Burkhard Beins,born 1964 in Lower Saxony, lives in Berlin since 1995. As a composer/

performer, working in the non-academic fields of experimental music, he is known for his

widely abstracted use of percussion instruments in combination with found objects and small

electric devices. Since the late 1980's he is performing at internationally renowned venues

and festivals throughout Europe and overseas as diverse as the LMC Festival (London), SKIF

(St. Petersburg), Donaueschinger Musiktage, Musique Action (Nancy), ZKM (Karlsruhe), Gaudeamus

Festival (Amsterdam), Taktlos (CH), Computing Music (Cologne), MoMA (New York), or Maerzmusik

(Berlin). He is a member of groups like Perlonex, Activity Center, Polwechsel, Trio Sowari,

Phosphor, BBB and The Sealed Knot, and also works with Keith Rowe, Sven-Åke Johansson, Phil

Minton, Orm Finnendahl, John Tilbury, Charlemagne Palestine and many others. Meanwhile he

has released more than 30 CDs and LPs on labels like 2:13 Music, Zarek, Erstwhile, Hat Hut,

Potlatch, Absinth or Confront. His first Solo-CD "Disco Prova" has been released in 2007 and

combines field recordings and percussion material with digital multitracking.