GUITAR DRIVER - EN
Austrian 'extreme guitarist' Karl Ritter was never particularly interested in notated music. "Don't practise, but play" was his credo. He began to pluck at the steel strings when he was a child and later played in Kurt Ostbahn's "Chefpartie", using the pseudonym of Leopold Karasek. His comprehensive journey has led him across both tranquil and harsh landscapes through the use of resonating, electric and western guitars. Currently he is exploring a world of fantastical soundscapes that his guitars produce almost inadvertently: Vibrations, oscillations, feedback loops - all bizarre shapes of fancy.
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GUITAR DRIVER - EN
Karl Ritter is no ordinary guitarist. For the Austrian “extreme guitarist,” music is not a learned craft, but a journey into a world of vibrations, resonances, feedback and extraordinary sounds.
The film follows Karl Ritter for a year, in his everyday life and on stage – from “Weiße Wände” and A...