Alex Buess is a musician, saxophonist, composer, producer. He collaborates (has collaborated) with Stephan Wittwer, Paul Schütze, Kevin Martin, Peter Brötzmann, William Parker, Raoul Björkenheim, Toshinori Kondo, Bill Laswell, Kevin Shields, Tim Hodgkinson, Michael Wertmüller and many other musicians in the wide field of improvisation, electronics, electroacoustic music and composition.
He plays/played in the groups ICE, GOD, Phantom City, the Bug, Sprawl, Cortex and his own group 16-17. Buess has written compositions for various contemporary music ensembles and also works as a producer and sound engineer. His compositions are performed in Europe and throughout the world.
Buess’s work reflects his experience with electronic technology, written contemporary music, film music, new mixing and production techniques and computer music.
Switzerland· Basel