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What is your greatest joy in improvised music?
The greatest joy is that you can move freely musically - without taboos and restrictions that could come from outside. The freedom also becomes greater and greater - it grows with experience. -
What quality do you most admire in the musicians you perform with?
That's her ability, her musicality - her flexibility but also her humanity...we have to understand each other - I don't mean that we think the same or something - but a basic trust has to be there for me...I have to be an accomplice in certain moments... -
Which historical musician/composer do you admire the most?
That's a difficult question...it's less about admiration - more about recognition of an artistic achievement or position...there are many musicians and composers who I think are very good and who definitely have the potential to inspire me...;-)... -
If you could resurrect a musician to perform with, who would it be?
Urs Voerkel - What would you still like to achieve musically in your life?
More freedom! -
Are you interested in popular music and - if yes - what music/artist do you
particularly like
Yes, I've always been interested in pop music! I like a lot of it! I have CDs and LPs lying around from the following artists: Patty Davis, Jimi Hendrix, The Meters, Wetleg, Geese, Black Midi, Brian Eno, Nadine Shah, Joan as a police woman, St. Vincent, Yoko Ono, Joni Mitchell, The Slits, Unknown Mix, Fela Kuti, Talking Heads.... -
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
My impatience -
Which of your albums are you most proud of?
Well, there's no album that I couldn't stand more...I think everything is pretty good, quite immodestly. I recently listened to one of my first releases. I wanted to check the validity, see if this position and aesthetic was still right for me. I was pleasantly surprised! It's Christoph Gallio // certainty sympathy (1988)... -
Once an album of yours is released, do you still listen to it? And how
often?
No, very rarely. I'm not one of those people who first introduce a guest to their latest record...;-)...I often have trouble listening to myself. In retrospect. Sure, when I'm editing I'm forced to listen to myself and everyone else .... until I can't hear it anymore. -
Which album (from any musician) have you listened to the most in your life?
It sounds cheesy, but I think it's Coltrane Love Supreme - a masterpiece in itself! -
What are you listening to at the moment?
The above pop productions and new music from the late 60s: Cardew, Berio, Kagel, Ferrari, Alois Zimmermann, Lutoslawski, Schnebel, Holliger, Brown, Cage, Stockhausen...also a lot of jazz too… -
What artist outside music inspires you?
Art! The whole Fluxus scene, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, Vallotton, Silvia Bächli, Dieter Roth, Fischli/Weiss, Thomas Schütte, Alex Katz, Friedrich Kuhn, Muz Zeier, woodcuts (Japanese from the Edo period, but also from turn-of-the-century Europe)...and many more!
But also poetry: Gertrude Stein, Friederike Mayröcker, Paul Celan, Robert Filliou etc.
- Christoph Gallio, Dominic Lash, Mark Sanders – Live at Café Oto London (ezz-thetics, 2023)
- Markus Eichenberger and Christoph Gallio – Unison Polyphony (ezz-thetics, 2022)
- Day & Taxi – Run, the Darkness Will Come! (Pergaso, 2021)
- Christoph Gallio – Soziale Musik (Vexer Verlag, 2010)
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