 Günter Müller Born in München in 1954, living in Switzerland since 1966, percussionist Günter Müller has been playing a unique drum set with a mobile pick-up and microphone system of his own invention since 1981. The system allows hand-generated sounds on drums and percussion to be modulated electronically. Müller continues to distance himself from his roots as a more traditional percussionist, currently incorporating such electronic devices as mini discs (since 1998) and an iPod (since 2002). He's been involved with innumerable projects and other musicians over the past thirty years like Christian Marclay, Keith Rowe, Otomo Yoshihide, Jim O'Rourke. Günter Müller was a founding member of Nachtluft with Andres Bosshard and Jacques Widmer who have been creating sound installations and sound architecture and of the electronic quartet poire_z with eRikm and Voice Crack. He plays solo and is part of the duo with Norbert Möslang and of the trio MKM with Jason Kahn and Norbert Möslang.
He released various recordings on FOR 4 EARS, the label he founded in 1990, as well as on
Erstwhile, Cut, Grob, List, Audiosphere, Amoebic, Rossbin, Creative Sources, Mikroton and
many others. Jason Kahn Jason Kahn is a musician, artist and writer. He was born 1960 in New York and grew up in Los Angeles. In 1990 he moved to Europe and has lived in Zürich since 2000. Kahn exhibits his installations in museums, galleries, art spaces and public sites internationally. These works focus on the idea of space: the conceptual and physical juncture points, its production and dissolution, and our relation to it as a political, social and environmental medium. As an electronic musician, drummer, guitarist and vocalist Kahn collaborates regularly around the world in the context of improvised music.Kahn's other activities include sound pieces for radio, film, dance and theater. He has also designed numerous CD, LP, cassette and book covers. As a writer, Kahn’s work has appeared in books, magazines and as liner notes to many audio publications. Kahn has toured extensively, giving concerts throughout Europe, North and South America, Australia, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey and South Africa. In 2011 Kahn started the Editions imprint to publish his own recordings and writings. Norbert Möslang Norbert Möslang is best known for his work with cracked electronics, used both in the context of visual art and experimental sound work. From 1972 to 2002 he performed with Voice Crack, one of the first groups to work with improvisation and hacked everyday electronic devices. He has collaborated extensively with other musicians, including Barbetomagus, Jim O’Rourke, Otomo Yoshihide, Keith Rowe, Carlos Zingaro, Irène Schweizer. In 2010 Möslang was recipient of the Swiss Film Award for his score to Peter Liechti's documentary film The Hummings of Insects. In 2014 he was a recipient of the Swiss Music Prize.
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