Don Dietrich

Don Dietrich is an American tenor saxophonist and a founding member of Borbetomagus, the New York improvising noise trio he formed in 1979 with fellow saxophonist Jim Sauter and guitarist Donald Miller. Over four decades with the group he developed a loud, amplified and distorted saxophone sound, and Borbetomagus is often cited as an early example of improvised noise music. With Sauter, Dietrich devised the "bells together" technique, pressing the bells of their saxophones against each other while playing. Borbetomagus has worked with Voice Crack, Hijokaidan and Thurston Moore.