Original, minimal, ludicrous, playful; these are some words to describe the music of Christian Wolfarth. In any case, his music is very personal.
The centre of his attention is the sound, which is mostly very compact. His music is partly played with extremly reduced material. Christian Wolfarth is going his own way. Few of his eight compositions remind of the original drum set. One piece e.g. is arranged for an old children marching drum and two cymbals, another one for four prepared cymbals; a thirdone is composed for tin and scrap.
The drummer comes from the jazz, just as well as from the contemporary, written and improvised music. He is also regularly working with dancers and actors.
Christian Wolfarth studied with Billy Brooks at the Swiss Jazz School in Berne and with Pierre Favre at the conservatory of Music in Lucerne.
The music was recorded by Andreas Litmanowitsch in the basement of the castle of Fraubrunnen near Berne (Switzerland).
Music to be remembered....

Eine differenzierte Richtung schlägt der Pierre Favre-Schüler Christian Wolfarth ein: der Minimalkünstler in der Rolle des Mediateurs. Sein Spiel fasziniert von Anfang an durch eine originelle Klangsprache und man folgt wie gebannt einem „Hörspiel“ im ureigenen Sinne........es bleibt die Erinnerung an eine höchst ungewöhnliche Reise durch skurille, intelligente Klanglandschaften.
JAZZ PODIUM, Hans-Dieter Vötter