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===Collaborations===
===Collaborations===
* Missus Beastly (LP 1970) with Missus Beastly<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=13640 | title=Missus Beastly |website = progarchives.com |access-date = 8 January 2024}}</ref>
* Missus Beastly (LP 1970) with Missus Beastly<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=13640 | title=Missus Beastly | website = progarchives.com | access-date = 8 January 2024}}</ref>
* Patchwork (CD 1999) with M. T. Wizzard<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.blick-aktuell.de/Berichte/Slaves-to-the-Rhythm-257699.html | title="Slaves to the Rhythm" | website = blick-aktuell.de | date = 20 March 2017 | language = de | access-date = 8 January 2024}}</ref>
* Patchwork (CD 1999) with M. T. Wizzard
* Dunarobba (LP 2000) with Militia
* Dunarobba (LP 2000) with Militia
* Temporale (CD 2005) with Alhambra
* Temporale (CD 2005) with Alhambra

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Chris Karrer
Three-quarter view of man with strong features, wearing a tigerskin-print headscarf, tied at the back
Chris Karrer, c. 2010
Born(1947-01-20)20 January 1947
Kempten, Bavaria, Germany
Died2 January 2024(2024-01-02) (aged 76)
Occupations
  • Guitarist
  • Oud player
  • Composer
OrganizationsAmon Düül II

Christoph Karrer (20 January 1947 – 2 January 2024) was a German guitarist and composer. He played and recorded with his band Amon Düül II from 1969, with Embryo and as a soloist. He also played saxophone, violin and oud. He was known for writing film scores such as for Syberberg's San Domingo that earned Amon Düül II the Deutscher Filmpreis for film music in 1971.

Biography

Christoph Karrer was born in Kempten, Germany,[1] on 20 January 1947. He played clarinet and saxophone from age 12. After his Abitur he studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.[1][2]

Karrer co-founded, with Peter Leopold, Dieter Serfas and others, the Amon Düül band and commune in 1967, in the spirit of the student movement.[1] Arguments about the musical focus caused him to turn to Amon Düül II[1] which was more successful commercially. Their 1969 debut album was Phallus Dei, which featured "abstract" singing and driving percussion. Karrer was one of the first musicians using the violin for rock music.[3] The group disbanded in the late 1970s.[1]

Karrer also collaboration with Embryo, a band for jazz rock and world music.[1][4] He explored the sounds of the oud and its music inspired by sufism,[2] influenced by Sivan Perwer, Rabih Abou-Khalil and Abdul Wahab who played with him.[3] He later focused on the flamenco guitar.[2][3]

With Amon Düül II, he composed and played film music for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Niklashauser Fart [de] and for Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's film San Domingo, which earned Amon Düül II the Deutscher Filmpreis for film music in 1971.[5]

Karrer died on 2 January 2024 after a COVID-19 infection,[2] at the age of 76.[1][6]

Discography

Solo

Karrer's recordings are held by the German National Library:[7]

Collaborations

  • Missus Beastly (LP 1970) with Missus Beastly[8]
  • Patchwork (CD 1999) with M. T. Wizzard[9]
  • Dunarobba (LP 2000) with Militia
  • Temporale (CD 2005) with Alhambra
  • Fitzcarraldo (CD 2005) with Popol Vuh
  • Portrait (2009) with Uli Trepte
  • PSY (2008) with Guru Guru

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Bayerischer Weltmusiker: Chris Karrer gestorben" (in German). BR. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Wagner, Dirk (3 January 2024). "Tod eines neugierigen Musiksuchers". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Wagner, Christoph (20 February 1995). "Scheibengericht". Die Tageszeitung (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  4. ^ Freeman, Steve; Alan Freeman (1996). The crack in the cosmic egg: encyclopedia of Krautrock, Kosmische musik & other progressive, experimental & electronic musics from Germany. Audion. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-9529506-0-8.
  5. ^ "Antwort der Bundesregierung" (PDF). German Government (in German). 4 May 1977. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Chris Karrer, RIP". Strawberry Bricks. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Publications with Chris Karrer". German National Library (in German). 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Missus Beastly". progarchives.com. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  9. ^ ""Slaves to the Rhythm"". blick-aktuell.de (in German). 20 March 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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