Martin Blume

Martin Blume drums, percussion, composition

Has worked since 1983 as a performer and composer with several musicians and in different musical situations, both as a collaborator and in leading his own groups including musicians like Peter Brötzmann, Peter Kowald, Helmut Joe Sachse, Luc Houtkamp, Johannes Bauer, Marcio Mattos, Jay Oliver, Phil Minton, Lol Coxhill, John Butcher, Jim Dvorak, Georg Graewe, Frank Gratkowski, Dieter Manderscheid, Hans Schneider, John Edwards, Werner Lüdi, John Russell, Chris Burn, Roger Turner, Axel Doerner, Horst Grabosch, Melvyn Poore, Earl Howard, Richard Teitelbaum, Jim Denley, Alfred Zimmerlin, Dorothea Schürch, Phil Wachsmann , Mats Gustafsson, Xu Feng Xia, Thomas Lehn, Fred van Hove, Wilbert de Joode, Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Cor Fuhler a.m.o.

Own projects include LINES with Axel Doerner, Jim Denley, Phil Wachsmann & Marcio Mattos, FOURinONE with Luc Houtkamp, Johannes Bauer & Dieter Manderscheid, AXON with Phil Minton & Marcio Mattos + special guests Fred van Hove or Xu Feng Xia, a DUO with Georg Graewe and a TRIO with John Butcher and Barre Phillips

Toured in Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, England, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, USA, Canada and Australia and performed at Festivals like:

Ruhr-Jazz Festival Bochum 1990-1996, Jazz-Haus Festival Köln 1991, Open Systems Essen 1997, NOM-Festival Moers 1990, Nickelsdorfer Konfrontationen 1993/1999, Jazz Summer Bolzano 1994, AnKlänge Ansbach 1995, European Jazz Night Füssen 1996, Summer Jazz Fiets Tour Groningen 1996, 2000, Illinger Burgfest für Neue Musik 1996, International Jazz Festival Vancouver 1996/2000, Les Nuits Black Quebec 1996, Jazz Herbst Konstanz 1996/1998, Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon 1997, Musique Action Vandoevre-Les-Nancy 1997/1999, Densités Verdun 1999, What is Music? Festival Sydney, Melbourne 2000, Free Music Antwerpe 2000, Jazz à Mulhouse 2000

Further information about Martin Blume can be found under:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/blumeperc/homepage.htm
www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/mblume.html