yoshihide, Cato Salsa Experience, Tim Barnes, Caspar Brötzmann, FourTet, Steve Reid, Paal Nilsen-Love, Lasse Marhaug, Guy Picciotto, The Sons of God, Ikue Mori, DJ Olive, Per Svensson, Sachiko M, Pat Thomas, Agusti Fernandez, Yosuke Yamashita, Ebbot Lundberg, Akira Sakata, Dieb 13, Martin Siewert, Nicolai Dunger, Jari Haapalainen, Oren Ambarchi , Getatchew Mekuria, Neneh Cherry…

ART PROJECTS w  Clay Ketter, Hanns Schimanskij, Lars Tunbjörk, Mathias Pöschl. Olle Bonnier, Edward Jarvis, Maja Spasova, Per Svensson, Leif Elggren, Sven Åke Johansson, Ann Blom and others

Born in Umeå, Sweden 1964.
Flute studies, keyboard mistreatments and activities in jazz-rock and punk units in Umeå in early 80`s.
Started playing improvised music with drummer Kjell Nordeson in 1982, with whom he started AALY Trio in 1986. Performances/ happenings with visual artist Edward G. Jarvis from 1984-.
Moved to Stockholm in 1985. Early collaborations with Dror Feiler, Jörgen Adolfsson, Christian Munthe and Sten Sandell & Raymond Strid with whom he started GUSH in 1988
Started collaborate with German drummer Paul Lovens in 1990 and has since then worked extensively as duo, trio, quartet and large ensemble (NU-ensemblen).

Early international collaborations with Derek Bailey (1988-), Sven -Åke Johansson (1989-) Per Henrik Wallin (1990-) Günter Christmann (1991-) Jim O ‘Rourke (1990-) a.o.
First trip to the US in 1988. First meetings with Ken Vandermark, Hamid Drake, David Grubbs, Michael Zerang, Fred Lonberg Holm… in Chicago 1994. Member of the Peter Brötzmann Tentet since 1997.
Diskaholics Anonymous Trio w. Thurston Moore and Jim O’Rourke started in 2000 …
Member of Barry Guy New Orchestra since its start in 2000.

Formed The Thing with Norwegians Paal Nilssen-Love and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten in 2000 …
Frequent collaborators to The Thing is Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark, Thurston Moore, Zu, Otomo Yoshihide, Jim O` Rourke, Peter Brötzmann, Neneh Cherry and Norwegian hard-core-combo Cato Salsa Experience

Frequent collaborator of Sonic Youth since 2000, recordings, concerts, festivals.

 

Silence projects with a.o. Guy Picciotto, Ikue Mori, Caspar Brötzmann, DJ Olive, Thurston Moore, Terrie Ex, Jim O’Rourke, Han Bennink, Tim Barnes, Massimo Zu, Paal Nilssen-Love, Dror Feiler, Johan Berthling, Yoshimi… different combinations with musicians and sound artists focusing on creative improvised noise and alternative rock-music.

Lives in 18e bezirk, Vienna, Austria.

Received the Swedish Royal Academy of Music Large Prize of Jazz in 2004,

Voted best jazz artist of the year in Sweden  2000 and 2008.

Recieved Expressen´s Spelmannen Prize in 2004.

Guest of Honor at the Umeå Jazz  festival in 2008.

Nordic Council Music Prize 2011

 

Major features in JazzTimes (USA), The Wire(UK), All About Jazz (USA) , Down Beat (USA), Sonic(DE), Jazznytt (NO), Lira,  Chicago Tribune(USA), Expressen, Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Sonic, Aftonbladet, GP, VK, VF, Dagbladet (NO), Helsingin Saangomaat(FI) … and in Orkester Journalen…

Essential & Selective Discography (complete discography includes over 160 titles)

**Mats Gustafsson/Paul Lovens; Nothing To Read – Blue Tower BTCD03, 1990
**Mats Gustafsson/Barry Guy/Paul Lovens; Mouth eating trees and related activities –
OKKA Disk OD12010,1992
**Mats Gustafsson; Impropositions – Phono Suecia PSCD 99,1997
**Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet; 1,2,3 – OKKA Disk12022, 1997
**GUSH; Live in Tampere – Dragon DRCD 327,1996
**Günter Christmann/Mats Gustafsson; one to (two)-OKKA ODL 10002,1997
**Mats Gustafsson; Hidros One- Caprice CAP 21566,1999
**Mats Gustafsson; Windows: the music of Steve Lacy – Blue Chopsticks BC4, 1999
**Mats Gustafsson/Jim O´Rourke; Xylophonen Virtuosen – Incus CD38, 1999
**Mats Gustafsson/Ingebrigt Håker Flaten/Paal Nilssen-Love; The Thing – Crazy Wisdom 001, 2000
**AALY Trio with Ken Vandermark; I Wonder if I was Screaming – Crazy Wisdom 003, 2000
**Diskaholics anonymous trio – Crazy Wisdom 005, 2000
**Paal Nilssen-Love/ Mats Gustafsson; I love it when you snore – Smalltown STS063CD, 2002
**Mats Gustafsson; Trees and Truths – Olof Bright OBEP 6-8, 2002
**Mats Gustafsson w. SonicYouth and friends; Hidros 3 – Smalltown STS080, 2004
**The Thing; Garage – Smalltown STS078, 2004
**Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee; Sounds like a sandwich – Smalltown Superjazzz stsj103cd
**Mats Gustafsson; Slide – Firework FER 1054, 2005
**The Thing; Action Jazz – Smalltown STS, 2006
**SONORE; only the devil has no dreams – jazzwerkstatt 013, 2007
**Brötzmann/Gustafsson/Nilssen-Love; The Fat is Gone – Smalltown STSJ 138, 2007
**Boots Brown – Boots Brown – Slottet, SLM7, 2007
**The Thing & Ken Vandermark; Hide out – Smalltown STSJ105, 2007
**Mats Gustafsson; Its all about – Tyyfus 5 LP, 2007
**Guy / Gustafsson/ Strid; Tarfala – Maya MCD 0801, 2008
**The Thing; Now and Forever 3CD Box + DVD w Thurston Moore – Smalltown STSJ106, 2008
**Sonic Youth med Mats Gustafsson og Merzbow; Andre sider f Sonic Youth – SYR 8, 2008
**Mats Gustafsson; Mats G plays Duke E – Qbico, 2008

**Mats Gustafsson; Mats G plays Albert A – Qbico, 2009

**TR!O – Christmann/ Gustafsson / Lovens – FMP CD 136, 2010

**Mats Gustafsson – NEEDS, Dancing Wayang LP , 2010

also represented on; Load Records, Doubt Music, hatOLOGY, LEO, BEAD, Wobbly Rail, Xeric, Kontrans, Drag City, X-OR, Radium, LJ, Spool, Random Acoustics, Dilettante, Universal, psi/emanem, Ideal, Table of the Elements, Mego………..

for Mats Gustafsson discography and biography check;

www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/mgustafs.html

http://www.restructures.net/Gustafsson/Mats_disco_home.htm

Photos;
www.smalltownsupersound.com/press

New CDs:

Torden Kvartetten – devil´s last call
W. Mats Gustafsson, Per Åke holmlander, Peter Ole Jörgensen, Peter Friis Nielsen
Ninth world music 042 CD
www.ninthworldmusic.com
a FULL blast Free Jazz Excursion live in Copenhagen. Leave no prisoners!

Relay Archive 2007 – 2008
Free improvisation concert sries in Seoul, south Korea
w. one track by Choi Joonyong, Mats Gustafsson and Jin Sangtae
other music by a.o. Hankil Ryu, dieb13, Hong Chulki, Taku Sugimoto, Taku Unami
manual cd 02
www.themanual.co.kr
a wonderful insight into the GREAT Korean scene of noise and improvised music! One of the most amazing scenes for this music that there is!!! FanFuckinTastic!!!

Maja Spasova – Maja af Svea
Maja Spasova music and sound pieces and remixes by Andrea Neumann, Per Svensson, Mats Gustafsson, Adriano Theel and hans Appelqvist.
Olof Bright OBCD 20/21
www.olofbright.com
a very unique release with amazing sound pieces of high textural quality and pleasure!
Remixes by a bunch of highly recommended names and profiles.

My Cat is an Alien / Mats Gustafsson
Volume 6
A Silent Place ASP 33
www.asilentplace.it
a split CD ( former a split limited edtion vinyl of 100 copies…  all sold out…) of great italian space brothers and Gustafsson in some electronic territory in the great Cosmic Debris serie that the Opalio brothers are continuosly putting out!

New 7”:

Mats Gustafsson & Lennart Nilsson
SOUNDFOOD
Olof Bright EP 24
www.olofbright.com
a collaboration between the great wine and food conneiseur and festival general Lennart Nilsson and Gustafsson. A beautiful book designed by Karin Almlöf with a 7” vinyl attached.

The website is finally up after 9 years (….) of preparation. Webmaestro Micke Keysendal has finally convinced me to do it… thanx!

check his shit out on his blog

Recieving the price for ”Artist of the year” Jazzkatten in Gothenburg 26th march 2009.
(To compete in jazz, art  and culture is the best thing there is… Fight (Y)our Stupidity!)

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