Christof Kurzmann
Christof Kurzmann was born in Vienna in 1963. He started out in the early 1990s with the avant-rock duo Extended Versions, moved into experimental electronics and founded the label charhizma in 1999. With Christian Fennesz he set up Orchester 33 1/3, a large ensemble whose album Maschine Brennt featured guests including Peter Brötzmann. Other groups include Schnee, his duo with Burkhard Stangl, The Magic I.D., El Infierno Musical and Ken Vandermark's quartet Made to Break. He plays laptop electronics, sings and sometimes picks up the saxophone, and has worked with John Butcher, Mats Gustafsson and Luc Ferrari. For a long period he lived in Buenos Aires.
Christof Kurzmann was born in Vienna in 1963. He started out in the early 1990s with the avant-rock duo Extended Versions, moved into experimental electronics and founded the label charhizma in 1999. With Christian Fennesz he set up Orchester 33 1/3, a large ensemble whose album Maschine Brennt featured guests including Peter Brötzmann. Other groups include Schnee, his duo with Burkhard Stangl, The Magic I.D., El Infierno Musical and Ken Vandermark's quartet Made to Break. He plays laptop electronics, sings and sometimes picks up the saxophone, and has worked with John Butcher, Mats Gustafsson and Luc Ferrari. For a long period he lived in Buenos Aires.
