Background
He was born in Munich, West Germany, but has lived in Switzerland since 1966.
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Gunter Muller
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Originally a drummer in various jazz enembles, Müller grew interested in free improvisation and began utilizing various extended techniques. He used contact microphones to amplify his drum set, and has incorporated various electronic effects, sometimes using an iPod or MiniDisc recorder to loop or otherwise process his performances. Increasingly since about 2000 Müller has emphasized electronics, sometimes entirely forgoing percussion.
Critic Brian Olewnick describes him as "one of the most fascinating collaborators in contemporary improvised music tending to create subtly modulated sounds of an almost palliative nature.
Often with an elastically liquid rhythmic sense."
He founded the record label for4ears.
Membership
European Academy of Sciences and Arts]
Müller was a founding member of the groups Nachtluft, poire z and Taste Tribes, and has collaborated with Gastr Delegate Sol, Christian Marclay, Keith Rowe, Voice Crack, Alfred Harth and others
