John Eckhardt is a modern hunter- gatherer of all things bass. For nearly three decades, he has been constantly involved in the creation of today’s music, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary projects dedicated to themes of ecology, evolution and diversity. As an acoustic and electric bassist, he has developed a branching narrative of solo work, while Klangforum Wien and the Ensembles Modern, Musikfabrik and Resonanz are among his many frequent ensemble collaborators in compositional music. He premiered hundreds of new compositions and recorded on over 40 albums on labels such as Touch, Mode, Kairos, ACT and his own imprint, Depth of Field music. John Eckhardt performed extensively throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas, and worked with Pierre Boulez, Helmut Lachenmann, Evan Parker, Eric Schaefer, Peter Evans and Peter Brotzmann, as well as with an expansive field of the next generation’s new blood. He has published a series of internationally acclaimed solo releases as one of a kind art editions, and employs bass instruments to probe room acoustics, landscapes and histories in sound installations. Like his Basswald DJ podcast, his work under the monikers Fatwires and Forresta is dedicated to experimental sound system culture. In addition, his passion for photography has fed into his work as well. Next to frequent masterclasses, John Eckhardt teaches improvisation at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.