Martin Siewert

Martin Siewert – guitar, lap- & pedal steel, electronics
born in 1972
living & working in Vienna
improv and composing activity in both acoustic and/or electronic contexts; work for theatre, film and dance as well as various remix and soundinstallation commissions

projects/bands include:
RADIAN (with Martin Brandlmayr & John Norman)
TRAPIST (with Martin Brandlmayr & Joe Williamson)
(Fake) THE FACTS (with Mats Gustafsson & dieb13)
HEAVEN AND (with Tony Buck, Steve Heather, Zeitblom)

has worked with:
musicwise:
Otomo Yoshihide,Taku Sugimoto, Oren Ambarchi, Dieb13, Wayne Horvitz, Tony Buck, Toshimaru Nakamura, Wolfgang Mitterer, Elliott Sharp, Sun, Manuel Mota, Franz Koglmann, Thomas Lehn, Karlheinz Essl, Burkhard Stangl, Briggan Krauss, Ken Vandermark , Michael Sarin, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Michaela Grill, Fuckhead, Klangforum Wien, Helge Hinteregger, Werner Dafeldecker, Christian Fennesz, Billy Roisz, Roger Turner, Steve Noble, Marceo Mattos, Franz Hautzinger, Christof Kurzmann, Sainkho Namtchylak, Max Nagl, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Boris Hauf, Kevin Drumm, Didi Bruckmayr, Kent Kessler, Gene Coleman, Stefan Nemeth, Dean Roberts, Luc Ex, Paul Lovens, Michael Vatcher, Bernhard Fleischmann, Hanno Leichtmann, Static, Patrick Pulsinger, Thilges 3, Mattin, Philip Jeck, Andrea Neumann, Mats Gustafsson, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Giuseppe Ielasi, Bernhard Lang, Lucia Pulido, Hercules & Love Affair, Georg Graewe, Grubenklang Orchester, ...

performance/dance/film/media-artwise:
Robert Steijn, Frans Poelstra, Milli Bitterli & Artificial Horizon, Annja Krautgasser (nja), Dariusz Kowalski, Gustav Deutsch, Michaela Grill, Billy Roisz, Siegrun Appelt, Yossi Wanunu & Toxic Dreams, Jan Machacek...

touring activities and festival appearances in the following countries: Austria, Germany, France, Poland, England, Slovenia, Mexico, Morocco, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Hungary, USA, Portugal, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Brazil, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, Croatia, South Africa, Canada, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Finland, Romania, Ukraine, ...

selected discography:
TRAPIST – The Golden Years (Staubgold, 2012)
DIEB13 / GUSTAFSON/ SIEWERT – (Fake the) Facts (Mego, 2011)
HEAVEN AND – Bye and Bye I’m Going to See the King (Staubgold, 2010)
PULIDO / FENNESZ / SIEWERT / STANGL - A Girl and a Gun ( Interstellar, 2009)
HEAVEN AND - Sweeter as the Years Roll By (Staubgold, 2008)
THE YEAR OF - Slow Days (Morr Music, 2006)
WEBER/KOCH/MOSER/SIEWERT/WOLFARTH - 3 Suits and a Violin (HatHut / Hatology, 2006)
EFZEG - Krom (HatHut / Hatology, 2005)
MARTIN SIEWERT - No Need to be Lonesome (Mosz, 2004)
TRAPIST - Ballroom (Thrill Jockey, 2004)
EFZEG - Wuerm (Charhizma, 2003)
BRANDLMAYR/ DAFELDECKER/ NEMETH/ SIEWERT - Die Instabilitaet der Symmetrie (Grob / dOc, 2003)
SIEWERT/ BRANDLMAYR : Too Beautiful to Burn (Erstwhile, 2003)
DIEB13/PURE/SIEWERT : Just In Case You Are Bored. So Are We (dOc, 2002)
TRAPIST : Highway My Friend (HatHut, 2002)
EFZEG : Boogie (Grob, 2002)
SSSD : Home (Grob, 2002)
DAFELDECKER/FENNESZ/SIEWERT/STANGL : Phonographics; soundtrack excerpts from the Gustav Deutsch movie Film.Ist 7-12 (Durian records, 2002 )
SIEWERT/ HORVITZ/ DAFELDECKER/ HINTEREGGER/ BUCK : Komfort 2000 (Charhizma, 2000)
EFZEG : grain (Durian, 2000)
DAFELDECKER/ KURZMANN/ FENNESZ/ O´ROURKE/ DRUMM/ SIEWERT (Charhizma, 1999)
THE COMFORTS OF MADNESS : röhren (Charhizma, 1999)

selected list of soundtracks for film and video (most of these distributed by Sixpackfilm, www.sixpackfilm.com):
FILM.IST - A GIRL AND A GUN, Gustav Deutsch (2009), music by Fennesz/Stangl, Siewert
VOID.SEQZ 1, Annja Krautgasser aka n:ja (2009), music by Siewert
CITYSCAPES, Michaela Grill (2007), music by Siewert
VOID.SEQZ 5, Annja Krautgasser aka n:ja (2006), music by Siewert
MONROC, Michaela Grill (2005), music by Siewert
SEQZ3, Void (=n:ja aka Annja Krautgasser & Darius Kowalski) (2005), music by Siewert
My Kingdom For a Lullaby #2, Michaela Grill & Billy Roisz (2004), music by Nakamura/Kurzmann/Siewert
Sources, Billy Roisz (2004), music by Andrea Neumann, Annette Krebs, Axel Dörner, Martin Siewert, Martin Brandlmayr, Otomo Yoshihide, Rossi, Sachiko M.
360“, Dariusz Krzeczek (2004), music by Siewert
Spectrum, Gustav Deutsch (2003), music by Siewert
Film.Ist 7-12, Gustav Deutsch (2002), music by Dafeldecker/Fennesz/Siewert/Stangl
Trans, Michaela Grill (2002), music by Siewert
My Kingdom For a Lullaby #4, Michaela Grill & Billy Roisz (2002), music by Nakamura/Kurzmann/Siewert
Katapila, Billy Roisz (2002), music by Efzeg
Pram, Billy Roisz (2002), music by Efzeg
Blinq, Billy Roisz (2002), music by Burkhard Stangl, Akoasma, Boris Hauf, Sachiko M., Martin Siewert,Christof Kurzmann, Toshimaru Nakamura, Dieb13, Werner Dafeldecker, El

for more info please see:
http://siewert.klingt.org
http://trapist.klingt.org
or see the credits section on the allmusic (www.allmusic.com) page:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/martin-siewert-mn0000856627/credits