Dieter Feichtner

Dieter Feichtner (born June 15, 1943 in Innsbruck , † December 5, 1999 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian synthesizer player and composer .

In his youth Feichtner learned not only piano but also bass and drums; he studied temporarily at the Mozarteum . In the 1970s he played several coupled analog synthesizers and effects devices and was initially known for his collaboration with John Surman , Barre Phillips and Stu Martin , with whom he went on a European tour from 1975 and with the ballet group of Carolyn Carlson a month-long guest performance in the Parisian Opera had (album Mountainscapes , 1976). After touring with guitarist Klaus Balzer and another production with Phillips, the film score Three Day Moon , magazines such as Melody Maker ranked it among the greats of fusion music in the late 1970s ; he creates " soundscapes that Joe Zawinul can only dream of." In 1982 he began to record his solo pieces directly, which, in contrast to normal studio recordings, were to be understood more as concerts in which the audience was excluded. His album Euphorismen (1989) formed the acoustic basis for the film Euphoria by Tamara Pilz-Hunter and Erez Pilz.

Feichtner, whose musical work was cataloged by Lisa Rozman at the Institute for Computer Music and Electronic Media at the Vienna University of Music , is today considered "unsurpassed in intensity and stylistic range (from simple folk songs to experimental soundscapes)."

Discographic notes

• Barre Phillips Three Day Moon (with Terje Rypdal and Trilok Gurtu , 1978)
• Euphorisms (1982–1988)
• Anthology Vol. 1 (1982-1993)

Web links

• Portrait Feichtner

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bimhuis program January 25, 1978
2. ↑ ^{a b} Short portrait (Electro-Acoustic Project)
3. ↑ Portrait Feichtner (Prabow disk)
4. ↑ Günther Rabl About Anthology Vol. 1
5. ↑ Euphoria