Mats Gustafsson is involved in yet another new project: Anguish. This powerhouse, inter-generational group brings together an unlikely gathering of members of the New Jersey-based experimental hip-hop group Dälek (electronic musician and vocalist Will Brooks, guitarist-keyboardist Mike Mare), the Swedish free jazz group Fire! (tenor saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, drummer Andreas Werliin) and the classic ‘70s German krautrock band Faust (keyboardist and 68-year-old founding member Hans Joachim Irmler).
Debut album on RareNoiseRecords. From the press release: “Anguish stands as a hard-hitting manifesto for the next evolution in the hip-hop legacy. The dark, impossibly intense dirges, industrial noise onslaughts and banshee-like free jazz wailing heard throughout Anguish could be an imposing soundtrack for a dystopian, post-apocalyptic future.”
Some availability June/July/August, 2019 – or one-offs.
(Booking in collaboration with Etienne Tippex)
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Mats Gustafsson’s NU ensemble performed ‘Hidros 6’ at Mulhouse Music Festival on August 25. They will tour Europe in November, see under upcoming events.Line-up: Mariam Wallentin vocals; Anders Nyqvist trumpet; Mats Gustafsson saxophones, conduction; Joe McPhee pocket trumpet, tenor sax, space organ; Christer Bothén bass clarinet, guimbri; Agustí Fernández piano, organ; Kjell Nordeson drums, vibes; dieb13 turntables; Per Åke Holmlander tuba; Jon Rune Strom and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten bass; Paal Nilssen-Love drums; Mikael Werliin sound
A different version of NU ensemble will perform ‘Hidros 7’, based on the music of Frank Zappa, at the festival in Sant’Anna Arresi, Sardinia.
Line-up: Bas Wiegers conduction; Jaap Blonk vocals; Anders Nyqvist and Nate Wooley trumpet; Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark and Mette Rasmussen saxophones; Sten Sandell piano; Jamie Saft organ; Hedvig Mollestad and Julien Desprez guitar; Ingebrigt Håker Flaten bass; Morgan Ågren and Raymond Strid drums; Mikael Werliin sound
