IFANAME
IFANAME
Sonig
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2026
Includes Instant Download
LP
25.99
SONIG97-LP / Includes Download Code
Edition of 300 copies
Pre-Order: Available on / around Mar 20th 2026
Incl. VAT plus shipping / Orders from outside the EU are exempt from VAT
Tracklist
1the wind brings dust. 5:18
2time in the sea. anything wild. 8:42
3they grew grey. 5:12
4obedient. as to a dead thing. 13:52
5a dance. never to be altered. 10:40

Mats Gustafsson met Jan St. Werner in Berlin when they both performed with Peter Brötzmann and a group of prolific improvisers. Mats and Jan share a passion for performing not just inside rooms but also with them, activating space and shaping sound via divertion. Mats introduces Johan Berthling who adds complex bass structures to the nervous jitter of Mats’ saxophone & pedals and Werner's digital machinery.

The trio instantly agrees on sound as a physical material which can bend and move anywhere within seconds. With this material they establish musical forms which they immediately dissect and reassemble again. It’s a nervous ride, a hyperactive conversation keen on detail and open to argument. Although IFANAME’s sound is instantly graspable it is also hard to pin down. Nothing seems stable yet it lasts, holds like some kind of catchy glue and disssapears as quickly as it came to life. IFANAME is question and concern. It is music as much as it is movement. It is attention, care, curiosity and disaster. Wherever IFANAME came from there is much more waiting ready to burst and reshape in front and inside of our ears.