Boris Hauf

Multifaceted German-Austrian Experimental Musician and Composer

Austrian multi-intrumentalist, composer, producer and performer born 1974 in London, UK. Boris Hauf plays saxophones, flutes, synths, organ, various computer-based applications, cymbals, bells, rudimentary guitar and sings. He composes for large and small ensembles and writes scores for performance artists, film soundtracks, radio, soloists, video and installation art. He has more than 50 releases on vinyl, CD, tape and online. He initiated and curated the annual composition festival Chicago Sound Map in Chicago and the concert series Playdate in Berlin and lectures at the University of Arts (Universität Der Künste Berlin - UdK) in Berlin. Hauf tours worldwide with a variety of ensembles as well as in various performative contexts and as a solo artist. Current band memberships include Couscous, Clark, Owl & Mack, Next Delusion, The Peeled Eye. As performer and composer he collaborates closely with Choreographers Christina Ciupke, Martin Nachbar, Karen Christopher and many others from the performance context. Boris is the keyboarder/multi-instrumentalist of legendary Austrian rock band Naked Lunch (2). He owns and runs the independent record label Shameless Records (4) and lives in Berlin, Germany.