CV:
Olaf Rupp started at the age of twelve as an autodidact to play what might be called today Improvised Music. His way of holding the guitar in an upright position is inspired by chinese Pipa players. He refined some playing techniques like rasgueados, arpeggios and tremolos in such a way that they can be used for overtone and cluster effects to create new, "virtual" sounds. He sometimes describes his music as "analog granular synthesis" or "sonic pointillism" because the intrinsic colour of every note or a group or notes is more important than the melodic or harmonic burden we may or may not put on them. He played among others with Lol Coxhill, Michael Wertmüller, John Zorn, Joe Williamson, Paul Lovens, Butch Morris und Tony Buck. Five solo albums on FMP, GROB and GLIGG.
discography:
AULDLANGSYNE, GLIGG records 2012
OFFROAD CORE, GLIGG records 2012
TINGTINGK, GLIGG records 2012
PHUGURIT, GLIGG records 2012
WEIRD WEAPONS 2, Creative Sources 2011
STRETTO, FMP, 2010
OLJONEK, audiosemantics, 2010
FASANE HULA PUNK, HerbalRec, 2009
TOOMUCHISNOTENOUGH, FMP, 2009
WHITEOUT, solo, FMP, 2009
THE SPECTER OF GENIUS, Jazzwerkstatt, 2009
NOOMISSO, kootown, Japan, 2008
TWELVE�S, setoladimaiale, 2008
FRETBOARD MINER, audiosemantics 2006
WEIRD WEAPONS, emanem 2005
ROSTOCK, meta records 2004
NOBODYS GARDEN, tu-m.com 2004
BERLIN STRINGS (compilation) absinthrecords.com 2003
TENSILE (compilation) Michael Farley 2003
KERNEL PANIC, musica genera 2003
SCREE, GROB 2002
vinyl 7" EP, happyzloty 2002
LIFE SCIENCE, FMP 2000
BEASTIESHOPBEACH, GROB 1999
MAI, SIEBEN 1999
SEPTEMBER, GROB 1998
BEASTIESHOPBEACH, GROB 1998
STOL, Kitty-Yo 1998
BUTCH MORRIS BERLIN SKYSCRAPER, FMP 1998
SEMIPRIMAVISTA, Algen 1996
SILKE ARP BRICHT MINIATUREN, n.UR-KULT 1994
OFFROAD CORE, GLIGG records 2012
TINGTINGK, GLIGG records 2012
PHUGURIT, GLIGG records 2012
WEIRD WEAPONS 2, Creative Sources 2011
STRETTO, FMP, 2010
OLJONEK, audiosemantics, 2010
FASANE HULA PUNK, HerbalRec, 2009
TOOMUCHISNOTENOUGH, FMP, 2009
WHITEOUT, solo, FMP, 2009
THE SPECTER OF GENIUS, Jazzwerkstatt, 2009
NOOMISSO, kootown, Japan, 2008
TWELVE�S, setoladimaiale, 2008
FRETBOARD MINER, audiosemantics 2006
WEIRD WEAPONS, emanem 2005
ROSTOCK, meta records 2004
NOBODYS GARDEN, tu-m.com 2004
BERLIN STRINGS (compilation) absinthrecords.com 2003
TENSILE (compilation) Michael Farley 2003
KERNEL PANIC, musica genera 2003
SCREE, GROB 2002
vinyl 7" EP, happyzloty 2002
LIFE SCIENCE, FMP 2000
BEASTIESHOPBEACH, GROB 1999
MAI, SIEBEN 1999
SEPTEMBER, GROB 1998
BEASTIESHOPBEACH, GROB 1998
STOL, Kitty-Yo 1998
BUTCH MORRIS BERLIN SKYSCRAPER, FMP 1998
SEMIPRIMAVISTA, Algen 1996
SILKE ARP BRICHT MINIATUREN, n.UR-KULT 1994