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Mats Gustafsson
bs, ts, sax, *1964 SE, Umeå
Musician of Jazz
Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish saxophone player and a stalwart on the Scandinavian free jazz scene. He is known for his tonal belligerence and intensity when improvising.
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Stones That Rest Heavily on Stones by Colin Stetson & Mats Gustafsson Bullets Through Rain on The Fat Is Gone by Peter Brötzmann, Paal Nilssen-Love & Mats Gustafsson THERE ARE SOME WORLDS WHERE ALL DREAMS DIE (en glad stund) on THEIR POWER REACHED ACROSS SPACE AND TIME-TO DEFY THEM WAS DEATH-OR WORSE by Mats Gustafsson & Joachim Nordwall Incendiary Axe on Pole Axe by Slobber Pup, Jamie Saft & Mats Gustafsson Intro on Hidros 3 by Mats Gustafsson & Sonic Youth Stones That Can Only Be on Stones by Colin Stetson & Mats Gustafsson Stones That Need Not on Stones by Colin Stetson & Mats Gustafsson The Moon Will Always Be There / The Moon Was My Only Witness / Art 3 (Contrabass Sax) - Remix on The Movement of the Free Spirit by Prins Thomas Colours in Action on The Fat Is Gone by Peter Brötzmann, Paal Nilssen-Love & Mats Gustafsson Voice on Hidros 3 by Mats Gustafsson & Sonic YouthTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inhale | Luft, Mats Gustafsson, Erwan Keravec | 2018 | Album |
| Marvel Motor | Mats Gustafsson & Ddkern | 2018 | Album |
| Sustain | Chaos Echoes With Mats Gustafsson | 2018 | Album |
| Cuts Up Cuts Out | Merzbow, Balázs Pándi, Mats Gustafsson, Thurston Moore | 2018 | Album |
| Timeless | Mats Gustafsson & Jason Adasiewicz | 2018 | Album |
| Brace For Impact | Joe McPhee & Mats Gustafsson | 2018 | Album |
| A Quietness Of Water | Peter Evans / Agustí Fernandez / Mats Gustafsson | 2017 | Album |
| Ljubljana | Mats Gustafsson & Craig Taborn | 2017 | Album |
| Blow + Beat | Mats Gustafsson, Alfred Vogel | 2017 | Album |
| A Map Of Guilt | Mats Gustafsson & Joachim Nordwall | 2017 | Album |
| Discaholics | Mats Gustafsson | 2017 | Single |
| In Hindsight | Christian Marclay, Mats Gustafsson | 2016 | Single |
| Falling and 5 Other Failings | Mats Gustafsson, Christof Kurzmann | 2016 | Album |
| This Is From The Mouth | Mats Gustafsson | 2016 | Album |
| Melt | Brian Chippendale - Mats Gustafsson - Massimo Pupillo | 2016 | Album |
| Hit The Wall! | Mats Gustafsson & Thurston Moore | 2015 | Album |
| Burnin The Lab! | Agustí Fernandez + Mats Gustafsson | 2015 | Album |
| Live In Tabačka 13/04/12 | Merzbow, Mats Gustafsson, Balázs Pándi | 2015 | Album |
| Live At Henie Onstad Kunstsenter | Thurston Moore + Mats Gustafsson | 2015 | Album |
| A Duo(s) | Mats Gustafsson With John Russell & Phil Minton | 2015 | Album |
| Cuts Of Guilt, Cuts Deeper | Merzbow, Mats Gustafsson, Balázs Pándi, Thurston Moore | 2015 | Album |
| Piano Mating | Mats Gustafsson | 2015 | Album |
| Trost Jukebox Series #1 | Mats Gustafsson & Albert Oehlen | 2014 | Single |
| The Oslo Tapes | Mats Gustafsson / Lasse Marhaug | 2014 | Album |
| Torturing The Saxophone | Mats Gustafsson | 2014 | Album |
| Deeds | Mats Gustafsson | 2014 | Single |
| Constellations | Agustí Fernandez & Mats Gustafsson | 2014 | Album |
| Lap Dance / Table Solos | Mats Gustafsson | 2014 | Single |
| Hidros6 Knockin' | Mats Gustafsson & Nu-Ensemblen | 2014 | Album |
| Hidros6 | Mats Gustafsson & Nu-Ensemblen | 2014 | Album |
| Eissalon (Live) | Mats Gustafsson | 2013 | Single |
| Shift | Correction With Mats Gustafsson | 2013 | Album |
| Cuts | Merzbow - Balázs Pándi - Mats Gustafsson | 2013 | Album |
| Con Gas | Paal Nilssen-Love & Mats Gustafsson | 2013 | Single |
| (Fake) The Facts | (Fake) The Facts - Dieb13 / Mats Gustafsson / Martin Siewert | 2013 | Single |
| Verses | Ken Vandermark / Mats Gustafsson | 2013 | Album |
| Sin Gas | Paal Nilssen-Love & Mats Gustafsson | 2013 | Album |
| Schl8hof | DKV Trio + Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love, Massimo Pupillo | 2013 | Album |
| Breakin The Lab! | Agustí Fernandez, Mats Gustafsson, Ramón Prats | 2013 | Album |
| Vi Är Alla Guds Slavar | Mats Gustafsson / Thurston Moore | 2013 | Album |
| Bengt | Mats Gustafsson | 2012 | Album |
| Plays Alto Saxophone | Johns Lunds & Mats Gustafsson | 2012 | Single |
| Fake The Facts / Radio Silence No More | (Fake) The Facts - Martin Siewert, Dieb13, Mats Gustafsson / Birgit Ulher | 2012 | Single |
| Abet?! አቤት?! | Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark, Ab Baars, Paal Nilssen-Love | 2012 | Single |
| Birds | Mats Gustafsson, John Russell, Raymond Strid | 2012 | Album |
| Baro 101 | Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love, Mesele Asmamaw | 2012 | Album |
| Stones | Colin Stetson & Mats Gustafsson | 2012 | Album |
| Play Some Fucking Stooges | Mats Gustafsson, Thurston Moore | 2012 | Single |
| Ich Bin N!ntendo & Mats Gustafsson | Ich Bin N!ntendo & Mats Gustafsson | 2012 | Album |
| Gustafsson Lindsjö | Mats Gustafsson, Anders Lindsjö | 2012 | Single |
| Mats G. Plays Gullin | Mats Gustafsson | 2012 | Single |
| Plays Baritone Saxophone | Mats Gustafsson & Johns Lunds | 2011 | Single |
| (Fake) The Facts | (Fake) The Facts - Dieb13 / Mats Gustafsson / Martin Siewert | 2011 | Album |
| Live At The South Bank | Kieran Hebden / Steve Reid / Mats Gustafsson | 2011 | Album |
| Mats Gustafsson & Raymond Strid / -----Hockey | Mats Gustafsson & Raymond Strid / Riis And The Smooth Ones | 2011 | Album |
| One Bird Two Bird | Masami Akita / Mats Gustafsson / Jim O'Rourke | 2011 | Album |
| Reception | The Sons Of God & Mats Gustafsson | 2011 | Album |
| Kopros Lithos | Peter Evans / Agustí Fernandez / Mats Gustafsson | 2011 | Album |
| Needs! | Mats Gustafsson | 2010 | Album |
| Poschslides / Among The Skulls | Mats Gustafsson / Pierre Bastien | 2010 | Single |
| Barrel Fire | Gord Grdina Trio With Mats Gustafsson | 2010 | Album |
| Mother / Groundhog | Chris Corsano, Thurston Moore, Mats Gustafsson, Bill Nace | 2010 | Album |
| Mats Gustafsson Plays Harald Hult | Mats Gustafsson | 2010 | Single |
| TR!O | Günter Christmann - Mats Gustafsson - Paul Lovens : TR!O | 2010 | Album |
| Mats G. Plays Albert A. | Mats Gustafsson | 2009 | Single |
| Soundfood - Listen Eat Drink | Mats Gustafsson / Lennart Nilsson | 2009 | Single |
| With Records | Otomo Yoshihide, Ozeki Mikito, Mats Gustafsson | 2009 | Album |
| Duo Box Set | Mats Gustafsson | 2009 | Single |
| Sinners, Rather Than Saints | Barry Guy Solo/Duo With Mats Gustafsson | 2009 | Album |
| The Vilnius Explosion | Mats Gustafsson | 2008 | Album |
| For Åke Hodell | Lasse Marhaug / Mats Gustafsson | 2008 | Single |
| Split LP Series #3 - Mats Gustafsson / Cor Fuhler | Mats Gustafsson / Cor Fuhler | 2008 | Album |
| Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth | Sonic Youth Med Mats Gustafsson Og Merzbow | 2008 | Album |
| The Vilnius Implosion | Mats Gustafsson | 2008 | Album |
| Mats G Plays Duke E | Mats Gustafsson | 2008 | Single |
| Cosmic Debris Volume IV | My Cat Is An Alien / Mats Gustafsson | 2008 | Album |
| PhonoMetak Series # 2 | Mats Gustafsson / Paolo Angeli | 2007 | Album |
| Words On The Floor | Mats Gustafsson And Yoshimi | 2007 | Album |
| It Is All About... | Mats Gustafsson | 2007 | Album |
| The Fat Is Gone | Peter Brötzmann / Paal Nilssen-Love / Mats Gustafsson | 2007 | Album |
| Splatter | Paal Nilssen-Love / Mats Gustafsson | 2007 | Album |
| Slide | Mats Gustafsson | 2005 | Album |
| Slide Away | Mats Gustafsson | 2005 | Album |
| How To Raise An Ox | Zu / Mats Gustafsson | 2005 | Album |
| While The Wind Mixes The Playing Cards Of Polite Faces | Mats Gustafsson / Luca Tommaso Mai | 2005 | Single |
| But A Cry Of Pain Rolls Up A Mountain | Mats Gustafsson / Fredrick Lonberg-Holm | 2005 | Single |
| Critical Mass | Agustí Fernandez & Mats Gustafsson | 2005 | Album |
| Catapult (Baritone Sax Solo) | Mats Gustafsson | 2005 | Album |
| Blues | Mats Gustafsson & David Stackenäs | 2005 | Album |
| Hidros 3 | Mats Gustafsson / Sonic Youth With Friends | 2004 | Album |
| Off-Road | David Grubbs / Mats Gustafsson | 2003 | Album |
| Solos For Contrabass Saxophone | Mats Gustafsson | 2003 | Single |
| I Love It When You Snore | Mats Gustafsson & Paal Nilssen-Love | 2002 | Album |
| Trees and Truths | Mats Gustafsson | 2002 | Single |
| DEG | Kevin Drumm / Leif Elggren / Mats Gustafsson | 2002 | Album |
| They Were Gentle And Pretty Pigs | Greg Goodman • Mats Gustafsson • George Cremaschi | 2002 | Album |
| The Music Of Norman Howard | School Days And The Thing Presented By Mats Gustafsson | 2002 | Album |
| New York - Ystad | Sonic Youth With Mats Gustafsson | 2000 | Single |
| Windows: The Music Of Steve Lacy | Mats Gustafsson | 2000 | Album |
| New York - Ystad | Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Mats Gustafsson | 2000 | Album |
| Port Huron Picnic | Mats Gustafsson / Kurt Newman / Mike Gennaro | 2000 | Album |
| Battuto | John Corbett • Mats Gustafsson • Terri Kapsalis • Fredrick Lonberg-Holm | 2000 | Album |
| Apertura | David Grubbs & Mats Gustafsson | 1999 | Album |
| The Education Of Lars Jerry | Mats Gustafsson | 1999 | Album |
| Hidros One | Mats Gustafsson & Nu-Ensemblen | 1999 | Album |
| Xylophonen Virtuosen | Jim O'Rourke & Mats Gustafsson | 1999 | Album |
| Sticky Tongues And Kitchen Knives | Mats Gustafsson Featuring John Corbett | 1999 | Album |
| Out To Brunch | Mats Gustafsson / Peter Kowald / Christian Jormin | 1998 | Album |
| One To (Two)............... | Günter Christmann, Mats Gustafsson | 1998 | Album |
| Background Music | Guillermo Gregorio, Mats Gustafsson & Kjell Nordeson | 1998 | Album |
| Frogging | Mats Gustafsson • Barry Guy | 1997 | Album |
| Impropositions. Solo Saxophone | Mats Gustafsson | 1997 | Album |
| Live In Holland '97 | Misha Mengelberg - Mats Gustafsson - Gert-Jan Prins | 1997 | Album |
| Blonk, Gustafsson & Zerang | Jaap Blonk, Mats Gustafsson & Michael Zerang | 1996 | Album |
| Mouth Eating Trees And Related Activities | Mats Gustafsson / Barry Guy / Paul Lovens | 1996 | Album |
| Opus Apus | Anders Jormin - Mats Gustafsson - Christian Jormin | 1996 | Album |
| For Don Cherry | Mats Gustafsson / Hamid Drake | 1995 | Album |
| Parrot Fish Eye | Mats Gustafsson | 1995 | Album |
| Dolphins, Dolphins, Dolphins | Per Henrik Wallin, Mats Gustafsson, Kjell Nordeson | 1992 | Album |
| Nothing To Read | Mats Gustafsson, Paul Lovens | 1991 | Album |
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