Cristian Vogel

presents MOTION FRAMES and he is a speaker of conference WorkinProject#3 (Pafiglione Conza, May 6th h.18.30)

Cristian Vogel is a composer and music producer, known for his experimental DJ and

Live performances, electronic music composition and production. Born in Chile 1972

and raised in the UK, he now lives and works in Barcelona. In the early nineties he

studied 20th Century Music at Sussex University, under the tutor-ship of the British

composers, Johnathan Harvey and Martin Butler. Since then, he has recorded many

unique albums, releasing on eminent experimental techno labels such as Tresor

Berlin, Novamute, Mille Plateaux and other underground vinyl labels. Cristian has

been touring worldwide since 1993 as DJ and live improvisation, both as solo artist

and for a period with Jamie Lidell in Super_Collider. Of late, he has been singing and

playing guitar in his song-based band project Night of the Brain. As studio remixer,

he has been invited to reinterpret songs by artists as diverse as Radiohead, Maximo

Park, Thom Yorke, Juan Atkins, Pedro Carneiro among many others. Cristian Vogel’s

producer credits include albums for Chicks On Speed, Cafeneon, Panico, Virus, Las

Perras del Infierno and others. In 2003, Cristian moved into the world of

contemporary dance with the composition of original scores and live soundtracks for

the renowned Swiss choreographer Gilles Jobin. To date, he has collaborated on six

critically acclaimed pieces for Jobin, which have been performed in theatres around

the world, such as Theatre de la Ville in Paris, Spiral in Tokyo and many more. As

well as dance, Cristian has been involved in other art projects with international multimedia

artists – Roland Olbeter’s ’Soundclusters’ for Sonar Barcelona 2003, Artificiel’s

’Bulbes’ for the Montreal museum of Contemporary Art in 2003, Stefan Bruggeman’s

’A Production of Nothing’ in 2005 and ’ 1000 beats 1 beat’ for Pieter-jan Ginckels in

2007. In 2008, Edicioned Minimas published a limited edition book and CDr of his

lyrics and poetry, “9:09″. He has also been behind four independent record labels

over the years, Station 55 Records, Rise Robots Rise Records, Mosquito Records

and Sleep Debt Records, as well as hosting a long running internet community

known as Erutufon. Cristian Vogel is resident producer and mastering engineer at the

Station 55 Electronic Music Studio in Barcelona.