Torsten Müller (musician)
Torsten Müller (born November 25, 1957 in Hamburg, Germany) is a free improvising bassist in Vancouver, Canada. He plays a 5 string double bass. He lived in Bremen and Hamburg from 1976 to 2001, where he started his musical career and worked as a radio host and producer at Radio Bremen, a public radio and television broadcaster.
He came into the free improvised music scene in the mid 70s, first playing with Free Music Communion (an ensemble with guitarist Herbert Janssen and pianist Udo Bergner) recording three LPs on their own Fremuco Records label. He was a member of the large improvising ensemble King Ubu Orchestra for 10 years.
Torsten Müller has performed concerts all over the world with a diverse array of improvisers, including Evan Parker, John Russell, Jon Rose, Joelle Léandre, John Zorn, Arto Lindsay, Lol Coxhill, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Paul Lovens, Phil Minton, Charles Gayle, Melvin Poore, Paul Rutherford, Peter van Bergen and Alfred Harth.
He moved to Vancouver, Canada in 2001 where he has been performing at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and acts as co-curator of the annual Time Flies Improvised Music Festival. He plays in various ensembles, including Vancouver based drummer Dylan Van Der Schyff's Bande X and his own ensemble, Hoxha, with British trombonist Paul Rutherford and Dylan Van Der Schyff.
Discography
Communion Structures Fremuco 1978 with Herbert Janssen and Udo Bergner
White Earth Streak UnHeard Music 1981 with Davey Williams, LaDonna Smith, Guenther Christmann
Vario 12-20 1983-1985
Carte Blanche FMP 1985 Duo with Guenther Christmann
Binaurality FMP 1992 with King Ubu Orchestra
Twofer Penumbra 2001 with John Corbett and Fred Lonberg-Holm
Milwaukee 2002 Emanem 2003 with Lol Coxhill and Paul Rutherford
Hoxha Spool 2005 with Ken Vandermark, Paul Rutherford and Dylan Van Der Schyff
Mount Washington Reify 2004 with Wolfgang Fuchs, Ann LeBaron, Philip Wachsmann, Chris Heenan, Jeremy Drake, Tucker Dulin and Martin Blume
The Zone Konnex 2006 with Paul Rutherford, Harris Eisenstadt
Kamüra ZaDiscs 2012 with Henry Kaiser and Randy Raine-Reusch