Hans Tammen is a composer/guitarist whose music has been described as an alien world of bizarre textures and a journey through the land of unending sonic operations. He discovers hidden sound properties through means of his modified "Endangered Guitars", interactive software programming, stereo and multichannel sound systems, and by working with the room itself.

Signal To Noise called his works "...a killer tour de force of post-everything guitar damage", All Music Guide recommended him: "...clearly one of the best experimental guitarists to come forward during the 1990s."

The following MPEG-Movies from recent concerts show a range of musical and sonic approaches:
Mexico1 - Mexico2 - Mexico3
Canada1 - Canada2 - Canada3
Baltimore - Issue Project Room

MP3-Audio1 - mechanically prepared electric guitar
MP3-Audio2 - detuned acoustic 12-string
MP3-Audio3 electric guitar w/ electronics
MP3-Audio4 electric guitar w/ Max/MSP

Various works for the LEMUR GuitarBot on DVD for 5.1 Surround Sound, example MPEG-Movie with video processing by Kurt Ralske.

Photos by Jörg Steinmetz.