Martin Küchen
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Born 1966; saxophones.
Martin Küchen has been active on the Swedish free improvised/free jazz scene since the mid-1990s. He has composed for larger groups, participated in dance projects, performed with different poets and created the music for experimental films. He now collaborates with improvisors all over Europe and USA/Canada.
His current collaborations include:
- Angles - a new trio with Ingebrigt Håker- Flaten, doublebass, Kjell Nordeson, drums and Martin Küchen, saxophones
- Exploding Customer - a free jazz quartet with Tomas Hallonsten trumpet, Benjamin Quigley double bass and Kjell Nordeson drums, which plays mainly original compositions
- Sound of Mucus - a trio with the stringchordist Herman Müntzing and Andreas Axelsson, percussion
- Unsolicited Music Ensemble - a trio with Tony Wren, double bass and Raymond Strid, percussion
- a duo with guitarist David Stackenås
- UNSK: Birgit Ulher, Martin Küchen, lise-Lott Norelius and Raymond Strid
- Looper - a trio with Greek cello player Nikos Veliotis and Norwegian percussionist Ingar Zach
Küchen has written a number of pieces for larger groups, examples of which are:
- Trafficking - piece for 11 musicians (2000)
- Und wo bist Du jetzt, Adam? - scored play for X improvisors (2002)
- Kvartett für ett nytt sekel (2002)
e-mail: martin_kuechen@hotmail.com
Recordings
- 1998/9, Repets hjärta, Heartrope Records CD 001.
- 1999, Sounds 99, Blue Tower Records BTCD 09/10/11. Cloudchamber track + member of Frim Big Band.
- 2001, Sing with your mouth shut, Highspeedart CD-R. Solo.
- 2001, Irregular, Fylkingen FYSP 1006. Klapper - Küchen. vinyl 7".
- 2001-02, Safaris, Fylkingen FYCD 1020. Cloudchamber.
- 2002, Exploding customer, Ayler Records aylCD-030.
- 2002, Bulbs, Slamcd 250. Unsolicited Music Ensemble.
- 2002/2003, Filth pharmacy, Ninth World Music NWM 028. Sound of Mucus.
- 2003, Tidszon, Creative sources CS 014. UNSK.
- 2004, Music from one of the provinces in the empire, Confront Collectors Series CCS3. Solo.
- 2004, Agape, Creative sources CS 035. Martin Küchen/David Stackenäs.
- 2004, Live at the Tampere Jazz Happening, Ayler Records aylCD-031. Exploding customer.
- 2005/6, At your service, Ayler Records aylCD-063. Exploding customer.
- 2007, "...was there to illuminate the night sky...", Clean Feed CF149CD. Trespass Trio.
- 2007, Vinter, Creative sources CS 158. Martin Küchen/Ernesto Rodrigues/Guilherme Rodrigues/Carlos Santos.
- 2009, Küchen_Rowe_Wright, Another Timbre at29.
- 2010, Dying sun, Another timbre at38. Looper.
- ?, Squarehorse, Absurd CD #45. Looper.