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Christian Eigner

Depeche Mode/Independent

Christian Eigner

About

Paiste Artist Since
July 2021

Nationality
Austria

Main Affiliation
Depeche Mode/Independent

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„Legendary, inspiring, musical and consistent.“

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PAISTE CYMBALS - On Stage with Christian Eigner (Depeche Mode)
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PAISTE CYMBALS - Christian Eigner (Depeche Mode)
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Biography

For drummer, studio musician, composer and producer Christian Eigner, music has been a part of life since he was a small child. Born in 1971, he began drumming at the age of four by learning his favourite music by ear. By age 16 he was already a studio drummer for top Austrian acts and studying jazz drumming at the Vienna Conservatory. In 1995 he moved to London and fell right into session work with some of the top producers and musicians in the studio scene. Two years later he became the first drummer for electronic pop icons Depeche Mode and has been part of the band ever since. His impact on their sound was immediately evident. Since joining, he's embarked on six globe-crossing tours, and co-wrote songs, including "Cover Me", "Poison Heart", "Hole To Feed" and the Grammy-nominated "Suffer Well" from the album "Playing The Angel". In 2007 Eigner founded his own studio in Austria and writes, produces and records on albums and projects for a variety of artists and brands. For Christian his studio and the work he's able to do there is the perfect complement to life on the road. Because his sound is a blend of so many styles and influences, he can use the studio as the perfect playground to truly let the language he has developed over his life-long immersion in music run free. Built fo a musician, who prefers to physically play all his ideas, his setup allows him to take performances from his experimental percussion setup and vault of acoustic instruments and transform them into baselines and arpeggios, sound effects, approximations of the natural world and more. True to his quest for the perfect recorded sound, Christian keeps all his custom drum kits, vintage organs, classic analog synths and selection of traditional folk instruments patched into his recording rig and has refined the sound of his studio-as-instrument to its sonic peak. And with the founding of a new company focusing on music for film, Eigner is ready to expand his practice into the art of the moving image where he can exploit every dimension of his unique creativity to transfor emotion into sound.

Setup Cymbals

Giant Beat «Multifunction»

PST X Swiss Thin Crash
  • Details

    Sizes: 14", 16", 18"
    Volume: Medium
    Weight: Light

    Sound character: Exotic, warm, trashy. Medium range, complex mix. Fast, responsive feel, fairly quick decay. An explosive Crash cymbal with a strong, low wash for unique effects in many styles of music.

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2002 Ride

Formula 602 Classic Medium Ride

PST X Swiss Medium Crash
  • Details

    Sizes: 18", 20"
    Volume: Medium
    Weight: Medium

    Sound character: Aggressive, bright, energetic, trashy. Medium range, complex mix. Responsive feel, explosive attack. Powerful, cutting effect cymbal for exotic accents. A good cymbal for noisy crash riding at higher volume levels.

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Formula 602 Modern Essentials China
  • Details

    Sizes: 18", 22"
    Volume: Medium
    Weight: Medium

    Sound character: Dark, warm, strong, exotic, sizzling, earthy. Wide range, slightly complex and dense mix. Fairly soft, responsive feel. Great for explosive, strong, dark accents. Complex, washy ride sound. A modern China cymbal with a wide spectrum for various musical applications. “The China is nearly smooth”, states Vinnie Colaiuta.

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Formula 602 Classic Thin Crash

Formula 602 Classic Paperthin
  • Details

    Sizes: 16", 18", 20"
    Volume: Soft
    Weight: Light

    Sound character: Warm, silvery, airy with a mystical touch. Medium wide range, fairly complex mix. Very soft, papery feel. Very responsive. A graceful crash cymbal for delicate, sensitive playing with light sticks, brushes, rods and hands. Well suited for mallet rolls.

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PST X Swiss Hats

Formula 602 Classic Medium Hi-Hat
  • Details

    Sizes: 14", 15"
    Volume: Medium
    Weight: Medium

    Sound character: Rich, warm, full, silvery with a light touch. Wide range, fairly complex mix. Soft feel, easy to control. Lively, responsive and warm open sound. Full, precise chick sound. Versatile hi-hat for medium loud settings, perfectly suited for studio applications.

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