FOUR SHORT TEXT PIECES FOR PAULINE OLIVEROS, by Michael Francis Duch
FOUR SHORT TEXT PIECES (FOR PAULINE OLIVEROS) was first performed by the ensemble Lemur at Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall in Arendal, Norway as part of their piece KARYOBIN.
Michael Francis Duch (1978) is a double bass-player from Trondheim, Norway, and professor of double bass, jazz and experimental music at NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology.He has been involved in about 70 recordings released in various formats, and collaborated with Pauline Oliveros, Mats Gustafsson, AMM, Christian Wolff, Tony Conrad, Joëlle Léandre and others. Michael Francis Duch plays in a trio with Rhodri Davies and John Tilbury, the improvquartet LEMUR with Bjørnar Habbestad, Hild Sofie Tafjord and Lene Grenager and the Glaswegian avant disco-band AMOR.