MARTIN SIEWERT - guitar, lapsteel,  electronics



born in Saarbrücken/ Germany in 1972

currently living in Vienna



improv and composing activity in both acoustic and/or electronic contexts;

work for theatre, film and dance as well as various remix and soundinstallation commissions



since 1998 special focus on abstracting/ deconstructing the electric guitar and expanding its sonic possibilities by means of mostly dated analog technology





current projects include:



KOMFORT 2000 (with Wayne Horvitz, Werner Dafeldecker, Helge Hinteregger, Tony Buck)

TRAPIST (with Joe Williamson and Martin Brandlmayr)

PULL MY DAISY (with Boris Hauf, Didi Bruckmayr and Lukas Knöfler)

TUULS (Duo with Helge Hinteregger)

sssd (with Taku Sugimoto, Werner Dafeldecker and Burkhard Stangl)

ENSEMBLE 68 (11-piece band including video and live-visual artists focussing on revolutionary and socialist songs; founded as a reaction to the current terrible political situation in Austria and its f...... government)



regular appearances with Boris Hauf's EFZEG (Hauf, Stangl, Dieb 13 / Kovacic, Siewert) and Helge Hinteregger's COMFORTS OF MADNESS (Hinteregger, Uchihashi, Siewert, ..)



touring and festival concerts in Austria (Jazzfestival Saalfelden, Hörfest/Steirischer Herbst, Nickelsdorfer Konfrontationen, Kaleidophon Ulrichsberg, Music Unlimited Wels, Hörgänge/Konzerthaus Wien, Wien Modern, Impuls Dance festival), Germany, France, Poland, England, Slovenia, Mexico, Morocco, Bulgaria, Switzerland (Tonart/Bern), Slovakia, ...



has worked with Ken Vandermark, Taku Sugimoto, Dieb13/Dieter Kovacic,  Wayne Horvitz, Tony Buck, Wolfgang Mitterer, Elliott Sharp, Manuel Mota, Thomas Lehn, Karlheinz Essl, Burkhard Stangl,  Briggan Krauss, Michael Sarin, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Fuckhead, Klangforum Wien, Helge Hinteregger, Werner Dafeldecker, Christian Fennesz, Roger Turner, Steve Noble, Marceo Mattos, Franz Hautzinger, Christof Kurzmann, Sainkho Namtchylak,  Max Nagl, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Boris Hauf, Kevin Drumm, Didi Bruckmayr, Joe Williamson, Martin Brandlmayr, Kent Kessler, Gene Coleman,  ...





selected discography:



SIEWERT/ HORVITZ/ DAFELDECKER/ HINTEREGGER/ BUCK - Komfort 2000 (Charhizma, 2000)

EFZEG - grain (Durian, 2000)

DAFELDECKER/ KURZMANN/ FENNESZ/ O'ROURKE/ DRUMM/ SIEWERT (Charhizma, 1999)

THE COMFORTS OF MADNESS - röhren (Charhizma, 1999)

MAX NAGL ENSEMBLE - One Plus One (1999)

FRANZ HAUTZINGER - Speaker's Corner (1998)

Martin Siewert's DUCKBILLED PLATYPUS - Duck You! (1998)