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Ulrich Krieger
12+ albums
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German saxophonist and composer, born 1962 in Freiburg. His recent focus lies in the experimental fields and fringes of contemporary Pop culture: somewhere in the limbo between Noise and Heavy Metal, Ambient and Silence. His original compositions go back and forth between Just Intonation, Silent Music, Noise, Instrumental Electronic, often asking for elaborate amplification, and works in the limbo of Rock culture – not accepting stylistic boundaries. Krieger developed his own, often amplified style of saxophone playing, he calls 'acoustic electronics'. He uses refined acoustic, quasi-electronic sounds, which then get processed, the saxophone often becoming more an 'analogue sampler' rather than a traditional finger-virtuoso instrument. By amplifying his instrument in various ways, he gets down to the 'grains of the sounds', changing their identity and structure from within. Ulrich Krieger was commissioned to write works for: Soldier String Quartet, oh-ton ensemble, Ensemble United Berlin, KontraTrio, zeitkratzer, Ensemble Experimente, Seth Josel, intersax, Text of Light, and others. His compositions are widely performed by ensembles in Europe and the USA. He has managed to transcribe and arrange Lou Reeds infamous 'Metal Machine Music', everybody thought impossible to do, for classical instruments, performed by zeitkratzer and other groups. He also arranged works by Merzbow, Throbbing Gristle, Deicide, Terry Riley, Henry Cowell and others for chamber ensemble. He colla
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10
Aphotic II — Abyssal
Early American Minimalism - Wall of Sound II
Airport Symphony
Cage: A Cage Of Saxophones 2, Sonata For 2 Voices, Atlas Eclipticalis, Composition For 3 Voices
Cowell & Grainger: Works for Saxophones
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Ceci n'est pas une guitare
A Cage Of Saxophones 3 & 4
Fathom
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Fabrique: 2001-2009
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Works for Saxophone V 1
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