This article is about the musical group. For the Celtic city, see Worms,
Germany. Borbetomagus are a free improvisation/ noise music group.
Biography Borbetomagus formed in 1979 when saxophone players Jim Sauter
and Don Dietrich joined with electric guitarist Donald Miller. Bass
guitarist Adam Nodelman was briefly a member.
Their aggressive music has been described as "a huge, overpowering,
take-no-prisoners mass of sound." [LINK:
http://www.furious.com/perfect/borbetomagus.html] [1] One extended
technique they use is called "bells together" where Sauter and Dietrich
place the bells (openings) of their saxophones against one other while
playing.
While the core trio listed above has been responsible for most of
Borbetomagus's music, they have collaborated with Swiss circuit bending
duo Voice Crack, Dutch cellist Tristan Honsinger, German double-bassist
Peter Kowald, and othe
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