Christian Imhof

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Christian Imhof aka Chris Bluemoon (born March 11, 1988 in Jenaz ) is a Swiss musician , author and journalist from Prättigau .

Life

Christian Imhof grew up in Prättigau.

Imhof works full-time as a freelance journalist for the newspapers “ Liechtensteiner Vaterland ”, “ Werdenberger & Obertoggenburger ”, “Lie: Zeit”, “DieOstschweiz” and “ Sarganserländer ”. Since June 2019 he has also been editor-in-chief, founder and publisher of the online magazine “Qultur”. Imhof is married and lives in Untervaz.

music

Imhof was a member of the meanwhile defunct bands “Virus of the Cactus”, “Godless Creation”, “Insomnia Rain”, and producer of the “Bock uf Rock”, “Bock uf Rap” and “Bock uf Metal” compilations, the appeared on his label Bluemoon Musix Productions . Since 2011 he has appeared as a solo artist under the pseudonym "Chris Bluemoon", which is derived from the phrase "Once in a bluemoon". For the first time, his musical activities attracted greater media attention through the publication of various compilations from 2008. Bluemoon made the jump into the hit parade for the first time in November 2018 with his third solo album “ZooM”, which entered the official Swiss hit parade at number 24.

In 2019 Imhof won the competition for professional cultural creation in the canton of Graubünden.

literature

As Chris Bluemoon, Imhof has published two books so far. While his first work “The End of Longing” was self-published in 2011, the Driftwood Verlag in Chur officially published his adventure book “20 ​​dreams to 30”.

Discography as a producer

  • 6 compilations “Bock uf Rock”, 2008–2013;
  • 2 compilations “Bock uf Rap”, 2011, 2012;
  • 1 compilation «Bock uf Metal», 2012

Discography as a musician

Artists albums

  • "Godless Creation - Something new" (2007)
  • "Virus of the Cactus - Sorry for that" (2010)
  • "Insomnia Rain - Black Dog" (2012)
  • "Insomnia Rain - Drowning" (2015)

Albums as a solo artist

  • "Chris Bluemoon - Mondladig" (2013)
  • "Chris Bluemoon - Resident Evil" (2013) (Single)
  • "Chris Bluemoon - Gahng hai" (2013) (Single)
  • "Chris Bluemoon - Dark Blue" (2015)
  • "Chris Bluemoon - ZooM" (2018) (# 24 in the official Swiss hit parade)

Books

  • "Chris Bluemoon - The End of Longing" (2011)
  • "Chris Bluemoon - 20 dreams to 30" (2019)

Prices

  • 2019: Work contribution from the Canton of Graubünden.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Imhof - authors. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Qultur: New digital magazine for culture and society. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
  3. ↑ www.qultur.ch: Team | Qultur - your daily interlude. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Biography on mx3 ( The Swiss Music Portal ), accessed on February 19, 2020.
  5. ↑ Chris Bluemoon - Zoom - hitparade.ch. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
  6. ^ Canton of Graubünden: Winner competition for professional cultural creation. In: www.gr.ch. Retrieved February 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Imhof, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bluemoon, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Jenaz