Brent Gutzeit

Brent Gutzeit is a musician, label owner and instrument designer who lives in Chicago. After graduating from Western Michigan University in 1994 with a degree in sculpture, Gutzeit moved to Japan where he formed TV Pow with Michael Hartman. Hartman and Gutzeit had been in a band together called Liminal in Kalamazoo, they were joined by Todd Carter in TV Pow and after a return to the States and a move to Chicago, TV Pow toured Japan in 1997. Gutzeit started the BOXmedia label to release music from the growing Chicago improvised music scene as well as musicians from beyond Cook County. BOXmedia called it quits in 2004. A new label, Trust Lost, was started by Gutzeit in 2006, releasing music from such artists as Astro, Spykes, and TV Pow. Gutzeit has created many homemade instruments, including a 20 string upright steel bass strung with piano wire and a 3 string instrument strung with 100 foot piano wires. Current active projects include : TV Pow, Medium, Stumble - an improvised punk band featuring Gutzeit on guitar and vocals, Michael Zerang on drums and Fred Lonberg-Holm on bass and vocals.