Christian Löffler

Christian Löffler (born in Greifswald) is a German musician who plays a mix of techno, deep house, ambient, and electronic. As of , he has released six studio albums.

Biography Löffler was born in Greifswald, in the former East Germany, and he lives in Graal-Müritz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Music In his youth, Löffler began working on music and had his first performances in the Greifswald area. He started recording ambient sounds and noises from nature (known as field recordings), which he then processed on a drum machine.

A Forest (2012) and Mare (2016) For the work on his debut album A Forest, released in 2012, Löffler retreated to Usedom for three months. The album features collaborations with various vocalists; the song Swift Code also includes a collaboration with writer Marcus Roloff.

Graal (2019) and Lys (2020) In April 2019, Christian Löffler initially released his third album Graal (Prologue), followed in March 2020 by his fourth album Lys. On Lys (Danish for "light"), Löffler collaborated with singers Josephine Philip and Mona Steinwidder, the latter of whom also frequently performs as a singer at Löffler's live shows. With Lys, Löffler entered the German album charts for the first time.

Parallels: Shellac Reworks (2021) and A Life (2024)

Löffler's subsequent album Parallels: Shellac Reworks, 2021, was created during the COVID-19 pandemic, when he was unable to perform live. German classical music label Deutsche Grammophon offered Löffler access to shellac records from the label's archive to reinterpret the music works of the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods in his own style. The album, released by Deutsche Grammophon, includes adaptations of works by Beethoven, Bach, Wagner, Chopin, Smetana, and Bizet.

In 2022, Löffler performed Parallels at the BBC After Dark Festival at The Sage Gateshead with the Royal Northern Sinfonia chamber orchestra.

Live performance Löffler tours for over three months per year, performing his compositions. He has a global audience and has previously performed in Europe, the United States, and Japan. Musikexpress compared Löffler's music to that of Erik Satie. "Instead of making pop for the club, Christian Löffler from Greifswald does exactly the opposite. He programs house tracks that could be declared as—largely instrumental—introspective pop. [...] House as a backdrop for contemplation and introspection is also possible, as shown by Hamburg musicians Lawrence or Pantha du Prince before Löffler. 'A Forest,' which shares its title with an early hit by the band The Cure, is already a classic of contemplative house." – Tim Caspar Boehme, Der Spiegel

Faze Magazine writes in their Records of the Month column for May 2024, Löffler positions himself with his album A Life "very consciously and clearly against the technical possibilities of AI and for human creativity as something profound and unique." The titles are "moody, expressive" and "a statement that music is much more than just a product."

AllMusic's Liam Martin describes Löffler's works as "emotionally charged, melancholic music that feels isolated yet strangely appealing."

Discography Title Album details Peak chart position GER A Forest 2012, Ki Records – Mare 2016, Ki Records – Graal (Prologue) 2019, Ki Records – Lys 2020, Ki Records 89 Parallels: Shellac Reworks 2021, Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Music 78 A Life 2024, Ki Records – Until We Meet Again 2026, Ki Records –

Singles and EPs 2008: A Hundred Lights (Orphanear) 2009: Heights (Ki Records) 2010: Raise (c.sides) 2011: Baltic Sea (feat. Steffen Kirchhoff; Ki Records) 2012: Aspen (Ki Records) 2014: All Comes (Ki Records) 2014: Young Alaska (Ki Records) 2015: York (20:20 Vision) 2015: Lost (Just This) 2016: Wilderness (feat. Mohna; Ki Records) 2016: Licht (Ki Records) 2016: Reubin (Ki Records) 2017: Haul (feat. Mohna; Ki Records) 2017: Haul (feat. Blackout Problems; Ki Records) 2019: Graal (Prologue) [Remixes] (Ki Records) 2020: Ronda (Cercle Records) 2022: Solo (Ki Records) 2022: Fjäll (feat. Fejká; Ki Records) 2022: New Fires (feat. Henry Green; Ki Records) 2023: Envy (feat. Mogli; Ki Records) 2023: Brave (Ki Records) 2023: Roused (feat. Malou; Ki Records) 2024: Ease (Ki Records) 2024: Portals (feat. Mogli; Ki Records) 2024: When Everything Was New (Ki Records) 2024: Felt (feat. Henry Green, Ki Records)