Biography
Founded in 1998 48nord has an international standing as a formation for experimental electro acoustic music. Siegfried Rössert (e- and double bass, liveelectronics, composition) and Ulrich Müller (guitar, live-electronics, composition are consequently testing the boundaries of improvised and composed music. Characteristic for the work of 48nord is the coaction between acoustic instruments and 48nord‘s specific approach to the world of electronic soundgenerating and sound processing. 48nord appears as a duo and performs with international renowned musicians in various formations. Based in Munich, 48nord composes experimental radio-plays as well as music for theatre and ballet pieces. 48nord played among others at the Mouvement festival – Music of the 21st Century (Saarbruecken, at the at the „Spielart“-festival; Munich, the Munich Biennale for Contemporary Musiktheatre and as „Guest of Goethe“ at the Goethe Institute, New York). In 2005 they appeared as a trio together with "Tortoise“ guitar player Jeff Parker at the „open-systems“ – festival (Herne, the London underground radio station „resonance fm“ and at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, CCA, Glasgow).