PC naked

Patrick Christensen as Warren Suicide at the 2007 M'era Luna Festival

PC Nackt (* 1975 as Patrick Christensen ) is a musician, composer, producer and performance artist based in Berlin. The connection of sounds and philosophies of popular and experimental music (crossover) are a defining element of his work. Together with his partner Cherie he founded the band "Warren Suicide" and the studio collective "Chez Cherie" in Berlin. He also initiated the orchestral initiative “The String Theory”, where he works as musical director and conductor.

Life and career

Born in 1975 to a Danish dancer, PC Nackt began to compose ballet music and play in bands. At the age of 16 he joined the Federal Jazz Orchestra , followed by a two-year stay at the American Institute of Music in Vienna in 1993.

From 1995 to 1999 he studied jazz guitar and composition at the University of Music in Cologne. In addition to Nackt's intensive engagement with the Cologne jazz / art scene, he also worked in the fields of contemporary dance, theater and recordings. He also toured with various bands, including Linientreu. In 2000 he joined the Nena band, which he accompanied until 2005 as guitarist, co-author and at times also as musical director. During this time, Nena's comeback with two multiple platinum albums as well as a large number of recording sessions with other German pop artists, such as B. Udo Lindenberg or Dendemann .

Nackt has lived in Berlin since 1999, where he began to deal intensively with electronic music. In 2002, together with his partner and painter / VJ / singer Chérie, he founded the electro-punk band Warren Suicide and the “Chez Chérie”, a studio loft for music and art based in Berlin / Neukölln, which has already produced well over 100 albums recorded and dozens of films were set to music (e.g. Tocotronic , Beatsteaks , films by Wim Wenders ), including those produced by Nackt (e.g. Dieter Meier , Apparat , Hans Unstern ).

The collective's main project is the “Berlin String Theory” initiative launched by Ben Lauber and Nackt in 2007, followed by “Göteborg String Theory” in 2010 and “The String Theory” in 2017 - an orchestral project with a large number of Contributors from Germany (including Tocotronic) and Swedish musicians and artists (including The Soundtrack of our Lives ). Nackt toured as a conductor together with José González and the Göteborg String Theory through sold-out concert halls in Europe, in 2014 with the Southern Netherlands Philharmonic through the Netherlands, and from January to March 2017 through Europe and the USA with “The String Theory”. Since 2011 Nackt has been a regular co-producer and co-author of the Berlin musician Sascha Ring aka Apparat , with whom he also went on tour, most recently in 2016 on the Europe-wide “Soundtracks” tour with electronics, strings and the visual artists Transforma.

At the same time he wrote music for various international films and theater productions. His most recent projects include the “Hair” cooperation with the Bremen Philharmonic and the soundtrack for the US film “Equals”, for which Nackt was awarded the Soundtrack Stars Award at the Venice Film Festival together with co-authors Sascha Ring and Dustin O'Halloran has been.

Recently the single "Kalle Llamen" produced by Nackt by the Albanian artist Andrra, released in January 2017, entered the Albanian charts at number 1.

Compositions / works

Film scores

2016 “Wedgetail,” directed by Greg Blakey
2016 “ The Last Pig ”, directed by Aron Lehmann
2015 “Equals”, directed by Drake Doremus
2015 “Fonotune”, director: Fabian Huebner
2014 “Die Klasse”, directed by Ben von Grafenstein
2013 “Traumland”, director: Petra Volpe
2010 " David wants to fly ", director: David Sieveking
2004 “ Land of Plenty ”, directed by Wim Wenders

Music for ballet

2011 “No Gravity” in Aachen - Choreography: Company Irène K
2008 “Adom Modulations”, Tanznacht Berlin -Choreography: Zufit Simon
2007 “Inside / Out”, Muffathalle Munich - Choreography: Katja Wachter
2006 “Pseudocouples” at the Prinzregenten-Theater, Munich -Choreography: Katja Wachter
2000 “Stones are Stones” in Copenhagen - Choreography: Michaela Christensen

Music for theater

2017 “Catastrophic Mood” with Schorsch Cameroon, Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg
2017 “Me are the world” with Schorsch Cameroon, Werk X Vienna

2016 “Paradise Lost” with Schorsch Kamerun at the Basel Opera
2015 “Guts for Fear” - live setting of the Schlingensief film “Menu Total” with 6 trombones from the Stegreif.orchester and electronics in Silent Green / Berlin
2015 “I called for help. Animal screams came back ”with Schorsch Cameroon , Fabian Hinrichs and Nackt am Hebbel am Ufer / Berlin
2014 “Hair” by Galt McDermot, opera for the Bremen Philharmonic, Opera and Citizens Choir and Warren Suicide at the Theater am Goetheplatz, Bremen, director: Robert Lehniger
2014 “The Lion in Winter” by James Goldman, music for electronics and percussion at the Deutsches Theater Berlin, director: Sebastian Hartmann
2013 “The dream of a ridiculous person” by Fjodr Dostojewski, music for 6 trombones and electronica, Central Theater Leipzig, director: Sebastian Hartmann
2012 "Mein Faust" by JWGoethe, music for electronics and grand piano, Central Theater Leipzig, director: Sebastian Hartmann
2010 "Hamlet is dead - no gravity" by Ewald Palmetshofer, music for orchestra, played by members of the Berlin / Göteborg String Theory, Karlsruhe State Theater, director: Florian von Hoermann
2009 “Don Carlos” by Schiller, music for electronics, Staatstheater Karlsruhe, director: Florian von Hoermann
2008 “Transporter” by Kai Ivo Baulitz, music for 12 vinyl record players, Schauspiel Frankfurt, director: Florian von Hoermann
2007 "Das drunken Schiff" by Paul Zech, music for string quartet, Schauspiel Frankfurt, director: Florian von Hoermann

Discography

With Warren Suicide

EP: "World Warren Remixes" ( Shitkatapult )
Album: "World Warren III" ( Shitkatapult )
EP: "What did you do ?!" ( Shitkatapult )
Album: "Requiem for a missing link" ( Shitkatapult )
Album: “The Hello” (Fume Recordings)
CD / DVD release: Mini-album “Warren Suicide” (Fume Recordings)
EP: "Listen to National Radio Stations"
EP: “1” (1st Decade)

As a producer

2017 Andrra: "Paline"
2014 Dieter Meier : "Out Of Chaos"
2013 Unmap: "Pressures"
2013 turning point Snijders : "Last Resistance"
2013 Apparatus : "War and Peace"
2012 Hans Unstern : "The Great Hans Unstern Swindle"
2012 Various Artists: "The Aachen String Theory"
2011 Apparatus : "Devil's Pact"
2010 Various Artists: "The Göteborg String Theory"
2009 Hans Unstern : "Scratch yourself out"
2007 Band of German Girls: "Band of German Girls"

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Warren Suicide. Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
↑ MusicSales DE. Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
↑ The loudest apartment in town . ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed on January 27, 2017]).
↑ With José González - twst. Retrieved January 27, 2017 (English).
↑ apparat on Twitter . In: Twitter . ( twitter.com [accessed January 27, 2017]).
↑ Top Awards | Top Channel | Andra merr created “The Top List” with “Kalle Llamen”. Retrieved January 27, 2017 (American English).

personal data
SURNAME	Naked, PC
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Christensen, Patrick (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German musician, composer, producer and performer
DATE OF BIRTH	1975

[1] Warren Suicide. Retrieved January 27, 2017 .

[2] MusicSales DE. Retrieved January 27, 2017 .

[3] The loudest apartment in town . ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed on January 27, 2017]).

[4] With José González - twst. Retrieved January 27, 2017 (English).

[5] rat on Twitter . In: Twitter . ( twitter.com [accessed January 27, 2017]).

[6] Top Awards | Top Channel | Andra merr created “The Top List” with “Kalle Llamen”. Retrieved January 27, 2017 (American English).