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Christian Dörge

Electro / Experimental / Psychedelic

Munich, Germany

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Christian Dörge (born July 11th, 1969, Hannover, Germany), an avant-garde author, a novelist, essayist and dramatist. His first full-length novel 'Phenomena' was published in 1987, followed by 'Opera', a collection of poems, short storys and theatre experiments, published in 1988 (also known as the Cut-Up epic). Having already formed the ORPHÉE DRAMATIQUES, a theatre company, with actress and long-time muse Nadine Wenzel, Dörge attracted attention as an actor and stage director during the (19)90s; he also continued publishing a string of books (such as 'Gift' in 1993) in this decade. His debut album 'Lycia', setting his literature to music, was released in 1993; he remained active as a spoken word performer ever since. Since 1993 he is also active as singer, songwriter and musician with his projects SYRIA and BORGIA DISCO. In October 2008, Black October-Records released a package of three DÖRGE-CDs - the all-new album 'Lycia. Redux' (with a bonus CD included, containing Dörge's reading of the novel 'Opera'), the re-mastered and expanded 'Antiphon 2.0' and the re-worked and re-mastered version of the double album 'Moldavia'.

For informations about Christian Dörge's work as SYRIA, please visit:
www.virb.com/syria and www.myspace.com/syria2005

For informations about Christian Dörge's work as BORGIA DISCO, please visit:
www.virb.com/borgiadisco and www.myspace.com/borgiadisco2007

For informations about the SYRIA-linked project THE ATOMIC NURSES, please visit:
www.virb.com/theatomicnurses and www.myspace.com/theatomicnurses

Christian Dörge on MySpace: www.myspace.com/christiandoerge

Please visit our shop at www.virb.com/manufaktur

Contact: 2000mascaraColours@web.de

TIMELINE

1987
Aug. Novel 'Phenomena' is published. The book is written in vignettes to create something of a 'morphine structure' - this sweems to make the chapters rather erratic and difficult to read. The title means exactly what the word says: a Phenomena, a dreamlike frozen moment, relating to different perspectives within a larger picture. The edtion was very well received; a planned follow-up remains unfinished.

1988
May. Novel fragments 'Vier Geister in Hamlet' and 'Van Gogh´s unvollendetes Porträt des Königs der Schmerzen' (extracted from the auto-biographical, voluminous 'Paradigma') are published combined in a book entitled 'Inferno'.
Dec. 'Opera', a collection of poems, short storys and theatre experiments, is published.

1989
July. Christian Dörge performs some readings throughout Germany to promote the current releases.

1990
Feb. A further book of poems, 'Automatik', is published.
March. Stage plays 'Eine Selbstspiegelung des Poeten' and 'Das Testament des Orpheus' are published.
April. Stage premiere of 'Eine Selbstspiegelung des Poeten' and 'Das Testament des Orpheus' (both directed by Christian Dörge who also plays the main-characters) in Marburg, Germany.

1991
April. Christian Dörge joins Nadine Wenzel on stage at the 'Off Cameras'-Theatre Festival in Marburg, Germany, performing and directing 'Das Gesicht', a two-person stage play written by Dörge.
May. Christian Dörge performs some readings.
June. After one year of rehearsals and preparartions, stage premiere of 'Das Gefängnis', again written and directed by Christian Dörge.

1992
Nov. Teaming with Oswald Henke (from GOETHE'S ERBEN) and Tilo Wolff (from LACRIMOSA), Christian Dörge prepares recording his debut album 'Lycia'.

1993
Jan. Christian Dörge brings in Troy (from CATASTROPHE BALLET) as a guitar player; the 'Lycia' album is recorded in Bayreuth, Germany and Basel, Switzerland (produced by Dörge).
May. 'Gift', a book of poems and short storys (and also including the novel 'LSD Astronauten mit der Hoffnung auf rationale Scherben'), is published. Christian Dörge embarks on a 24-dates reading tour across Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Aug. Hall Of Sermon/SPV releases 'Lycia'.
Sept. One more book of poems and short storys, 'Lichter von Paris', is published.

1995
Aug. Now teaming with Patrick Sayer (keyboards), Andy Hägler (guitars) and Mala Mukherjee (sharing vocals with Christian Dörge), Christian Dörge is recording the album 'Antiphon'.

1996
Jan. Derriére-Records/SPV releases 'Antiphon' (including a strictly updated version of 'Mystische Rosenmadonna' with vocals performed by Christian Dörge).
Sept. Christian Dörge starts recording a new album (with the working title 'Literatur der Angst') but stops the production after two weeks.

2003
Oct. While touring with his band SYRIA, Christian Dörge starts recording the double album 'Moldavia'.

2004
Nov. Radio Etienne/Zero Defects releases 'Moldavia'.

2005
Jan. Christian Dörge begins working on demos for 'Lycia.Redux'.

2006
Aug. While Recording the SYRIA album 'The Kafka Syndrome', Dörge finishes recordings for 'Lycia.Redux'; the songs remain un-mixed for quite a while.

2007
June. Karen Park is doing the mix-down of 'Lycia.Redux' in a studio in Linköping/Sweden.
July. Christian Dörge is writing and recording two new songs for 'Lycia.Redux' entitled 'Automatik' and 'Kopernikus'.
Sept. Christian Dörge starts re-recording some 'Moldavia' songs for a upcoming re-release of the album.

2008
May. Christian Dörge enters the Parkland-Studio for the recording of five new songs (to be included on 'Antiphon 2.0').
June. Christian Dörge drops the recordings and mixings of 'Lycia.Redux' an re-starts the whole production.
August Christian Dörge finishes the recordings of the 'Antiphon 2.0' extra tracks.
Oct. Black October-Records release the albums 'Lycia. Redux' (with a bonus-cd called 'Opera' included), 'Moldavia' (re-worked and re-mastered) and 'Antiphon 2.0'.
Nov. Re-enterin the studio quickly, Dörge records three new songs: 'Ambient', 'Der Styx fließt bergauf' and 'Rote Schemen kafkaesker Zeit', three tracks originally planned to be part of the original 'Lycia' album in 1993.

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