Udo Schindler
Since 2009 Udo Schindler has been putting on concerts once a month in his own house outside Munich, inviting one or two musicians at a time and recording what happens. A good part of his discography comes from that room. He plays bass and contrabass clarinet, soprano and tenor saxophone and cornet, usually in duo, where the instrument is treated less as a voice than as a set of tubes, keys and breath to be taken apart. The partners change constantly, from Frank Gratkowski to Sebastiano Tramontana to the Rodrigues family, and the records come out on FMR, Creative Sources and his own Arch-Musik.
Imprints Of Experiences
"With a total of three members, Imprints of Experiences captures the largest unit of the releases reviewed here, and its sound is correspondingly (and comparatively) full. Schindler deploys a range of instruments, some heard before (clarinets, cornet…
Transalpine Sound Bridges (Munich-Milano)
A cooperation between the two protagonists had been announced for some time. The first musical collaboration as a duo on October 18th, 2025 in Munich was unfortunately cancelled due to unfortunate circumstances. Our alternative was for Sergio to send…
Artoxin
2017 release ** "Three top-class international sound adventurers set out the connection of electronics and acoustic sound generators. Experience is the shaping of ephemeral, extreme, genreference and cliché-free sound adventures – a meeting of improv…
The Dew That Flies
Creative Sources Recordings proudly presents The Dew That Flies, an evocative new work from German multi-instrumentalist Udo Schindler and Catalan pianist Jordina Milla. This album captures the essence of improvisation, offering listeners a journey t…
Hut Ab
"Here, after Schindler+Richter and Schindler/Holzbauer/Lillmeyer, multi-reed player and flautist Udo Schindler meets an old companion from the 90s. Hubert Bergmann, a Fernando Pessoa-adoring and Tai Chi & Qi Gong-inspired jack-of-all-trades from Über…
Synopsis
2016 release ** "In pessimistic times of murky imminence, the alchemy of improvisation transmitting an explicit lucidity arrives as the proverbial unexpected gift. On a second thought, by analyzing Ute Völker and Udo Schindler’s curricula one does n…
SoundEnergyTransformation
2018 release ** "Multi-reedist Udo Schindler is captured live at Ars Musica, in Stemmerhof, Munich performing on clarinet, soprano sax, and euphonium in a trio with sound artist Korhan Erel and trombonist Sebastiano Tramontana, a uniquely voiced conc…
Life Is Complex
2017 release ** "Building beats and sounds with electronics is a huge part on the record. The drums and the electronics prime the whole album without being reduced to a straight beat. Patrick Schimanski moves from abstract sounds to micro rhythms to …
Shifting Types Of Amazement
Tip! A compelling live performance from Munich's Waldkirche Planegg uniting Udo Schindler's inventive bass clarinets, Erhard Hirt's textural guitar and computer interactions, and Ove Volquartz's resonant low reeds, weaving a rich tapestry of spontane…
Rome Hills
2010 release ** "This project originates from a pleasurable Roman afternoon spent by yours truly with Hubert Bergmann, who – having known that this writer’s spouse is, in essence, an atypical songwriting specimen – thought that some experimentation u…
Parnassia Palustris
2015 release ** "A feast for fans of the soprano saxophone as Udo Schindler and Frank Paul Schubert improvise live at the 51th SALON fur Klang + Kunst in Krailing/Munich, Germany in 2015, blending and contrasting two approaches to the instrument in f…
Waterway
2025 stock ** "The quirky acoustic trio of German improvisers Udo Schindler on clarinet, saxophone, cornet, and Euphonium, Johannes Ollinger on acoustic guitar and toys, and Dine Doneff on double bass, waterphone, and toys, the odd instrumentation ad…
Hell Dunkel
2025 stock ** "Live recordings from Pöllat-Pavillion in Munich, Germany in 2015 from this seriously fun spontaneous collective improvising trio of Udo Schindler on reeds, cornet, euphonium, and monophonic analogue synthesizer, Philipp Kolb on trumpet…
Answers And Maybe A Question?
2025 stock ** "Udo Schindler’s Salon for Sound and Art at Krailling, Germany is the setting for this superb live duo concert, capturing Schindler and Ove Volquartz both on bass and double bass clarinet, showing the breadth of sonic possibilites and d…
Sightings and Stratifications – 2nd Investigation for Trio
"This CD is a documentation of a concert which was recorded on July 21st, as one of three concerts. The reproduction of the concert is one-to-one, without cuts. On July 19th I played a duo concert in my studio with Max Arsava, on July 20th I played a…
Synergetic Matches
Elisabeth Harnik, an Austrian based pianist and composer has created a multi-faceted body of work by blurring genre boundaries through various collaborations in the field of improvised music, interdisciplinary projects and contemporary compositional …
Munich Sound Studies Vols. 4, 5 & 6
"The current release consists of the Schindler-Damon Smith-Sandy Ewen trio and the friends I have brought in: Karina Erhard from Munich, Jaap Blonk from the Netherlands, Sebastiano Tramontana from Sicily. The three concerts are from my presentation f…
Movements in the Space of Possibilities IMPROstation#1
Live rec. at June 21st, 2024 by Udo Schindler at Kulturbahnhof München-GiesingMix by Wolfgang Obrecht / Tonstudio RichArt. Cover photo by Udo Schindler.All compositions by Udo Schindler, Erhard Hirt, Ove Volquartz. Produced by Udo SchindlerUdo Schind…
Ritual Sound Exposures
"The long-standing duo of German multi-reedist & brass player Udo Schindler and drummer Eric Zwang Eriksson are joined by percussionist Erwin Rehling (HAMMERLING) for the 4-part free and eclectically authoritative improvisatory work "Ritual Sound Exp…
Cassiber Complex_Unconditioned Sounds In A Box
"An extended improvisation captured in 2023 at ASIS_Klangraum in MUCCA & dasvinzenz (Munich) from the trio of long-time collaborators Eric Zwang Eriksson on drums and Udo Schindler on bass clarinet, cornet & Tubax (an Eb contrabass saxophone) with gu…
Canto Senza Parole (Allegria)
"Experimental chamber music from the German trio of Udo Schindler on tenor saxophone, bass saxophone & cornet, Eric Zwang Eriksson on percussion and Sebastiano Tramontana on trombone & voice, performing at BASIS_Klangraum in MUCCA, Munich, the title …
In Search Of Surprise
"Unique voicing through the orchestration of saxophones, basset horn, glissotar (a modern continuous pitch wind instrument) and vibraphone, heard in this recording at the international artist house Villa Waldberta, in Feldafing-Munich, Germany, for s…
Conspirational And Fulminate Things Happen
"The quartet of Udo Schindler on reeds, Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello and Nuno Torres on saxophone are heard in Munich, first in a wildly interactive live performance at Schindler's Salon successor: BASIS_Soundscape at MUCC…
![Udo Schindler, Peter Jacquemyn, Georg Karger – Hybride Synergetics [LowToneStudies]](https://cdn.soundohm.com/data/products/2024-10/2-jpg.jpg.500.jpg.avif)
Hybride Synergetics [LowToneStudies]
"Reedist Udo Schindler continues his exploration into the double bass and low-tone reed instruments, here on bass & contrabass clarinets contrasted only with his soprano saxophone, in a 2022 live recording from MUCCA_Kommandozentrate in Munich of the…
ImproX #1_Sound Poems To The Risk
"Quoting Danish painter & sculptor Asgar Jorn - "To get anywhere, one must choose one's mistakes. I chose experimental acts." - the quartet of Udo Schindler on alto sax, bass & double bass clarinets & cornet, Eric Zwang Eriksson on drums, Ardhi Engl …
HerzAtmungen
"I believe that the destructive element in art is neglected too much." - Piet Mondrian
Toute L'Âme Résumée
"Drawing on a sound poem from French poet Stéphane Malarmé published in 1875, pianist Michel Wintsch and multi-reedist Udo Schindler on bass clarinet and alto saxophone tubax (a modified contrabass saxophone) perform five expressive and assertive imp…
Plastic Narratives
"Confidently forceful German free improvisation with an eccentric approach, from multi-instrumentalist Udo Schindler on clarinets, cornet & tuba and artist & improviser Etienne Rolin on basset horn, Glissotar (a continuous wind instrument) & a Bansur…
![Udo Schindler, Werner Dafeldecker – Travelling Sound Images - Cognitive Transfers [Duo] [LowToneStudies #19]](https://cdn.soundohm.com/data/products/2024-09/4-jpg-6.jpg.500.jpg.avif)
Travelling Sound Images - Cognitive Transfers [Duo] [LowToneStudies #19]
"Lately I’m seeing that it would be nice to turn one’s thoughts inside-out, which is possible for me, because I don’t compose in a straight line. I always compose around the periphery, you know." - David TudorUdo Schindler, b-flat, bass & double bass…
Basis Acoustronics
Audio & video live recordings November 26th, 2023 at BASIS_Klangraum at MUCCA & dasvinzenz (Munich) by Udo Schindler (arch-musik). Mix & editing by Thoma Lehn. Music by Schindler & Lehn (GEMA). Cover photo by Udo Schindler. Gaphic design by Udo Schin…
Sound Forge Dialogues
Live rec. at April 18th, 2024 by Udo Schindler at StudioUS / Krailling-Munich. Mix by Wolfgang Obrecht / Tonstudio RichArt. Cover photo by Udo Schindler. All compositions by Udo Schindler (GEMA), NOID (SKM). Udo Schindler plays a bflat-clarinet mod.3…
Soundforge Laboratory
"... it's not about cleaning the music from the non-music or trying to destroy all disturbing noises, but to perceive the music as such, which exists in the midst of the noise of life. The more open the ear is to everything audible, the more strongly…
Ephemeral Locations
Udo Schindler is truly a man of many talents. He was a rock musician, an educated architect, a pretty well-educated instrumentalist, and a virtuoso playing clarinets, saxophones and flutes. His extensive activity in the field of art includes composit…
Empty Pigeonhole
Udo Schindler, bass- & contrabass-clarinet, soprano saxophone, cornet. Elisabeth Harnik, pleyel-piano. Live recording Octobver 26, 2012 in München.
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Udo SCHINDLER, soprano saxophone, bassclarinet. Margarita HOLZBAUER, cello. Harald LILLMEYER, electric guitar. Udo SCHINDLER, soprano saxophone, bassclarinet. Margarita HOLZBAUER, cello. Harald LILLMEYER, electric guitar. Udo Schindler studied flute …