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.
Discography
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
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
Falling and 5 Other Failings
by Mats Gustafsson & Christof Kurzmann
For B [CAA-059]
by Mats Gustafsson
For Don Cherry
by Mats Gustafsson & Hamid Drake
From Things To Sounds…
by GUSH
Gryffgryffgryffs
by Guy-Gustafsson-Strid Trio with Marilyn Crispell
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
Hidros 9 Mirrors
by Mats Gustafsson
I See You Baby Shakin’ That Ass
by Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe McPhee
I Wonder If I Was Screaming
by AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark
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
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
Peace and Fire
by Mats Gustafsson
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet – Small woodcut Poster
from Ken Vandermark
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 2022, Chicago
from Dan Grzeca
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
Sin Gas
by Mats Gustafsson & Paal Nilssen-Love
Slide
by Mats Gustafsson
Sonore poster
from Ken Vandermark
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
The Thing – Spring Tour 2009
from Dan Grzeca
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
Vario-34
by Mats Gustafsson
Verses
by Ken Vandermark & Mats Gustafsson
Walk, Love, Sleep
by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
Weapons of Ass Destruction
by Diskaholics Anonymous Trio
Why Do You Mourn
by The End
Windows: The Music of Steve Lacy
by Mats Gustafsson
With Records
by Otomo Yoshihide / Ozeki Mikito / Mats Gustafsson
Words On The Floor
by Mats Gustafsson & Yoshimi
Xylophonen Virtuosen
by Mats Gustafsson & Jim O’Rourke
You Forget To Answer
by Barry Guy / Mats Gustafsson / Raymond Strid
Your Left Hand Just Exploded
by Nash Kontroll
Zu & Mats Gustafsson: How to Raise an Ox
by Mats Gustafsson