Ulrich Krieger

Ulrich Krieger (born 1962 in Freiburg) is a German contemporary composer, performer, improviser and experimental rock musician based in Los Angeles. Krieger's artistic work spans a broad field from contemporary classical composition and free improvisation to experimental fusion with electronic music, rock, metal and noise. His special interest lies in the exploration of the physical fringes between acoustic and electronic produced sounds. In his music and with his instrument, the saxophone, he developed an original style of playing he calls "acoustic electronics". Acoustic electronics is about using sounds that appear to be electronic but are actually produced on acoustic instruments. His probably best known experimental project with acoustic electronics is the transcription of Lou Reed's guitar feedback opus Metal Machine Music, which he rearranged for chamber orchestra. In his works for saxophone Krieger uses extended instrumental techniques, microsounds, electronic manipulation, and saxophone-controlled feedbacks. He defies stylistic boundaries, and the sonic result of this approach, as the Los Angeles Times critic Ann Powers describes it, "ranges wide as he seeks the spots where noise and beauty meet".

Nono: Works - 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Nono: Works - 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Aphotic III — Bathyal - 2024-04-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Aphotic II — Abyssal - 2023-10-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Aphotic I - Hadal - 2023-06-16T00:00:00.000000Z

236 Strings - 2021-12-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Cowell & Grainger: Works for Saxophones - 2016-08-05T00:00:00.000000Z

/RAW: ReSpace/ - 2016-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Winters In The Abyss - 2015-05-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Krieger: Urban Dreamings - 2015-04-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Cage: The Works for Saxophone, Vols. 3 & 4 - 2010-06-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Early American Minimalism - Wall of Sound II - 2007-03-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Cage: A Cage of Saxophones, Vol. 2 - 2006-05-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Cage: A Cage of Saxophones, Vol. 1 - 2002-02-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Oberfläche (Open Ocean, Marine Desert) [Pyrolator Remix] - 2021-12-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Euphotic (John Tejada Remix) - 2021-11-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Silversonic - 2021-07-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Fathom - 2010-12-20T00:00:00.000000Z

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