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, Steen Kyed, Annemarie Zimakoff, Hanne Boel, 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 200 compilations worldwide.[2] As "Ganga", he has released 7 CD albums, 4 EPs and 3 12" LPs. As a solo-artist, under his own name, he has released "Timecharged Maneuvers" and "Broken Air". Both on the danish label Insula Music. Other notable projects are Petrol with Helle Chirholm and Steen Kyed, Prox with Jørgen Teller, Panser with Peter Schneiderman (Peter Peter).

The releases with experimental music is primarily to be found on the releases "Timecharged Maneuvers", "Broken Air" and the "Prox albums "Evil Babies", "On Off" and "Life of X" which features Lotte Anker and Skak Snitker.

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.

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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