Alex Gunia
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Alex Gunia (* 1964 in Cologne ) is a German fusion musician ( guitar , live electronics ), music producer , painter and author.
Live and act
Gunia, who grew up in Cologne and Bonn , came into contact with the Rhineland jazz scene in the late 1970s. There were first experiments with guitar, tape machines and effects devices. He completed a guest semester at the Cologne University of Music and completed various jazz seminars and workshops before studying music at the Berklee College of Music from 1985 to 1989 .
From 1990 he built AtM-Production, a recording studio with an affiliated publisher and record label. In addition, he worked as a guitarist, producer and composer for well-known record companies, TV stations, advertising agencies and film production companies. From 1998 to 2006 he also worked as an author for the specialist magazine ›Guitar and Bass‹. The collaboration with Jean-Paul Bourelly for the 1999 Matalex album Freedom led to a return to a freer sound with a high proportion of improvisation.
In 2001 he was a co-founder of the JazzSick Records label , where he also published his own productions. After working with Norwegian improvisational music, he moved to Oslo in 2007, where he worked for six years as a musician, musicologist and organizer and, among other things, carried out the project 300 acting spaces , which stimulated the cultural-political debate about the freedom of art in connection with the continued gentrification of Oslo. Since 2011 he has belonged as an ass. Professor in Live Electronics for the faculty at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo .
Back in Cologne in 2015 he had his first exhibition as a visual artist (Galerie im Kartäuserwall).
Discographic notes
- Groove Cut (ITM Records 1991, with Randy Brecker , Dave King , Curt Cress , Nippy Noya and others)
- Matalex Feat. Alex Gunia Freedom (JazzSick Records 2002, with Jean Paul Bourelly)
- Remakes (JazzSick Records 2005)
- Alex Gunia / Philipp van Endert Beauty of Silence ( Laika Records 2006)
- Joachim Roedelius , Matthias Mainz, Kristoffer Lislegaard, Alex Gunia RMKG part one (2012)
Web links
- Web presence
- Alex Gunia at Allmusic (English)
- Alex Gunia at Discogs (English)
- Exhibition (Cologne 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alex Gunia | Painting: oil paintings, acrylic paintings and monoprints. Retrieved June 17, 2018 (German).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gunia, Alex |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German fusion musician (guitar, live electronics), music producer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |