Born: June 12, 1962 Primary Instrument: Guitar
Born 1962 and residing in Gothenburg, Christian Munthe is a Swedish free improviser concentrating on the sonic possibilities offered by an acoustic guitar. Since the 1980’s he has performed/recorded solo as well as with Günter Christmann, Anders Dahl, Patrick Farmer, Mats Gustafsson, Thomas Lehn, Paul Lovens, Phil Minton, Tatsuya Nakatani, Christine Sehnaoui, Roger Turner, Phil Wachsmann, a.o.
UPCOMING:
+duo w. Christine Sehnaoui: Yardangs: cd on Mandorla
+duo w. Mats Gustafsson: Two Slices of Acoustic Car/Raw Kites - Split LP on Oscillation of Pressure Recordings
2010
+solo: 12 Songs: cdr on *for*sake recordings.
+solo: Blowing the Wind: 11 Etudes for the Archtop Acoustic Guitar: cdr on *for*sake recordings.
+compilation: Living Rooms: 2xcdr on *for*sake recordings
+collaboration w. Bon Tan Sui (video): Blowing the Wind: The Video Edition: digital video on Compost and Height. Netrelease, free download.
2008
+Duo w. Anders Dahl: Several Kinds of Ground: cd on tyyfus
+solo: the BACKSIDE suite: cd on tyyfus
+solo: Blowing the wind, 1st Draft, Compost and Height (netrealse, free download)
+trio w. Joel Grip & Tatsuya Nakatani: So it Goes (Live at Geiger): Insubordinations netlabel (free download)
2007
+Dahl-Munthe Duo: "Gammadelta", track on Autumn Tunes, vol. 2 net-compilation on Mandorla (free download)
+Christian Munthe & Roger Turner: OCHE (cd, Kning Disk)
+duo w. Martin Öhman: The sum of any number of zeros... (cdr, electronic musik)
+Dahl-Munthe Duo: "track 3" on GEIGER bootleg 4 (netrelease + cdr, GEIGER)
+Solo: "BACKSIDE suite - prelude" on Spring Praises (netrelease, compilation, MANDORLA)
EARLIER:
+ad hoc combinations: CD 2: tracks 2 & 15, CD 3, track 5, SOUNDS 99 (compilation tripple cd & booklet, Blue Tower Records, 1999)
+VARIO 34 (w. Günter Christmann, Alexander Frangenheim, Mats Gustafsson, Thomas Lehn, Paul Lovens, Christian Munthe): * water writes always in * plural (cd, Concepts of Doing, 1999)
+Two Slices of Acoustic Car (Mats Gustafsson & Christian Munthe): Lennart (cd-single, Blue Tower Records, 1997)
+VARIO 34 (w. Günter Christmann, Alexander Frangenheim, Mats Gustafsson, Thomas Lehn, Paul Lovens, Christian Munthe): VARIO 34 (cd, Blue Tower Records & Edition Explico, 1994)
+Solo, duo & trio (Christian Munthe w. Per-Åke Holmlander, Phil Minton, Raymond Strid, Phil Wachsmann): muntmunt (cd, Blue Tower Records, 1993)
+Two Slices of Acoustic Car & FRIM Big Band: Tracks 1, 2 & 17 on Sounds: contemporary Swedish improvised music (vinyl, 2-LP & booklet, Blue Tower Records, 1989)
+The Try Me Ensemble: "Try Me" on BTHHS 50 (vinyl, EP, limited ed., Blue Tower Records, 1988?).
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