Konrad Sprenger (Jörg Hiller) has collaborated with Dreyblatt on a number of performance and recording projects, including the production of his current Ensemble. He has also been involved in editing and mixing recordings of Dreyblatt's music, including The Adding Machine, Cantaloupe, 2001, Resonant Relations, Cantaloupe, 2005 and Who's Who in Central & East Europe 1933, Tzadik, 2010.

Collaborations with Jim O'Rourke:

Concert:
May 25, 1997,
Lounge Ax Club, Chicago
Arnold Dreyblatt, Excited Strings Bass
Jim O'Rourke, Snare Drum
Kevin Drumm,
David Grubs, Guitars
Maureen Loughnare, Violin
Curated by Jim O'Rourke

Reissue, Remastering:
Nodal Excitation
Original: 1981; Reissue: 1996
Dexter's Cigar, Drag City

Concert:
January 18, 19, 2001
Arnold Dreylatt, Orchestra of Excited Strings
Tony Conrad
Jim O'Rourke
(A Collective set took place)

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The first collaboration with Andy Statman was in 1991 in New York for the recordings which were later included on the CD compilation: 'Haymische Groove' from Extraplatte in Vienna (See Discography).

In 1995 Statman was invited to the 10 Year Berlin Anniversary Concert of The Orchestra of Excited Strings at Podewil in Berlin, where he performed as a guest soloist with the Ensemble.

Podewil, Berlin, 1995
1. Statman Dirge 15:24
2. Statman Basque 4:04

A Music Performance Collaboration on various combinations of modified, self-made and traditional instruments including electric and hawaiian guitars, accordian, piano, violin with voice and electronics.

Performances 1987:
Cologne: Stadtgarten
Bremen: Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst
Braunschweig: Film Fest
Rotterdam: De Unie
Gent: Stichting Logos
Hasselt: Instituut voor Bildende Kunsten
East Berlin: Marienburgerstrasse Festival

De Unie, Rotterdam, 1987
High Life Live

Arnold Dreyblatt - Electronics and Homemade Electric Guitars, Dynamic Gate Processing System
Pierre Berthet - Percussion

I have worked closely with Pierre Berthet since 1989, when we first performed our collaboration "End Correction" at concerts in Holland, Italy and Belgium. Pierre has also performed in my ensemble, "The Orchestra of Excited Strings" from 1991 - 1997 in many concerts throughout Europe and the U.S.A.

End Correction: Performances 1989-89:
Eindoven: Effenar
Groningen: De Salon
Den Haag: Oyvaer Desk
Liege: Summer Festival
Ferrara: Aterforum Festival
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Arnold Dreyblatt: Lap Steel Guitar
Tibor Szemzö: Processed Bass Flute with Feedback

Performances:
1987:Budapest: Theater Skene, Kinizsi Club; Miskolcs: Bartok Akademie, Petrofi Cznarnok
1986: Berlin-Ost: Marienburgerstrasse Musik Festival

Tibor also produced two concerts in Budapest:
1983: Solo Performance, Theater Skene
1986: The Orchestra of Excited Strings, Petrofi Cznarnok

Shelley Hirsch sang with The Orchestra of Excited Strings in my Opera Who's Who in Central & East Europe 1933 in performances from 1991 to 1997 and in music concert situations in the early 90's.

She first improvised her parts with the composed sections, and then fixed them over time.

Theater Spektakel, Zürich, 1997
1. Hirsch Dirge 7:54
2. Hirsch Names 5:42
3. Hirsch Basque 4:20

I first met Ellen Fullman in the late 70's in New York when she was beginning to develop her Long String Insturment. I also remember well her wonderful early song compositions.

I performed with her on a European tour of her instrument in Stuttgart, Amsterdam, Eindhoven and Berlin in 1986 and we often exchanged information on tuning systems and instrument development in the succeeding years.

In 2004, I introduced her to Jörg Hiller (alias Conrad Sprenger) and suggested that they record some of her song compositions from the seventies, along with one of my favorites, "I Ain't Got No Home" from Woody Guthrie, which resulted in the much acclaimed CD, "Ort" on Hiller's Choose Label and a number of live tours.