April 22, 23, 24, 2016
ULRICH KRIEGER: 3 Evenings of New Work
Automata presents three evenings of new work by Ulrich Krieger, including several world premieres. Krieger is an internationally recognized saxophone player and composer. He is known for his original, innovative contemporary composed and free improvised music. 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.
Each Evening is a unique show
ALL SHOWS AT 8PM
April 22: Universe Series 1&2 Record release concert
April 23: Universe Series 3&4 Premiere!
April 24: Blood Oath Official Premiere of Krieger's new experimental noise metal band: Ulrich Krieger, Max Kutner, Linda Lockwood, Ness Morris, and Josh Carro
Ulrich Krieger is a composer, performer, improviser and experimental rock musician. His main instruments are saxophones, clarinets, didjeridu and electronics. He calls his style of playing ‘acoustic electronics,’ using sounds, that appear to be electronic, but are produced on acoustic instruments and then sometimes electronically treated, blurring the borders between the fields. Krieger transcribed Lou Reed's (in)famous Metal Machine Music for chamber ensemble and works with groups like Text of Light (with Lee Ranaldo) and zerfall–gebiete (with Thomas Koner). Born 1962, in Freiburg, Germany, he lived in Berlin from 1983-2007 with longer residencies in the USA and Italy from 1991-97. In September 2007 he moved to California, where he is professor for composition and experimental sound practice at California Institute of the Arts. Krieger has worked with Lou Reed, Lee Ranaldo, Phill Niblock, David First, Thomas Köner, Alan Licht, Michiko Hirayama, Witold Szalonek, Mario Bertoncini, Miriam Marbe, Seth Josel, Zbigniew Karkowski, Merzbow, zeitkratzer and many others performing in Europe, North-America, Asia and Australia. His works are being performed by the California EAR Unit, zeitkratzer, KontraTrio, Soldier String Quartet, Wandelweiser Ensemble, and many others. He has released over 50 CDs of his original compositions, improvisations, with his groups and as a collaborator with many musicians.