Mats Gustafsson
Born 1964 in Umeå, Northern Sweden. Saxplayer, improviser and composer. Solo artist and international tours and projects with a.o. Sonic Youth, Merzbow, Jim O´Rourke, Barry Guy, Otomo Yoshihide, Yoshimi, Ken Vandermark and in working groups The Thing, FIRE!, Gush, Boots Brown, Swedish Azz and Fake (the facts). Large ensemble work with Barry Guy New Orchestra,FIRE! Orchestra and the NU – ensemble.over 1800 concerts and over 200 record productions in Europe, Australia, Africa, North & South America and Asia. Collaborations with contemporary dance, theater, art, poetry as well as projects with noise, electronica, contemporary rock and free jazz.
Abet?! አቤት?! by Gustafsson / Vandermark / Baars / Nilssen-Love
Action Jazz by The Thing
Again by The Thing
Åke Hodell: Friends Of The Bumblebee by Various Artists
Allt Är Intet by The End
American Landscapes 1 by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
American Landscapes 2 by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
Apertura by David Grubbs & Mats Gustafsson
At Molde 2007 by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
Bag It! by The Thing
Baro 101 by Mats Gustafsson / Paal Nilssen-Love & Masele Asmamaw
Be Music, Night by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
Bengt by Mats Gustafsson
Blonk, Gustafsson & Zerang by Jaap Blonk, Mats Gustafsson & Michael Zerang
Blow + Beat by Mats Gustafsson & Alfred Vogel
Blow Horn by FJF
Boot by The Thing
Born Without Word / At A Worn by Thurston Moore / Mats Gustafsson / Stephen O'Malley
Broken English by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Plus Two
Cafe Oto / London by Sonore
Call Before You Dig by Sonore
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd
Catapult by Mats Gustafsson
Chicago Tentet Woodcut Poster from Brotzmann Chicago Tentet
Collider by The DKV Thing Trio
Cuts Open by Merzbow / Mats Gustafsson / Balázs Pándi
Defeat by Fire!
Diskaholics Anonymous Trio by Mats Gustafsson
Diskaholics: Live In Japan Vol. 1 by Mats Gustafsson
Double Or Nothing by AALY Trio / DKV Trio
Dreamtime by Mats Gustafsson & Steve Swell
Duck Walks Dog (with Mixed Results) by DUX Orchestra
Duo / Timing by Mats Gustafsson / Otomo Yoshihide
New Releases
EE Opus One by Mats Gustafsson & Ensemble E
Enormous Door by The Ex & Brass Unbound
Erik Carlsson & All Stars Volume 1. & Volume 2 by Swedish Azz
New Releases
Exhale – Vol 2 by LUFT
Falling and 5 Other Failings by Mats Gustafsson & Christof Kurzmann
For Don Cherry by Mats Gustafsson & Hamid Drake
From Things To Sounds… by GUSH
Gryffgryffgryffs by Guy-Gustafsson-Strid Trio with Marilyn Crispell
New Releases
Gush 30 – Krakow 2018 by Gush
GUSH WACHS by Mats Gustafsson / Raymond Strid / Sten Sandell & Philipp Wachsmann
Hidden In The Stomach by AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark
Hidros 3 by Sonic Youth & Mats Gustafsson
Hidros 6 by Mats Gustafsson & NU Ensemble
Hidros 8 – Heal by Mats Gustafsson & NU ENSEMBLE
New Releases
Hidros 9 Mirrors by Mats Gustafsson
I See You Baby Shakin’ That Ass by Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee
Ich Bin N!ntendo & Mats Gustafsson by Mats Gustafsson
Images by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
Immediate Sound by The Thing & Ken Vandermark
Immediate Sound “Cyclone” Poster from Cricket Press
Impropositions by Mats Gustafsson
Inhale by Luft
Kieran Hebden, Steve Reid & Mats Gustafsson: Live At The South Bank by Mats Gustafsson
Kopros Lithos by Peter Evans / Agustí Fernández & Mats Gustafsson
Lennart by Two Slices Of Acoustic Car
Live at Blå by The Thing
Live At Fasching by GUSH
Live at the Glenn Miller Cafe by AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark
Live in Sant’ Anna Arresi by Summit Quartet
Live In Tampere by GUSH
Mad Dogs by Barry Guy New Orchestra Small Formations
Mad Dogs On The Loose by Barry Guy New Orchestra Small Formations
Maja af Svea by Maja Spasova
Mats Gustafsson & His All-Stars Featuring John Corbett: Sticky Tongues And Kitchen Knives by Mats Gustafsson
Mats Gustafsson & Raymond Strid / Hockey by Mats Gustafsson & Raymond Strid / Riis And The Smooth Ones
Mono by The Thing
Mouth Eating Trees and Related Activities by Mats Gustafsson / Barry Guy / Paul Lovens
Narrowminded by Mats Gustafsson & Cor Fuhler
Nedresa by The End
New Releases
Nisse Sandström Group by Nisse Sandström Group
No One Ever Works Alone by Sonore
Norrköping by GUSH
Nothing To Read by Mats Gustafsson & Paul Lovens
One To (Two)…………… by Mats Gustafsson / Paul Lovens
Opus Apus by Anders Jormin, Christian Jormin & Mats Gustafsson
Padova Solo [CAA-019] by Mats Gustafsson
Parrot Fish Eye by Mats Gustafsson
New Additions
Peace and Fire by Mats Gustafsson
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet 10th Anniversary Poster from Ken Vandermark
Plingeling / Plingaling by Olle Bonniér
Port Huron Picnic by Mats Gustafsson, Kurt Newman & Mike Gennaro
Poster of the Catalytic Sound Festival 2023, Chicago by Dan Grzeca
New Additions
Prosperity by Christof Kurzmann & Mats Gustafsson
Requiēs by Fire! with Stephen O'Malley and David Sandström
She Knows... by The Thing with Joe McPhee
She Knows... by The Thing with Joe McPhee
Shinjuku Crawl by The Thing with Otomo Yoshihide
Shinjuku Growl by The Thing with Jim O'Rourke
Short Visit To Nowhere by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet Plus Two
Signs by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
Silk-screened Poster from Dan Grzeca
Sin Gas by Mats Gustafsson & Paal Nilssen-Love
Slide by Mats Gustafsson
Sound American No. 21: The Change Issue from Nate Wooley
Soundfood – Listen and Drink by Mats Gustafsson / Lennart Nilsson
Sounds Like a Sandwich by Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee
Splatter by Mats Gustafsson & Paal Nilssen-Love
Stones by Colin Stetson & Mats Gustafsson
Strountes by Strountes
Stumble by AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark
Sustain by Chaos Echoes with Mats Gustafsson
Tarfala by Mats Gustafsson / Barry Guy / Raymond Strid
The Art of The Duo by Mats Gustafsson / Günter Christmann
The Art of The Duo 2 by Mats Gustafsson & Günter Christmann
The Art of The Duo 3 by Various Artists
The Chicago Octet/Tentet by Peter Brötzmann
The Education Of Lars Jerry by Mats Gustafsson
The Ex at Bimhuis (1991-2015) by The Ex
The Fat Is Gone by Peter Brötzmann / Mats Gustafsson / Paal Nilssen-Love
The First Original Silence by Original Silence
The Oslo Tapes by Mats Gustafsson & Lasse Marhaug
The Second Original Silence by Original Silence
The Sublime And The Profane by Mats Gustafsson
This Is From the Mouth by Mats Gustafsson
Timeless by Mats Gustafsson and Jason Adasiewicz
Toots & Quincy by Swedish Azz
Torturing the Saxophone by Mats Gustafsson
Two Bands and a Legend by Two Bands and a Legend
Vario-34 by Mats Gustafsson
Verses by Ken Vandermark & Mats Gustafsson
New Additions
Vindögæ by Mats Gustafsson & Andreas Røysum
Walk, Love, Sleep by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
Weapons of Ass Destruction by Diskaholics Anonymous Trio
New Additions