Paul Lovens was born in Aachen, Germany, 6 June 1949. He plays drums, percussion, singing saw, and, in general, various selected and unselected cymbals.

Since 1970 he is one of the most prominent drummer in Europe in the improvised music scene. Being part of the Schlippenbach Trio, since then, he played with musicians such as Cecil Taylor, Günther Christmann, Eugene Chadbourne, Phil Wachsmann, and Jöelle Leandre.

The sound produced by his playing - which is worth to be seen once, at least, can hardly be only said to be accurate, intense, caressful, and precise. He has performed in the same pair of shoes since the 60s and refuses to wear short pants even in the warmest climes.

Together with Paul Lytton, he ran the record label Po Torch since 1976.

An extremely good link to know both about his collaborations and recordings is http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/mlovens.html. another one including projects is http://www.fmp-label.de/freemusicproduction/musiker/lovens.html

Recent titles are: 1998, Swinging the BIM, FMP CD 114/15. Schlippenbach Trio; 1999, Joëlle Léandre Project, Leo LR CD287; 2001, Wellsprings suite, Cadence Jazz Records CJR 1176. Quintet Moderne.

Drummers | 1949 births | Living people

Paul Lovens