Chris Abrahams

Chris Abrahams ( born April 9, 1961 in Oamaru, New Zealand as Christopher Robert Lionel Abrahams ) is a film composer and pianist and keyboardist, who has emerged especially in the modern jazz and improvised music.

Life and work

Abraham, who grew up in Sydney, first played jazz with Mark Simmonds ' Freeboppers and The Keys Music Orchestra. In 1982 he founded The Benders; he was then a member of the Australian band The Sparklers and The Necks; He has also worked with Peter Blakeley, Jackie and Ed Kuepper Orszaczky. Since 1985 he has recorded several solo albums. As a studio musician, he was active in The Church, Stephen Cummings, Midnight Oil, Margareth Kammerer, Laughing Clowns and Silverchair. In recent years he is still performed with musicians such as Jon Rose, Burkhard Beins, Sabine Vogel, Kai Fagaschinski or Mike Cooper and the ensembles Hammer River and The Somnambulist (Album Sophia Losses); Andrea Belfi and David Toop, he performed in London.

Abraham has written and produced soundtracks for several films and documentaries; his music for Australian film The Tender Hook 2008 was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Film Music.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Piano ( Hot, 1985)
• Walk ( Hot, 1986)
• Glow ( Vegetable 2001)
• Streaming ( Vegetable 2003)
• Thrown ( Room40 2005)
• The Tender Hook Soundtrack ( Vitamin Records, 2008)
• Play Scar ( Room40, 2010)

• Jon Rose, Chris Abrahams, Clayton Thomas Artery (2003)
• Chris Abrahams / Mike Cooper Oceanic Feeling Like ( Room40, 2008)
• Hammer River ( with Christof short man, Tobias Delius, Clayton Thomas, Werner Dafeldecker, Tony Buck, Clare Cooper; Mikroton 2010)