Christian Reiner is a voice actor, singer and performer born in Munich. After studying in Munich & Stuttgart he moved to Berlin and for now has settled in Vienna. Starting his musical career with rock bands he shifted his focus to the recitation of poems, literature and experimental lyrics. He has developed a unique type of performing which includes different vocal techniques: spoken word, (overtone) singing, scatting, screaming, etc. and a portable tape recorder.
He has recorded two solo records on the acclaimed record label ECM and his one of a kind sound has led to cooperations with several different groups on audio plays, theatre, readings, recordings and concerts. On stage Christian Reiner enjoys to work in the context of free improvisation where he can vividly and spontaneously interact with his fellow musicians. 2020 he was artist in resident at the internationally renowned Jazzfestival Saalfelden and performed 5 concerts in 4 days with 12 different musicians – all were improvised
Almost 2 years after the first WIEN33 recording session we continued with the one and only Christian Reiner. He has fascinated Clemens Radauer since the first time he heard him perform with Weisse Wände – a band with Karl Ritter on guitar & Herbert Pirker on drums – and since than he never missed an opportunity to see him perform. His vocal capacity is unbelievable and the plethora of sounds he can produce seem to be never-ending. Christian Rainer is capable of telling abstract short stories illustrated with grunts, screams and whistles which entangle the listener in a dadaistic fairytale.
He recorded on the 29th of February 2020 and improvised during the whole process which resulted in 33 vinyls with 66 unique pieces.
released February 29, 2020
Complete Tracklist:
Vinyl 1: A Kaspar Hauser Lied (Teil 1) – Georg Trakl B Kaspar Hauser Lied (Teil 2) – Georg Trakl
Vinyl 2: A Ernst J – Ernst Jandl B Ernst H – Ernst Herbeck
Vinyl 3: A Katze in Wien – Wolf Wondratschek B Haare, Kein Zucker – Wolf Wondratschek
Vinyl 4: A Raoulito kann fliegen – Wolf Wondratschek B Raoulito kann fliegen – Wolf Wondratschek
Vinyl 5: A Meine Cousine B Erste Frage
Vinyl 6: A Die Luft – Ernst Herbeck B Die Sprache – Ernst Herbeck
Vinyl 7: A Strohalm Bohne Kohle – Gebrüder Grimm B Tintenfisch
Vinyl 8: A Hilti – Episode 1 B Hilti und Herr Pferd
Vinyl 9: A Am Quai von Siracusa – Wolf Wondratschek B Am Quai von Siracusa – Wolf Wondratschek
Vinyl 10: A Tischler B Der Tischler Kuschakov – Daniil Charms
Vinyl 11: A Für Ingmar Bergmann B Die Drogen die Worte, Poliklinik Prag – Ingeborg Bachmann
Vinyl 12: A Blumenladen mit Weltende B Weltende ohne Blumenladen – Else Lasker-Schüler
Vinyl 13: A Der zahme und sprechende Wellensittich B Ein schöner Vogel
Vinyl 14: A Gedicht 1 – Samuel Beckett B Gedicht 2 – Samuel Beckett
Vinyl 15: A Museum 1 B Museum 2
Vinyl 16: A Für Christine Lavant B Heimlich hinter Gottes Rücken
Vinyl 17: A Kein Mensch ist eine Insel – John Donne B Für G.P. – Joseph Brodsky
Vinyl 18: A Krieg der Sterne 1 B Krieg der Sterne 2
Vinyl 19: A Krieg der Sterne 3 B Krieg der Sterne 4
Vinyl 20: A Nebel – Christine Lavant B Zweig – Christine Lavant
Vinyl 21: A Günter B Augenblick
Vinyl 22: A Mein Vorsatz – Friedrich Hölderlin B Hälfte des Lebens – Friedrich Hölderlin
Vinyl 23: A Von Der Realität des Lebens – Friedrich Hölderlin B Übernacht ich im Dorf (an die Schwester) – Friedrich Hölderlin
Vinyl 24: A Wenn über dem Weinstock – Friedrich Hölderlin B Nun versteh ich / Im Walde
Vinyl 25: A Sprechstunde Plosive B Sprechstunde Vokale
Vinyl 26: A Alkohol – Ingeborg Bachmann B Alkohol – Ingeborg Bachmann
Vinyl 27: A Eine Art Verlust – Ingeborg Bachmann B Feiertag 27
Vinyl 28: A Jandl Session Tabak B Herbeck Session Kaffee
Vinyl 29: A Kyrie B Kyrie Nachklang
Vinyl 30: A Und vielleicht. – Ossip Mandlstamm B Dahoam
Vinyl 31: A Gestern…auf der Treppe B Was anderes
Vinyl 32: A An die Parzen / An den Tod eines Kindes – Friedrich Hölderlin B Die Eichbäume / Wenn über dem Weinberg es flammt – Friedrich Hölderlin
Vinyl 33: A Thrilla of Manila 1 – Wolf Wondratschek B Thrilla of Manila 2 – Wolf Wondratschek
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WIEN33 is an ongoing series of direct to vinyl recordings. Artists are invited to record 7 inch vinyls, 33 units and each one by one, making each vinyl one of a kind.
Host is VINYLOGRAPH, a space for live recording that uses a lathe cutting machine built by Natascha Muhić & Christoph Freidhöfer in 2014. They based their design on the technology of recording booths popular in the 1940ies, but improved specific aspects and made the machine fully automatic. Since building the vinylograph a diverse range of vinyls have been cut in the multi-purpose space in the center of the 5th Viennese district – most direct to vinyl and in very limited series. Aras Seyhan is the sound- & recording engineer who is responsible for transporting the sound from the instruments/artists through the vinylograph and onto vinyl. A task that can sometimes be a bit tricky since the machine is a prototype that unfortunately may run into some minor difficulties.
Cut with a lathe-cutter from the 1940ies, the vinyls are mono and have a distinct vintage sound.
The series WIEN33 is curated by Clemens Radauer, a cultural historian and music aficionado, who has been working in the music context for almost 25 years. He invites artist from different backgrounds – from literature, to experimental music to jazz – active in Vienna or close to the Viennese scene.
The artists have full freedom in deciding how and what they want to record… some choose to record one song 33 times and leave the flip-side blank whereas some choose to record 66 different tracks on both sides. Clemens also designs the covers for each recording and decorates them each by hand, making them one of the kind just like every vinyl.
Each recording session has been an amazing, intense and a once-in-a-lifetime experience both for the recording artist and the WIEN33 team. And we are looking forward to many more.
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