Georg Wissel

Georg Wissel is a German saxophonist, clarinettist, improviser and composer whose work centres on the physical exploration of wind instruments. Since the 1990s he has concentrated on free improvisation, extending the acoustic vocabulary of saxophones and clarinet with preparations, objects, altered air pressure and techniques learned in dialogue with experimental electronic music.

His ensemble work includes duo partnerships with percussionist Paul Lytton, electronic musician Joker Nies and saxophonist Tim O'Dwyer, as well as trios and larger improvising formations. Wissel also teaches group improvisation at the University of Cologne. His investigations of the border between instrumental sound and noise have produced a distinctive language of fragile textures and unexpected resonances.

On Creative Sources, Georg Wissel is credited on canaries on the pole (CS135), Movements (CS301), Wind Makes Weather (CS311) and fourty four fifty three (CS582).