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at a glance...
Hometown: Vienna, Austria
Year Formed: 1993
Personnel:
Werner Dafeldecker -double bass, guitars, electronics
Burkhard Stangl -guitar
Michael Moser -cello, guitar
John Butcher -tenor and soprano saxophone
Notes:
The trio of Austrians at Polwechsel's core are active members of
Austria's new music (contemporary classical), improvisational, and jazz
scenes. The group was originally founded with fourth member Radu Malfatti
as a forum to investigate compositions that incorporate the extreme sounds
of contemporary improvised music into compositions. They also improvise
with a composer's sense of form and organization, and are at the vanguard
of groups who incorporate electronics into improvisation. Malfatti left the
group in 1997 but Stangl, Moser, and Dafeldecker has soldiered on,
performing in the USA with Chicago-based bass clarinetist Gene Coleman and
with English saxophonist John Butcher.
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