Coming from the minimalist tradition, Werner Durand is a German-born composer, instrument builder and performer. His music has evolved into a personal style over the years. Inspired by various kinds of
traditional musics and instruments, he started to create his own music and instruments reflecting this. A variety of materials and playing techniques enables him to bring out unusual sounds and with the help of digital delays he can create rich textural and rhythmic pieces, which might recall tribal music from
Africa or the Pacific, but at the same time sounding
experimental or even (post-)
industrial. Werner Durand has collaborated with numerous composers / performers including David Behrman, John Driscoll, Samm Bennett, Fast Forward, David Moss, Muslimgauze,
Henning Christiansen, Dominique Regef, David Maranha,
David Toop & Tom Recchion as well as with visual / sound artists Michaela Kölmel, Andreas Oldörp and Rolf Julius. He was a member of Arnold Dreyblatts Orchestra of Excited Strings from 1990-1997.
See also
Tonaliens (
Amelia Cuni>, Werner Durand,
Robin Hayward, Hilary Jeffery & Ralf Meinz).
