Throughout the 1970s he worked with musicians like pianist Nicole Van Den Plas, drummer Sven-Ake Johansson, bassist Peter Kowald, trumpeter Michael Sell and others in West European free music. In the late '70s, he became interested in punk music and in addition to a regularly-working duo with multi-instrumentalist Heiner Goebbels, he worked in punk/progrock/improvisation/modern composition combos like Cassiber and Gestalt et Jive.
Since moving to Seoul, South Korea in 2001, he has been involved with Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra and his own multi-media projects.
AAJ Contributor Clifford Allen spoke at length with Harth about his career, cross-disciplinary improvisation, living without borders and more.
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