Brent Gutzeit

Profile of the performer Brent Gutzeit: Brent Gutzeit is a musician, label owner and instrument designer who lives in Chicago. After graduating from Western Michigan University in 1994 with a degree in sculpture, Gutzeit moved to Japan, where he formed TV Pow with Michael Hartman (later joined by Todd Carter to form current trio line-up). Brent previously met Hartman through Liminal band in Kalamazoo, where they both used to play. After a return to the States and a move to Chicago, TV Pow toured Japan in 1997. Gutzeit started the [l=Boxmedia] label to release music from the growing Chicago improvised music scene as well as musicians from beyond Cook County. BOXmedia called it quits in 2004. A new label, [l=Trust Lost], was started by Gutzeit in 2006, releasing music from such artists as Astro, Spykes, and TV Pow. His third label was called simply Brent Gutzeit Archives ([l=BGA], now defunct) - the catalog includes limited edition CDr releases with Brent's own albums, live recordings, collaborations, etc.



Gutzeit has created many homemade instruments, including a 20 string upright steel bass strung with piano wire and a 3 string instrument strung with 100 foot piano wires.

1. http://kuronekomusic.com/artists/brent-gutzeit-1
2. https://soundcloud.com/egg-farm
3. http://buttererer.tumblr.com/
4. http://www.youtube.com/user/jimmyknuckle
5. http://www.kranky.net/artists/gutzeitb.html