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Saxophonist, born in Vienna, Austria. A musician of mainly the clarinet and computer, he wanders between electropop, improvisation and new music. He is occasionally a soloist though prefers to be part of a collective or working group. Kurzmann has performed on every continent but Australia.

Owns and runs the label charhizma (right spelling charhizma with c instead of C), which currently functions as a platform to present musicians from around the world in various live settings. Under that program, he organizes various events in the music- and media-genres. Kurzmann also works as a sound engineer, mixes and masters audio: mainly for releases on charihizma.

A conscientious objector of military and civil service, he currently lives in Vienna, Austria and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

ALBA


Christof Kurzmann & Noid
23
2023, 3xFile, WAV, Album, Catalytic Artist Album
Vandermark* / Kurzmann* / Kern*
"Blue Days Before They End"
2022, Cass, Album, Ltd, Num, Epileptic Media
Falling, Christof Kurzmann, Mats Gustafsson
Prosperity
2022, LP, Album, next festival records
Schnee : Christof Kurzmann, Burkhard Stangl
Снег
2021, LP, Album, Mikroton Recordings, ,
Abstract/Electroacoustic/Experimental/Minimal/Downtempo
Elisabeth Harnik & Christof Kurzmann
Prozession
2021, 5xFile, WAV, Catalytic Artist Album
Christof Kurzmann & Ken Vandermark
Consequent Duos: Series 2e
2020, 4xFile, FLAC, Album, Audiographic Records
Susanna Gartmayer / Christof Kurzmann
Smaller Sad
2020, CD, Album, Klanggalerie
Mats Gustafsson, Christof Kurzmann
Falling and 5 Other Failings
2016, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Christof Kurzmann
Theoral No.8
2014, CD, Ltd, Theoral, ,
Experimental
Sofia Jernberg & Christof Kurzmann / Martin Brandlmayr & Christof Kurzmann & Ken Vandermark
Trost Jukebox Series #2
2014, 7", Single, Trost Records
Ken Vandermark Duos W/ Agustí Fernandez - Christof Kurzmann - Joe McPhee - Joe Morris Trios W/ Paul Lytton - Nate Wooley - Eddie Prévost - John Tilbury
Nine Ways To Read A Bridge
2014, 6xCD, Album + Box, Not Two Records
Christof Kurzmann
Then And Now
2014, 2xLP, Album, Trost Records
Made To Break - Ken Vandermark / Christof Kurzmann / Devin Hoff / Tim Daisy
Lacerba
2013, LP, Album, Clean Feed
John Butcher, Leonel Kaplan, Christof Kurzmann
Shortening Distance
2013, CDr, L'innomable
Irena Tomažin, Christof Kurzmann
Ljubljana - Wien
2013, CDr, Album, Ltd, L'innomable, ,
Free Improvisation
Leonel Kaplan & Christof Kurzmann & Edén Carrasco
Casa Corp
2012, CD, Album, Ltd, Dromos Records
Edén Carrasco, Leonel Kaplan, Christof Kurzmann
Una Casa / Observatorio
2011, CDr, Album, Ltd, Three Chairs Recordings, jardinista!recs
OBLIQ (2) + Christof Kurzmann / Eve Risser + Joris Ruehl*
Split
2010, LP, Album, Umlaut Records
Christof Kurzmann / Burkhard Stangl
Neuschnee
2009, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation
Alan Courtis* / Jaime Genovart / Christof Kurzmann / Pablo Reche
Palmar Zähler
2009, CD, Album, Ltd, Mikroton Recordings, ,
Abstract/Musique Concrète/Experimental
Dafeldecker* / Kurzmann* / Tilbury* / Wishart*
Dafeldecker / Kurzmann / Tilbury / Wishart
2009, CD, Album, Mikroton Recordings
Christof Kurzmann
Börsenkrach
2009, CD, Album, Worm Records, VPRO
John Butcher & Christof Kurzmann
The Big Misunderstanding Between Hertz And MegaHertz
2006, CD, Album, Potlatch, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Ami Yoshida / Christof Kurzmann
Aso
2006, CD, Album, Erstwhile Records
Burkhard Stangl / Christof Kurzmann
Schnee_Live
2005, CD, Erstwhile Records
Burkhard Stangl, Christof Kurzmann, Dieb13 / Oswald Egger
Venusmond - Oper Ohne Ort
2004, CD, Album, Quell Records
Christof Kurzmann
The Air Between
2003, CD, Album, Charhizma, Charhizma
Dafeldecker* / Kurzmann* / Drumm* / eRikm / Dieb13 / Noetinger*
Dafeldecker / Kurzmann / Drumm / eRikm / dieb13 / Noetinger
2003, CD, Album, Charhizma, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Taku Sugimoto / Burkhard Stangl / Christof Kurzmann
In Tokyo (First Concert - Second Take)
2002, CD, Musica Genera, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Kurzmann* / Ostermayer*
Ternitz Tennessee
2000, CD, Album, Charhizma, ,
Soundtrack
Burkhard Stangl & Christof Kurzmann
Schnee
2000
Dafeldecker* / Kurzmann* / Fennesz / O'Rourke* / Drumm* / Siewert*
Dafeldecker / Kurzmann / Fennesz / O'Rourke / Drumm / Siewert
1999, CD, Album, charhizma, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Christof Kurzmann
Sinn.Blau.Pause
1995
New Jazz Meeting Baden-Baden 2002
2003, 2xCD, Album, hatOLOGY, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation
Tangtype
Flake Out
2008
B. Fleischmann
Frisky He Said
2006, 7", Single, A Number Of Small Things, Hausmusik
B. Fleischmann
The Humbucking Coil
2006
B. Fleischmann
Welcome Tourist
2003, ,
IDM/Ambient/Post Rock/Experimental
Sigis Bruder
Leftovers
1994, CD, Album, Trost Records, ,
Rhythmic Noise/Vocal/Ambient
Různí
Etwas Besseres Als Europa
1994, CD, Album, Gash Records (2)
Baldrian Quartett
Frieda Bertelsohn Martholdy: Streichquartette – Entschlummern Sollst Du, Sollst Entschlummern
2022
Made To Break
Before The Code
2015
Made To Break
Cherchez La Femme
2014
Made To Break
Provoke
2013, CD, Album, Clean Feed, ,
Free Jazz
Margareth Kammerer
Why Is The Sea So Blue
2013, CD, Album, Mikroton Recordings
Různí
Jimmy Draht 5 - Antihund 3 - Portrait
2001, 7", Comp, Ventil Verlag, Reprodukt, Antihund
Orchester 33 ⅓*
Maschine Brennt
2000, CD, Album, Charhizma, Plag Dich Nicht, ,
Big Band
Orchester 33 ⅓*
Orchester 33 ⅓
1997, ,
Experimental
Sigi E.*
Solo
1992, Cass, MiniAlbum, Trost Records,
Baldrian Quartett
Frieda Bertelsohn Martholdy: Streichquartette (Entschlummern Sollst Du, Sollst Entschlummern)
2022, ,
Experimental/Free Improvisation/Contemporary
Made To Break
F4 Fake
2019
Made To Break
Trébuchet
2017
The Resonance Ensemble
Double Arc
2015, CD, Album, Not Two Records
El Infierno Musical
El Infierno Musical
2011
The Magic I.D.
I'm So Awake / Sleepless I Feel
2011
Hammeriver
Hammeriver
2010, CD, Album, Mikroton Recordings, ,
Abstract/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
The Magic I.D.
Till My Breath Gives Out
2008
Kommando Raumschiff Zitrone
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
2006, CD, Album, Quincunx Sound Recordings
The Year Of
Slow Days
2006, ,
Post Rock/Electro/Downtempo
Static
Re: Talking About Memories
2005
Static
Flavour Has No Name
2003, ,
IDM/Electro
Kommando Raumschiff Zitrone
Weihnachten 2002
2002, CDr, Mini, Single, Ltd, charhizma
Shabotinski
(B)ypass (K)ill
2000, CD, Album, Charhizma, Plag Dich Nicht
Extended Versions
Maxi
1996
Der Scheitel
... In Einem Haus Das Liebe Heißt
1995, CD, Album, Guardian Angel (3), ,
Alternative Rock/Schlager/Country/Volksmusik
Love Grave
Why I Always Want Something More
1992, CD, Album, The Real McCoy
N.W.O.
Neue Welt Ordnung
1992, LP, Album, Workstation
The More Extended Versions
Dedicated To You, But You Weren't Listening (The Music Of Robert Wyatt)
1992, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz
Extended Versions
Same
1991, ,
Alternative Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
Extended Versions
Extended Versions
1990, LP, Nur Sch. Rec!

KOMPILACE +


Neneh Cherry & The Thing
The Cherry Thing Remixes
2012, CD, ,
Dub/IDM/Noise/Free Improvisation
Steve Lacy
New Jazz Meeting Baden-Baden 2002
2006, CD, Album, hatOLOGY, ,
Free Jazz/Experimental
Margareth Kammerer
To Be An Animal Of Real Flesh
2004, CD, Album, Charhizma, ,
Abstract/IDM/Experimental
ISO68
Here / There Played By
2003, ,
Downtempo/Leftfield
Různí
Afterhours #13
2001, CD, Comp, After Hours, ,
Alternative Rock/Abstract/Avantgarde/IDM/Ambient/Experimental
Tied & Tickled Trio
Ea1 Ea2 Rmx
2000, CD, ,
Abstract/IDM/Downtempo
NKVD (2) Featuring Remix By Extended Versions
Yeltsin 97
1997
Různí
Вони не пройдуть
2022, 2xCD, Trost Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Dark Ambient/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Acoustic
Mats Gustafsson & Nu-Ensemble*
Hidros 8 - Heal
2022, ,
Free Improvisation
Disquiet
Disquiet
2021, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Experimental
Susanna Gartmayer / Christof Kurzmann
Sadder Forms
2020, File, WAV, smallforms
Různí
Unlimited 32
2019, DVDr, DVD-V, Ltd, PAL, PanRec
Mars Williams
Mars Williams Presents: An Ayler Xmas Volume 2
2018, CD, Album, Soul What Records, ESP-Disk', ,
Free Jazz/Religious/Holiday
Různí
Unlimited 31 Ribbons Of Euphoria
2018, DVDr, DVD-V, Ltd, PAL, PanRec
Různí
Connessioni/Povezave
2017, CD, Album, Klopotec, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Ken Vandermark
Momentum 2 & 3
2017, 2xCD, Album, Num, Audiographic Records, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Mats Gustafsson And Friends
MG 50 – Peace & Fire
2016, Box + 4xCD, Trost Records
Made To Break
Dispatch To The Sea
2016, 3xFile, FLAC, Album, Audiographic Records, ,
Free Jazz/Experimental
Made To Break
Before The Code: Live
2016, 3xFile, FLAC, Album, Audiographic Records, ,
Free Jazz/Experimental
Made To Break
N N N
2016, 4xFile, FLAC, Album, Audiographic Records
Ensemble*
Densités 2008
2016, File, FLAC, Album, Bruce's Fingers
Ken Vandermark
Momentum 1: Stone
2016, 6xCD + Box, Ltd, Num, Audiographic Records, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Pombo
Blåmärken
2015, LP, Album, Queenside Records, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Různí
Echtzeitmusik Berlin
2012, 3xCD, Comp, Mikroton Recordings, ,
Musique Concrète/Free Jazz/Krautrock/Abstract/Contemporary Jazz/Noise/Minimal/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Diego Chamy
The Intelligent Dancer
2011, DVD-V, Ltd, absinthRecords, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Burkhard Stangl
Hommage À Moi
2011, 3x CD, DVD, Box Set, ,
Contemporary/Experimental
Různí
klingt.org - 11 Years Of Experimental Music, Vienna
2011, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Různí
Umlaut Records - Transformation Of Sound 2004-2011
2011
Honduras*
Célula Dormida
2010, CD, Album, Azione Artigianale, Concordia Discos
Marina Rosenfeld
Plastic Materials
2009, CD, Album, Room40
Různí
Klingt.org: 10 Jahre Bessere Farben
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Mikroton Recordings, ,
Noise/Post-Modern/Field Recording/Abstract/Contemporary Jazz/Avantgarde/Musique Concrète/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Modern Classical/Minimal/Spoken Word
Chris Abrahams & Clare Cooper
Germ Studies
2009, 2xCD, Album, Splitrec, ,
Abstract/Experimental
B. Fleischmann
Angst Is Not A Weltanschauung!
2008
Různí
A City Centre Offices Sampler
2007, 27xFile, MP3, Smplr, 320, City Centre Offices, ,
Leftfield/Abstract/IDM/Ambient/Electro/Downtempo/Experimental
Lichtenberg
Don't Let Them Down
2007, CD, Album, Schiff Ahoi*Schallplatten
Alessandra Pinasco
Lost And Found
2007, CD, Album, Ltd, + B, Álbum Del Universo Bakterial
Různí
The Gift Of Sound And Vision
2007, DVD-V, Edition Der Standard, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental
Různí
Improvised Music From Japan Extra 2006
2006, 2xCD, Comp, Improvised Music From Japan, ,
Noise/Abstract/Musique Concrète/Minimal/Free Improvisation/Experimental
The International Nothing
Mainstream
2006, CD, Album, Ftarri, ,
Abstract/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Různí
Labor CD - Labor Sonor / KuLe / Berlin
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Charhizma, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Aber Das Leben Lebt
Perfect Teen
2004, CD, Album, Niesom, ,
Ballad/Experimental
Různí
The Magnificent Seven
2003, 7x7" + Box, Persona Non Grata, City Centre Offices, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata, Persona Non Grata
Různí
AMPLIFY 2002 / Balance
2003, 7xCD + DVD-V + Box, Erstwhile Records, ,
Abstract/Free Improvisation/Experimental/Interview
Static (7) / Dub Tractor
Promoblock 001
2003, 7", Promo, Smplr, City Centre Offices, ,
Abstract/IDM/Downtempo
Robert Lax
Wake Up Re:lax
2003, 2xCD, Album, Ltd, intermedium records
Otomo Yoshihide & Masahiko Shimada
Miira Ni Naru Made/ My Dear Mummy - German Version
2002, CD, Charhizma, ,
Spoken Word/Experimental
Různí
Platte
2002, LP, S/Sided + Box, Charhizma, Jimmy Draht, ,
Abstract/Noise/Experimental
Neumann* / Krebs*
Rotophormen
2001, CD, Album, Charhizma, Charhizma
Různí
Do You Think That I'll Be Different When You're Through?
2001, 2x CD, ,
Folk Rock/Abstract/Electro/Experimental/Indie Rock
B. Fleischmann / E*Vax
Le Désir / Water To Our Ankles
2000, 7", Single, Ltd, Cle, Audio Dregs, ,
IDM
Různí
Electronic Resistance - A Demo CD
2000, CD, Comp, Weederstand Records, ,
Breakbeat/Abstract/Electro/Downtempo/Experimental
B. Fleischmann
A Choir Of Empty Beds
2000, ,
IDM/Downtempo/Ambient
Ted Milton / Loopspool
Sublime
2000, CD, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Různí
Musikprotokoll Im Steirischen Herbst 98
1999, CD, Comp, ORF
Různí
Das Eigene - Grabenfesttage 1998
1999, CD, Album, Ltd, Extraplatte
B. Fleischmann
Pop Loops For Breakfast
1999, CD, ,
Leftfield/IDM/Downtempo
Elisabeth Schimana And The International Theremin Orchestra
Touchless - The Sensuality Of Music Without Touching
1998, CD, Album, ORF
Danke
Danke
1998, CD, MiniAlbum, Non Food Produktion
Různí
Oars With Ears - Attention: Go!
1998, CD, Album, Respekt Ideenfabrik, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Orchester 33 ⅓*, Peter Hörmanseder
Orchester 33 ⅓ - Ein Film Von Peter Hörmanseder
1998, VHS, rhiz Records, rhiz Records, rhiz Records
Lichtenberg
Music For Refreshing The Systems
1997, CD, Album, Plag Dich Nicht, ,
Drum n Bass/Ambient
Mastalsky
Superstore
1997, CD, Album, Gash Records (2), ,
Alternative Rock
Cpt. Kirk &. / The More Extended Versions
Round About Wyatt
1994, CD, Album, What's So Funny About.., ,
Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Prog Rock
M.G. Firebug
Break
1994, CD, Album, ATS Records,
Jochen Hampl
Living With The Bridge
1992, LP, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Jochen Hampl Self-Released)
Různí
Bad Alchemy Nr 18
1991, Cass, Comp, C45, Bad Alchemy
Maische
In Gold
1990
Různí
New Improvised Music From Buenos Aires
2019, CD, Dig, ESP-Disk'
Různí
Mikroton
2014, CD, Comp, Stereo & Video, ,
Free Jazz/Experimental/Minimal/Abstract
Unlogic Thing
Endless Quest Podcast
2013, File, MP3, Mixed, Not On Label
Mike Shiflet
Secret Thirteen Mix 019
2012, File, MP3, Mixed, 192, Secret Thirteen Journal
Různí
Sonic Fiction: Synaesthetic Videos From Austria
2004, DVD-V, Comp, PAL, Arge Index, ,
Glitch/Experimental/Minimal
Různí
60 Sound Artists Protest The War
2003, CD, Comp, Atak, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Různí
Turning Dreams & Shifting Harbours
2003
ISO68
Here/There Played By
2003
Různí
Do You Think That I'll Be Different When You're Through?
2001, 3x Vinyl, CD CD Rom, Box Set, ,
Electro/Experimental/Minimal
Různí
Electronic Resistance - The Jingles
2000, CD, Comp, Weederstand Records, ,
Abstract/IDM/Electro/Ambient
Různí
Vanité
1996, 7", Comp, Ltd, Num, Red, Syntactic, ,
Abstract/Ambient/Experimental
Různí
Epilogue / Prologue
2018, 2xLP, Comp, Unofficial, Light Sounds Dark