Chris Karrer
Christoph "Chris" Karrer (born 20 January 1947, Kempten, Germany) is a German guitarist and composer. He also plays oud, saxophone and violin. He is known as co-founder of Amon Düül (later participating in the related and much more commercially successful project Amon Düül II) and for his collaboration with Embryo.[1] With his band Amon Düül II he composed film music for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's and Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's film San Domingo (Deutscher Filmpreis 1971 for film music).
Karrer was born in Kempten in Bavaria.
Discography[]
- with Amon Düül
- with Amon Düül II
- with Embryo
Solo[]
- Chris Karrer LP (1980) with Curt Cress
- Dervish Kiss (1994) with Sivan Perwer and Rabih Abou-Khalil
- Sufisticated CD (1996)
- The Mask CD (1997) with Mani Neumeier and Christian Burchard
- Grandezza Mora CD (1999)
Collaborations[]
- Missus Beastly (LP 1970) with Missus Beastly
- Patchwork (CD 1999) with M.T. Wizzard
- 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[]
- ^ 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.
External links[]
Categories:
- German composers
- German guitarists
- German male guitarists
- Living people
- 1947 births