Chris Karrer

Christoph Karrer ( born January 20, 1947 in Kempten ( Allgäu) ) is a German musician and composer. He is a founding member of Amon Düül and known for its association with embryo and Ernst Fuchs. He plays guitar, oud, violin and saxophone.

Life and work

Karrer began playing at age twelve banjo and soprano saxophone. After he attained university entrance at boarding school in Marktoberdorf, he went to study at the Art Academy in Munich. In 1967 he founded with Peter Leopold, Dieter Serfas and other band Amon Düül. With his band, Amon Düül II, Karrer occurred in 1970 at the legendary Beat-Club.

Discography

• Amon Düül Amon Düül see
• With embryo embryo see

Solo

• Chris Karrer LP 1980 Curt Cress et al
• Dervish Kiss CD in 1994 with Rabih Abou- Khalil and Şivan Perwer
• Sufisticated CD 1996
• The Mask CD 1997 Mani Neumeier and Christian Burchard
• Grandezza Mora CD 1999

With other

• Missus Beastly LP 1969
• Be quiet, I knew I LP 1981 Popol Vuh
• Dunarobba CD 1990 Militia Blaine L. Reininger and
• Humunculus 1-4 CD 1995 Peter Frohmader
• Space Explosion CD 1998 Space Explosion
• Patchwork with M T Wizard CD 1999 ( Casino Records)
• Alawio CD 2003 Microcosm
• Fitzcarraldo (Soundtrack) CD 2005 with Popol Vuh
• Temporal CD 2005 with Alhambra
• Multiphonic Music CD 2006 with Uli Trepte
• Psy CD 2008 Guru Guru
• Portrait with Uli Trepte CD 2009

Filmography

• Beat Club (1970 ) with Amon Düül 2
• Amon Düül phallus plays Dei (1969 ) on DVD 2005 published
• The Niklashausen Fart (1970 ) film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• San Domingo ( 1970) film by Hans -Jürgen Syberberg ( German Film Award 1971) for film music
• Krautrock Meeting ( 2005) recording a Rockpalast concert 2004 AD2 among others 2DVD

Reference

• Freeman, Steve; Alan Freeman (1996). The crack in the cosmic egg: encyclopedia of Krautrock, Cosmic music & other progressive, experimental & electronic musics from Germany. Audion. p. 112 ISBN 9,780,952,950,608th