Olaf Rupp
Olaf Rupp (* 1963 in Saarlouis ) is a guitarist in the field of new improvisation music .
Olaf Rupp began playing the guitar at the age of twelve and is a self-taught musician . From 1987 to 1992 he studied linguistics at the University of Saarland . At the beginning of the 1990s he mainly played improvised pop music in duos with drummer Hanno Leichtmann ( EmakBakia ), later with Stephan Mathieu ( Stol ). In 1993 he moved to Berlin, where he met musicians like Rudi Mahall , Paul Lovens , Johannes Bauer , Cecil Taylor , Harri Sjöström and Wolfgang Fuchs . In 1998 he took part in the Total Music Meeting at Butch Morris ' FMP production Conducts Berlin Skyscraper '95 . His first solo album was released in September 1998 on the GROB label in Cologne, followed by the Life Science CD on the FMP label in 1999 and a solo appearance at the Total Music Meeting in 2000 . In 2002 he recorded the album Weird Weapons with bassist Joe Williamson and drummer Tony Buck for the EMANEM label . In 2009 his solo album Whiteout was released on FMP . He also played with Lol Coxhill , Marino Pliakas , Michael Wertmüller , Shoji Hano , John Zorn , Paul Lovens, Martin Schmidt and Thomas Lehn on tours in Russia, Japan and many European countries. He plays in the HDRS quartet with Axel Dörner , Tristan Honsinger and Oliver Steidle .
Rupp's way of keeping the guitar in an upright position is inspired by the Chinese pipa players. He integrated techniques such as rasgueados , tremolos and arpeggios into his playing in order to achieve overtone and cluster effects.
Discography (selection)
- 2002: Scree , acoustic guitar solo, GROB
- 2003: Kernel Panic , with Joe Wiliamson, musica genera
- 2005: Weird Weapons , with Tony Buck and Joe Williamson, EMANEM
- 2008: Noomisso , with Shoji Hano, KOOTOWN-Japan
- 2008: Whiteout , electric guitar solo, Free Music Production
- 2009: The Specter of Genius , with Michael Wertmüller, Jazzwerkstatt Berlin
- 2009: Too much is not enough , Rupp-Pliakas-Wertmüller, Free Music Production
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-141-02327-9 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rupp, Olaf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rupp, Oliver Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German improvisation musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saarlouis |