Hans Christian (musician)

Hans Christian (also seen as Hans Christian Reumschüssel and other variations[1]) is a German-born musician and producer now based in the U.S. in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Christian is a multi-instrumentalist (often bass guitar, cello, nyckelharpa, and sarangi, but also balalaika, santoor, sitar, tambura, etc.) usually associated with world music, ethnic fusion, chamber jazz and sometimes new-age music, but who also plays classical music. His solo concerts usually feature the cello, sarangi, sitara, nyckelharpa with a technique called live looping, where he uses a customized system to record and overdub his live playing on stage. His production work includes projects in a range of genres, from classical to bluegrass, folk, rock, and devotional chants. He operates a recording studio in Sturgeon Bay, WI called STUDIO 330 and a record label named Allemande Music.[2]

Since his 1994 debut album, Christian has recorded thirteen solo albums, plus six albums as part of the duo Rasa. Formerly a session musician in Los Angeles in the 1980s, he also collaborated since the 1990s as a guest musician on albums from prominent artists such as experimental pop band Amoeba, alternative world band Vas, singer Krishna Das, and ambient musician Robert Rich. Christian also did technical work (producer, engineer, mastering) for artists such as Jai Uttal, Ancient Future, Habib Khan, Silvia Nakkach, Dave Stringer, Girish, Snatam Kaur, Spring Groove, GuruGanesha Band and many others. He is actively touring as a solo artist in the USA and Germany and has recently toured with the GuruGanesha Band and Spring Groove. Other producers that he collaborates with include Thomas Barquee, Ben Leinbach, Shimshai, and others.

As adjunct faculty/artist in residence with Ubiquity University he has performed as a solo cellist in and around Chartres Cathedral (Chartres, France) for six years (2008-2015) to set the musical framework for week long retreats. He has recorded three live CDs during these retreats (Sancta Camisia, Undefended Heart, All Is Well) and collaborated with faculty member and noted modern mystic Andrew Harvey on a collaboration called Rumi Symphony.

Other noteworthy performances include an appearance in 2013 at the esoteric AMBICON festival, hosted by the record label and radio show Hearts Of Space. Since 2015, Hans is also performing "Sonic Immersions" on gongs and has released one recording called Source that is entirely performed on gongs.

On October 2009, Hans was interviewed at KFAI radio's Sangam program in Minnesota.[3] It is about the formation of RASA, Arati, and the journey with devotional music.