photo by Martin Mauerböck

Achim Tang | 1958 | Köln | Germany

double bass

Max Nagl Ensemble - Quartier Du Fasan : hathut, 2006
(www.hathut.com)
Kinds - The Very Life Of Art : loewenhertz 2005
(www.loewenhertz.at)
Oskar Aichinger - Synapsis : between the lines, 2003
(www.betweenthelines.de)
Achim Tang - In The Long Run : windhundrecords, 2002
(www.windhundrecords.com)
Dzian & Kamien - Gran Riserva : couch records, 2002
(www.couchrecords.com)
Wolfgang Puschnig - Chants : quinton, 2001
(www.quinton.at)
Max Nagl Ensemble - Ramasuri : hathut, 2001
(www.hathut.com)
Maria Bill - Quand On A Que L´Amour : extraplatte 2001
(www.extraplatte.com)
Oskar Aichinger - Elements of Poetry :
between the lines, 1999 (www.betweenthelines.de)
Guy Klucevsek - Stolen Memories : tzadik, 1996
(www.tzadik.com)
Uli Rennert - Unexpected Events - : sos music,1993
(http://www.geocities.com/sos_music_austria/index.htm)

Viennese musican, bass player, sonic research.
Born in Berlin, studied in Graz, lives in Cologne
Jazz? World Music? Improvisation?
Improvisation!
border-crossing contacts in all keys, interstellar journeys through the audible universe; and in the centre:
music.
Born 1958
Played double bass since 1984.
Achim Tang studied classical Music in Basel and Berlin, in 1987 he moved to Austria to study at the jazz department of the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende
Kunst in Graz.
Graduated from there 1992.

CURRENT PROJECTS (selection)
muche.zoubek.tang
with Philip Zoubek (pno) and Matthias Muche (tb)
FiTa
with Scott Fields (guit)
Das Multibassorchester
with Sebastian Gramss (b), Dietmar Fuhr (b) and Christian Ramond (b)
Grauzone
with Tiziana Bertoncini (vln) and Thoman Lehn (synth)
Andy Manndorff - Trio
with Andy Manndorf (guit) and Reini Winkler (dr)
Alles viel zu sehr umsonst - Improvisations on lyrics by Ernst Herbeck
with Christian Reiner (Oral Office, Berlin)
Hannes Löschel - Kinds
with Hannes Löschel (pno) and David Tronzo (slide guitar)
Max Nagl - Quintett
with Joanna Lewis (vln), Max Nagl (saxes), Patrice Heral (perc) and Josef Novotny (pno)
Wolfgang Puschnig - Chants
with Linda Sharrock (voc), Wolfgang Puschnig (reeds), Woody Schabata (vibes), Franz
Hautzinger (tp), Reini Winkler (dr) and Laurinho Bandeira (perc)
Oskar Aichinger - Synapsis
with Oskar Aichinger (pno, synth.), Stefan Nemeth (electr.) and Paul Skrepek Junior (dr)
Mamadou Diabate - Bekadiya
with Mamadou Diabate (balafon), Luis Sanou (balafon), Thomas Berghammer(tp), Luki
Knöfler (dr), Nick Baker (perc) and Werner Wurm (tb)