Like Watching A Car Wreck

Originally published in ThreeWeeks.

What gives a car a “fascinating sound”? For Christian von Richthofen, the percussionist who destroys vehicles, in rhythm, each night during ‘Auto Auto’, the answer is obvious. “How it’s built, what it’s made of. And of course cheaper cars sound better, because there is not so much material inside,” he says. “Never play on Mercedes or Rolls Royce - they sound like crap.” Less material means more sound from the hammers and electric sander, all the better to perform music from Tchaikovsky to Benny Goodman, with the help of collaborators Rolf Clausen and Kristian Bader.

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