Christian Rønn

Christian Rønn
Also known as Ganga
Born (1969-05-23) 23 May 1969
Origin Denmark
Genres electronic, freeform, industrial rock, ambient drone, Filmmusic
Occupation(s) Composer, Performer, music producer, Songwriter,
Instruments keys, electronics, guitars
Years active 1998–present
Labels Escho, Flinc Music, Wormland White, Kid Recordings
Associated acts Prox, Ganga, Peter Peter, Panser, Petrol,
Website www.christianronn.dk, www.soundcloud.com/flincmusic,www.ganga.dk

Christian Rønn (born May 23, 1969 in Denmark) is a Danish musician and composer of electronic music, industrial rock, ambient drone, free form performance, film music and experimental musical projects beyond trad. genre description.[1] Under the moniker Ganga, Rønn has worked with a number of artists. F.ex. Ingrid Chavez, David McAlmont, Dawn Joseph, Scheherazade Stone, Vanessa Daou, (Once in a While), Nikolaj Grandjean, Helle Chirholm, Annemarie Zimakoff, Claire Ross-Brown (Complexity) and Christos Stylianou. (Be With You) & (The Game)

Since 1998, his musical scores have appeared on more than 24 feature films and documentaries.[1] His downtempo electronic music is primarily written under his moniker Ganga with tracks featured in more than 150 compilations worldwide.[2] As "Ganga", he has released 5 CD albums, 4 EPs and 3 12" LPs. He also works in other musical projects like Petrol with Helle Chirholm and Steen Kyed, as Prox with Jørgen Teller, and in Panser with Peter Schneiderman (Peter Peter) .

Christian Rønns experimental music is primarily to be found on the Prox albums "Evil Babies", "On Off" and the latest vinyl "Life of X" where also the freeform performer and composer Lotte Anker and Skak Snitker contributes.

As part of the project "Film og musik live", Christian Rønn has performed live scores to silent films like Metropolis and The Battleship Potemkin, the latter with the Danish guitarist Peter Peter (Peter Schneidermann). These were well received by the Danish press.[3][4] The new scores were performed 5 times in all on the Danish music festival Roskilde Festival. He also presented a sound installation on Bornholm Art Museum

Discography

(On Escho Record Label)

As Panser

(all on Flinc Music label)

As Ganga
As Petrol (Christian Rønn, Helle Chirholm and Steen Kyed)
As Prox (Jørgen Teller and Christian Rønn)

Film scores

(selective)

References

  1. 1 2 Danish Film Institute website: Filmography of Christian Rønn
  2. ↑ Discogs Ganga page
  3. ↑ AF Søren Vinterberg. "Panserkrydseren Potemkin - Punket panserkrydser er værd at gense" (in Danish). iBYEN.dk. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  4. ↑ Politiken: Punket panserkrydser er værd at gense

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