The Hafler Trio

The Hafler Trio is a conceptual and sound art group that has released numerous albums and CDs in experimental musical styles ranging from electronica, cut-up, ambient, trance, environmental soundscape, musique concrete, electro-acoustic, an

The Hafler Trio is a conceptual and sound art group that has released numerous albums and CDs in experimental musical styles ranging from electronica, cut-up, ambient, trance, environmental soundscape, musique concrete, electro-acoustic, and audio-montage as cinema for the ears from 1986 to present, each of which utilise graphic design and text for contextual juxtaposition with the recordings, as well as having a diverse but concrete philosophical and sometimes quasi-religious framework to place them in.

Despite the name, The Hafler Trio is essentially the work of one man, Andrew M. McKenzie, born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in 1963. McKenzie released his first 7" single at the age of 14, & subsequently formed a punk rock group named Flesh. There have been numerous members and collaborators alongside Andrew M. McKenzie, including Cabaret Voltaire cofounder Chris Watson, Dr. Edward Moolenbeek, Z'ev, Fluxus artist Willem de Ridder, David Tibet (of Current 93), Genesis P-Orridge, Annie Sprinkle, Jónsi Birgisson of Sigur Rós, Michael Gira (of Swans and Angels of Light), Chloe Vevrier, Erla þórarinsdóttir, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, and John Lacey of COUM Transmissions, among many others.