Alex Buess, born on May 31, 1954, in Basel, Switzerland, was an experimental musician and composer known for his work in improvisation, electronics, and electroacoustic music. He collaborated with various artists including Stephan Wittwer, Paul Schütze, Kevin Martin, Peter Brötzmann, William Parker, Raoul Björkenheim, Toshinori Kondō, Bill Laswell, Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, Tim Hodgkinson, Michael Wertmüller, and Daniel Buess. He played in groups such as Ice, God, Phantom City, The Bug, Sprawl, Cortex, and his own group 16–17. Notable albums included Under The Skin with Ice (1993), Sprawl with Sprawl (1997), Gyatso with 16–17 (1993), The Anatomy of Addiction with God (1994), and Tapping the Conversation with The Bug (1995). Buess received music awards such as the Werkjahre der Musikkreditkommission Basel-Stadt in 1992 and the Robert Thyll-Dürr Stiftung in 1998.
