He first came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986) and the band Gush (started in 1988). He has later played widely with musicians such as Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, Paul Lovens, Barry Guy, Yoshimi P-We, Derek Bailey, Magnus Broo, Otomo Yoshihide, Jim O'Rourke, Thomas Lehn, Evan Parker, Misha Mengelberg, Zu, The Ex, Sonic Youth and many others.

Since the early 1990s, Mats Gustafsson has been a regular visitor to the U.S., forming a particular affinity with Chicago musicians such as Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang and Ken Vandermark and recording for the city's OkkaDisk label.

In addition to projects with musicians, Mats Gustafsson has worked extensively with artists from the worlds of dance, theatre, poetry and painting as well as curating one of the most interesting jazz festivals around.  ref

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mats_Gustafsson

The Perspectives 2009 festival is organized by the non-profit organisation Nya Perspektiv in cooperation with Rikskonserter and with financial support from the National Council for Cultural Affairs, city of Västerås, Västerås & Co, Västmanlandsmusiken, Landstinget Västmanland, Länsstyrelsen i Västmanlands Län, Helge Ax: son Johnson Foundation. More information about the contributors here

The festivals were not indented to be a successful commercially attempt but to be self-supportive. 

Nya Perspektiv also arranges a Tuesday Music Club In Västerås at Culturen offering a variety of creative music to Västerås and nearby cities. 

Producer and chairman for Nya Perspektiv is: Lennart Nilsson

Co-producers at Nya Perspektiv are: Thomas Gunillasson, Tomas Nygren and Jennifer Espling

www.nyaperspektiv.se