Christopher Chaplin Patriarchs Concert

Christopher James Chaplin is a British composer and experimental artist, and he has carved a unique path in the avant-garde music scene. With a background in piano studies in Vevey, Switzerland, he later made his way to London during the early 1980s, where he began to explore the boundaries of sound and composition.
 

In 2009, he was invited by Michael Martinek and Fabrique Records to work with the artist Kava on ‘Seven Echoes’ (2010) – a concept album released and first presented live at the Art Brut museum gugging in Lower Austria. There he encountered a pioneer of electronic music, Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Cluster, Harmonia), who later invited him to participate in a BBC Radio 3 ‘Late Junction’ live session.

The result of this collaboration led to another album ‘King of Hearts’ (2012). In the following years, Chaplin and Roedelius performed all over the world: mostly improvised performances with Roedelius on piano and electronics and Chaplin on synthesizers and orchestral samples.

In October 2016, Chaplin’s first solo album ‘Je suis le Ténébreux’, featuring Hans Joachim Roedelius, Christine Roedelius, Claudia Schumann, and Judith Chema. In 2018, he released ‘Paradise Lost’ loosely based on John Milton’s poem, and it featured tenor Nathan Vale and a text written and read by artist Leslie Winer.

In 2020 his third solo album ‘M’ was released, featuring guest artist Finley Quayle, Austrian musician Mira Lu Kovavs and French performer Aurelia Thierree. In 2022 ‘Patriarchs’ was released consisting of ten tracks based on the ten antediluvian patriarchs: from Adam to Noah.

His most recent release was 2024's 'Door 1 Door 2' with the vocal support of Carmen Alt-Chaplin, bass singer Tassos Apostolou and the soprano Michela Varvaro.

In addition to his solo studio recordings, Chaplin has continued to perform numerous collaborative and improvised live shows with Hans-Joachim Roedelius and other artists including Andrew Heath, CM  von Haussswolff, Tim Story and the Icelandic electronic music trio Stereo Hypnosis. Based on these live improvisations, the ambient albums ‘Triptych in Blue’ (2017), ‘Bjarmi’ (2018), and ‘Zurufe’ were released.

Links of interest:
https://fabrique.at/artist/christopher-chaplin/
https://www.youtube.com/@CJChaplinMusic