Christian Tschinkel (*1973, Leoben)

A consistent artist who, even after studying psychology and musicology (at the University of Graz) and frequenting seminars in audio engineering, music therapy and sound direction, has no fear of contact with pop music. By dealing with “popacusmatics” (both theoretical and practical), he came to “acousmonautics”, in which he places the music from loudspeakers in a larger context (such as in The Kuiper Belt Project, 2006). He repeatedly reflects on his work in theoretical writings and has been teaching theory and repertoire of electroacoustic music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna since 2021.
Along with Gilbert Handler and the United Loudspeaker Orchestra L.O.V.E.-Machine, he designs the acoustic staging of Herrman Nitsch’s musical works in the Nitsch-Museum, Mistelbach.

THE KUIPER BELT PROJECT (2006, stereo, 73 min)
An imaginary continuation of Gustav Holst’s famous orchestral suite The Planets, which sets some trans-Neptunian objects in the so-called Kuiper Belt at the edge of our solar system to music. In contrast to the general interpretation of astrology, astrological aspects are omitted here, however, certain mythological ritual components flow into these sound files. After all, their program is also derived from the designations of those stars that are usually named after mythological deities of the most diverse earthly cultures, such as Varuna, Ixion, Sedna and others.

source: private material by the composer