Munich born CHRISTIAN PROMMER is one of the finest producers and DJs in the German club music scene and far beyond. As a member of FAUNA FLASH (with ROLAND APPEL), TRÜBY TRIO (with RAINER TRÜBY and ROLAND APPEL) as well as VOOM:VOOM (together with PETER KRUDER and ROLAND APPEL) he is responsible for a multitude of album productions, 12inches and remixes which have often challanged the traditional borders between genres and even established whole new genres.

With releases on Compost Records and !K7 as well as countless DJ gigs throughout the world, CHRISTIAN PROMMER has undoubtedly built up a reputation which makes his name a constant mark of quality both in music and production technology.

Up until now only a couple of productions have come out under his own name – mainly a select few remixes he has done for artists such as CRUSADERS, ABDULLAH IBRAHIM, OUTLINES, KOOP und LLAVA.

CHRISTIAN PROMMER’s first 12-inch for Sonar Kollektiv contains a cover version of DERRICK MAY’s Detroit classic Strings Of Life as well as one of his own compositions. Recorded live by drummer WOLFGANG HAFFNER and pianist/keyboardist ROBERTO DIGIOIA (PASSPORT, MARSMOBIL), Strings Of Life has become a pacey acoustic latin jazz number. JAZZANOVA member ALEX BARCK could not let this tune lie, until it came to a point where he was finally able to release it on Sonar Kollektiv. The B-side is a deeper jam built on a straight bass drum beat over which has been layered many keyboard tracks played by ROBERTO DIGIOIA (Minimoog, Piano und Mellotron) and live drums by CHRISTIAN PROMMER himself.

His pseudonym DRUMLESSONS is intentionally ambiguous, leaving it unclear wether it means teaching or learning. CHRISTIAN PROMMER who is undoubtedly a master of his field (or should that be fields?) defines himself as a researcher – someone who is always trying to discover new musical secrets.

And this 12inch is just the pre-cursor to a deeper relationship between CHRISTIAN PROMMER and Sonar Kollektiv. Work is already underway on a full length album...


Hannes Bieger / Dirk Markham