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Wien33 #7 Christina Ruf

by Christina Ruf

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about

Austrian cellist and composer Christina Ruf was born in Linz and has meanwhile found her home in Denmark. Always on the look for new sounds she reimagines what we usually understand or expect a cello to be. For her project MelloDome she invented an electro-acoustic hybrid-cello which lets the instrument be a sound source but also a loudspeaker – resonance and feedback are welcome and part of the concept. Her 2021 album Estuary consists of seven songs for detuned acoustic cello and invites listeners into an other-worldly realm of sound. On her release Tragbare Leitern (also 2021) Ruf plays a 6-string electric cello in combination with multiple effects, synth and iPad allowing her to dive into a noisier & glitchier sound.

This is the first recording of the series we had to record on two days (3.02. & 31.03.2022). Due to technical issues we were not able to finish the first recording session and finished it almost two months later when Christina Ruf had returned to Vienna.

… how & why:

Several years ago Clemens Radauer witnessed one of Christina’s concerts and her performance enchanted him. The soundscapes she builds up with her instrument are beautiful yet mysterious and instantly triggered images in his head. Since then he followed her career and was always looking forward to her new releases. Luckily she had time (twice) to record a beautiful vinyl for us.

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released October 16, 2022

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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