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. Since 1998 minidiscs, since 2002 an ipod are included in his electronic set. Nowadays he often plays ipod and electronics only.

He has played and recorded with a large number of fine musicians, from JIM O'ROURKE to CHRISTIAN MARCLAY, from BUTCH MORRIS to OTOMO YOSHIHIDE.
Müller was a founding member of the trio NACHTLUFT, with Andres Bosshard and Jacques Widmer, who have been creating sound-installations and sound-architecture, and of the electronic quartet POIRE_Z with Erik M and Voice Crack.

Müller plays SOLO, and now and then in various combinations - often in duo - with TAKU SUGIMOTO, JASON KAHN, STEINBRÜCHEL, NORBERT MÖSLANG, TOSHIMARU NAKAMURA, TOMAS KORBER, LÊ QUAN NINH, KEITH ROWE, ERIKm, CARLOS ZINGARO, SACHIKO M, MICHEL DONEDA, FABRICE CHARLES, u.o.
He played allover Europe, in Russia, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

Various recordings released on FOR 4 EARS, the label he founded in 1990, as well as on Erstwhile, Cut, Grob, List, Audiosphere, Amoebic, Rossbin, Creative Sources.

 

DISCOGRAPHY

 

1985, Planet Oeuf, XOPF

1986, Belle-view, Unit LP

1988/1989, Twice twins, Nachtluft.

1987, Captured music, Selektion LP.

1989, Zeitzeichen, For 4 Ears CD 101.

1989, Jiken to Kuukan, For 4 Ears CD 103.

1990, Cassures and inserts, For 4 Ears CD 102. Monsieur Jean Sextett.

1990, Klangbrücke Bern: selected soundscape no. 1, For 4 Ears CD 305.

1991, Testament, RRRecords.

1991, Instant collusion, For 4 Ears CD 307.

1991, Telefonia - a transatlantic performance: selected soundscape no. 2, For 4 Ears

1992, Conduction 22: Documenta: gloves & mitts, New World

1992/1993, Live, For 4 Ears Duo with Christian Marclay.

1993, Drumbone², For 4 Ears

1994, Slow motion, For 4 Ears Duo with Jim O'Rourke.

1994, C.A.E.N, eM13n. Mini CD; Nachtluft.

1995, Humannoise Congress #7/#8/#9, Humannoise Congress CD-R/booklet.

1996, Table chair and hatstand, For 4 Ears CD With Jim O'Rourke and Voice Crack.

1996, TIT for TAT/Conduction #70, For 4 Ears CD Lawrence Butch Morris.

1997, Weighting, For 4 Ears CD With Jim O'Rourke.

1997, Shift, For 4 Ears CD With Hans Burgener/Richard Teitelbaum.

1998, Metal tastes like orange: secret recording 1, Amoebic/Valve 04. With Masahiko Okura/Taku Sugimoto/Otomo Yoshihide.

1998, Filament 2: secret recording 2, For 4 Ears CD. With Sachiko M/Otomo Yoshihide.

1998, metal tastes like orange, CD Amoebic AMO-VA-04. With Masahiko Okura, Taku Sugimoto, Otomo Yoshihide.

1998, > Direct chamber, 33Revperm. Trio of Fabrice Charles/Michel Doneda/Günter Müller.

1999, poire_z, For 4 Ears CD. With Voice Crack and Erik M.

1999, My dear mummy, Charhizma. Otomo Yoshihide/Shimada Masahiko.

1999/2000, Presque_chic, Sonoris son-42. poire_z.

1999, The world turned upside down, Erstwhile records . With Keith Rowe/Taku Sugimoto.

1999, I am happy if you are happy, For 4 Ears CD. Duo with Taku Sugimoto.

2000, La voyelle liquide, Erstwhile records. Günter Müller/Lê Quan Ninh.

2000, buda_rom, For 4 Ears CD. Voice Crack/Günter Müller.

2000/2001, +, Erstwhile records. poire_z +.

2001, Streaming, For 4 Ears. Dieb 13/Jason Khan/Günter Müller.

2001, boom_box, GROB 649. müller_möslang.

2001-2002, Eight landscapes, For 4 Ears CD. Solo.

2002, More gloom, more light, Rossbin. Trio with nmperign.

2002, Time travel, Erstwhile records . Duo with Otomo.

2002, Momentan def, Cut 010. Korber - Müller - Steinbrüchel.

2002, AMPLIFY02: balance, Erstwhile Records. Box set of 7CDs + 1DVD

2002, e_a.sonata.02, For 4 Ears CD. Urs Leimgruber/Günter Müller/Arte Quartet.

2002, q, For 4 Ears CD. Poire_z + Phil Minton.

2002, Wireless_within, For 4 Ears CD. Samartzis_Müller_Voice Crack.

2002/03, Strange love, For 4 Ears CD. Ambarchi_Müller_Samartzis.

2003, Blinks, For 4 Ears CD. Jason Khan/Günter Müller.

2003, Why not Béchamel?, For 4 Ears CD. eRickm/Günter Müller/Toshimaru Nakamura.

2003, Stralau, Creative Sources CS. Bertrand Denzler/Axel Dörner/Daniel Erdmann/Michael Griener/Günter Müller.

2004, Points and slashes, Erstwhile Records. Tetuzi Akiyama/Günter Müller.

2005, Drumming, Creative sources. Günter Müller/Jason Kahn/Christian Wolfarth

2005, Fibre, For 4 Ears CD. Korber/Rowe/Müller.

2006, Tanker, For 4 Ears CD. Müller/Yoshida/Okura.

2006, live & replayed, Esquilo CDR.