Otto Willberg plays various bass instruments, mostly with strings. Solo, Otto performs unashamedly melodic improvisational workouts created almost entirely with heavily filtered bass harmonica and electric bass. Strangely abstracted funk and fusion, a blend of the abstruse and immediate. silky smooth, luxurious, odd and compelling, “like listening to Eberhard Weber through a drainpipe”.
Otto is often heard on acoustic and electric bass with Laurie Tompkins (Yes Indeed) and Charles Hayward (Abstract Concrete//This Heat), His solo releases have ranged from extended technique double bass to explorations of the acoustics of a 19th century artillery fort, and most recently ‘The Leisure Principle’ released on Black Truffle records.
As an improvisor, he has worked with musicians such as Pat Thomas, Evan Parker, Hannah Marshall, Steve Noble, Alex Ward, Yoni Silver, and many more.
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