ANDY MOOR

• Improv Trio (Butcher, Matthews, & Moor): Sunday, 6:00PM, Auditorium at Waller Creek

Buy Austin Eye+Ear Passes Online...

Andy Moor began his musical life in Edinburgh, Scotland, playing guitar with the band Dog Faced Hermans, a multi-faceted eclectic group that mixed post-punk energy with traditional tunes and improvisations. In 1990 he moved to the Netherlands to join the Dutch band The Ex, and is still a full-time member of the band. In 1995 he performed his first series of completely improvised concerts as a duet with Terrie Ex. In 1996 he began another group with Tony Buck (Necks), Joe Williamson and Leonid Soybelman (Ne Zhdali) called Kletka Red, fusing traditional Klezmer, Greek and Russian songs with their own frantic styles of playing. In recent years, Andy has involved himself increasingly with the Amsterdam improvisational scene and performs regularly with Magpie Musical Dance Company with Katy Duck. Recent projects include a trio with John Butcher and Thomas Lehn and collaborations with dancers including Katarina Bakatsaki (Body Weather) and Angela Kohnlein. He has begun to play more with electronic musicians in recent years including Kaffe Matthews, Cor Fuhler, Yannis Kyrakides and Colin McLean (Dog Faced Hermans). In the summer of 2000 he composed along with Anna McMichael (New Ensemble) a short soundtrack for Epic, a film by artist Marion Coutts.