Cristian Vogel
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Cristian Vogel is an experimental electronic music
ian.
and moved to England in the mid 1970s. Vogel first began working with electronic compositions in the late 1980s with the Cabbage Head Collective (working with Si Begg
, among others). He attended the University of Sussex
, under the tutorship of Martin Butler (composer)
and Jonathan Harvey (composer)
and graduated with a degree in 20th Century music, suffusing his techno
compositions with influences from musique concrète
and other avant-garde
styles.
In the early 1990s, Vogel issued two EPs on Dave Clarke's Magnetic North Records label, the first of which was the underground success, Infra. After further solo EPs and collaborations with emerging UK techno artists such as Russ Gabriel, Neil Landstrumm and Dave Tarrida, Vogel released his debut full-length, Beginning to Understand, in 1994 on Mille Plateaux
, and subsequently became the first UK techno artist to be signed to Berlin's Tresor Records. He also started the vinyl only label Mosquito with Si Begg
, on which he released both his own music and other artists', and is considered to be one of the main founders of the No-Future collective that was active in Brighton
during the mid-nineties.
In 2001, Vogel moved to Barcelona
, where he set up the Erutufon 5 studio, and later Station 55 Electronic Music Studio. He currently lives and works there, managing Station 55 Records and studio.
In recent years, he has started a number of record labels: Rise Robots Rise (now defunct), Sleep Debt, and Station 55. Whilst these record labels are primarily a vehicle to release his own work, they have also released records for other artists.
Alongside Jamie Lidell
, he formed the group Super Collider
, who released two albums, before Jamie Lidell saw fame with his Warp Records
album Multiply. Cristian Vogel currently sings and plays guitar in his band project Night of the Brain, whilst continuing to maintain a presence on the underground techno scene.
Vogel has been sought after as a remixer and album producer, having worked with artists such as Radiohead
, Maxïmo Park
, Chicks on Speed
, and Thom Yorke
.
Since 2003, he has worked closely with the Swiss choreographer Gilles Jobin :fr:Gilles Jobin, having composed electronic music scores for 5 of his critically acclaimed contemporary dance pieces.
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
ian.
Biography
Cristian Vogel was born in ChileChile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
and moved to England in the mid 1970s. Vogel first began working with electronic compositions in the late 1980s with the Cabbage Head Collective (working with Si Begg
Si Begg
Si Begg is electronic dance music DJ, musician and record producer Simon Begg, from Leicester, England.His music combines elements of Experimental, Downtempo, Breakbeat Ambient, Drum and bass, Turntablism and Jazz. Begg grew up in Leamington Spa and moved to London in 1991...
, among others). He attended the University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
, under the tutorship of Martin Butler (composer)
Martin Butler (composer)
Martin Butler is a musician and composer of classical music. He studied at the University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music...
and Jonathan Harvey (composer)
Jonathan Harvey (composer)
Jonathan Harvey is a British composer. He has held teaching positions at universities and music conservatories in Europe and the USA and is frequently invited to teach in summer schools around the world.-Life:...
and graduated with a degree in 20th Century music, suffusing his techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
compositions with influences from musique concrète
Musique concrète
Musique concrète is a form of electroacoustic music that utilises acousmatic sound as a compositional resource. The compositional material is not restricted to the inclusion of sounds derived from musical instruments or voices, nor to elements traditionally thought of as "musical"...
and other avant-garde
Avant-garde music
Avant-garde music is a term used to characterize music which is thought to be ahead of its time, i.e. containing innovative elements or fusing different genres....
styles.
In the early 1990s, Vogel issued two EPs on Dave Clarke's Magnetic North Records label, the first of which was the underground success, Infra. After further solo EPs and collaborations with emerging UK techno artists such as Russ Gabriel, Neil Landstrumm and Dave Tarrida, Vogel released his debut full-length, Beginning to Understand, in 1994 on Mille Plateaux
Mille Plateaux
Mille Plateaux is an influential electronica record label founded 1993 by Achim Szepanski in Frankfurt, Germany. It is known for mostly releasing minimal techno, glitch music and other experimental electronic music.-History:...
, and subsequently became the first UK techno artist to be signed to Berlin's Tresor Records. He also started the vinyl only label Mosquito with Si Begg
Si Begg
Si Begg is electronic dance music DJ, musician and record producer Simon Begg, from Leicester, England.His music combines elements of Experimental, Downtempo, Breakbeat Ambient, Drum and bass, Turntablism and Jazz. Begg grew up in Leamington Spa and moved to London in 1991...
, on which he released both his own music and other artists', and is considered to be one of the main founders of the No-Future collective that was active in Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
during the mid-nineties.
In 2001, Vogel moved to Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, where he set up the Erutufon 5 studio, and later Station 55 Electronic Music Studio. He currently lives and works there, managing Station 55 Records and studio.
In recent years, he has started a number of record labels: Rise Robots Rise (now defunct), Sleep Debt, and Station 55. Whilst these record labels are primarily a vehicle to release his own work, they have also released records for other artists.
Alongside Jamie Lidell
Jamie Lidell
Jamie Lidell is an English musician and soul singer living in Nashville, United States...
, he formed the group Super Collider
Super Collider (band)
Super_Collider is a collaborative effort between Jamie Lidell and Cristian Vogel that formed in 1998. The duo released two critically acclaimed albums – Head On in 1999, and Raw Digits in 2002 - before their growing solo careers pushed the project on hold for the foreseeable future.This band should...
, who released two albums, before Jamie Lidell saw fame with his Warp Records
Warp Records
Warp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
album Multiply. Cristian Vogel currently sings and plays guitar in his band project Night of the Brain, whilst continuing to maintain a presence on the underground techno scene.
Vogel has been sought after as a remixer and album producer, having worked with artists such as Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
, Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park are a British alternative rock band, formed in 2000. They are signed to Warp Records. The band consists of Paul Smith , Duncan Lloyd , Archis Tiku , Lukas Wooller and Tom English...
, Chicks on Speed
Chicks on Speed
Chicks on Speed is a multi-national musical ensemble, formed in Munich in 1997, when members Melissa Logan, Kiki Moorse and Alex Murray-Leslie met at the Academy of Fine Arts....
, and Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke
Thomas "Thom" Edward Yorke is an English musician who is the lead vocalist and principal songwriter for Radiohead. He mainly plays guitar and piano, but he has also played drums and bass guitar...
.
Since 2003, he has worked closely with the Swiss choreographer Gilles Jobin :fr:Gilles Jobin, having composed electronic music scores for 5 of his critically acclaimed contemporary dance pieces.
Albums
- 1994 - Beginning to Understand (Mille Plateaux)
- 1995 - Absolute Time (Tresor Records)
- 1996 - Specific Momentific (Mille Plateaux)
- 1996 - Body Mapping (Tresor Records)
- 1997 - All Music has come to an End (Tresor Records)
- 1999 - Busca Invisibles (Tresor Records)
- 2000 - Rescate 137 (novamute)
- 2000 - Sing Sweet Software (as Trurl and Klaupacious) (Supremat)
- 2002 - Dungeon Master (Tresor Records)
- 2005 - Station 55 (Novamute)
- 2007 - Double Deux/Delicado - Music for the Creations of Gilles Jobin (Station 55 Records)
- 2007 - The Never Engine (Tresor Records)
- 2010 - Black Swan (Choreographic score for Gilles Jobin, 2009) (Sub RosaSub Rosa (label)Sub Rosa is a record label based in Brussels. The label was established at the end of the ‘80s, and expanded its catalogue in the mid-‘90s through the release of electronic music. Directed by Guy Marc Hinant and Frédéric Walheer, the label has released over 250 titles...
)
EPs
- 1994 - Infra EP (Magnetic North)
- 1994 - Lambda EP (Magnetic North)
- 1994 - Intersync EP (Force Inc)
- 1994 - Narco Synthesis EP (Ferox)
- 1995 - Conscious Arrays EP (Force Inc)
- 1997 - Two fat Downloads 88 EP (Primevil)
- 1999 - Boom Busine EP (Mosquito)
- 2009 - Crust Cloud Chunks EP (Snork Enterprises)
- 2009 - Endless Process EP (Artifexbcn Records)
- 2010 - Time To Feed The Alien EP (Snork Enterprises)
Singles
- 1994 - We equate Machines with Funkiness (Mosquito)
- 1994 - Tales from the Heart (Force Inc)
- 1995 - Defunkt #1 (Solid)
- 1995 - Artists in Charge of Expert Systems (Mosquito)
- 1996 - The Visit: Defunkt #2 (Solid)
- 1996 - Demolish Serious Culture (Sativae)
- 1998 - Defunkt Remixes (Solid)
- 1998 - Syncopate to Generate (Sativae)
- 1999 - General Arrepientase (Tresor)
- 2000 - Whipaspank (Novamute)
- 2001 - Me and My Shadow (Novamute)
- 2005 - 1968.Holes (Novamute)
- 2009 - Crust Cloud Chunks Remixes (Snork Enterprises)
Compositions for Dance
- 2003 - "2-0-0-3" with Clive Jenkins and Franz Treichler/ choreography Gilles Jobin
- 2004 - "Delicado" / choreography Gilles Jobin
- 2005 - "Steakhouse" / choreography Gilles Jobin
- 2006 - "Double Deux" / choreography Gilles Jobin
- 2008 - "Text to Speech" / choreography Gilles Jobin
- 2009 - "Black Swan" / choreography Gilles Jobin
External links
- Cristian Vogel -- official site.
- Cristian Vogel discography at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
.