CHRISTINE BENZ — Resurrection Volume 1 (growth) (lp 2x12")

Volume 1 - Growth Resurrection is a long-term musical work that has accompanied Christine Benz for almost twenty years. The first track was created in 2007 (track id - Born after Code), with another piece added nearly every year thereafter. Throughout this time, she continued to produce other music while steadily developing her artistic language. Musically, the album moves between minimal techno, ambient and experimental electronic music. Across different phases of her life, Resurrection gradually grew into an archive of her personal and musical evolution. The complete work unfolds as a trilogy across Volumes 1-3. At its core lies her fascination with sound as material. Rather than thinking in terms of conventional melodies, she works with textures, vibrations, and spatial relationships. A small number of elements give rise to complex sonic spaces, where minimal changes can have a profound effect. Mistakes, chance occurrences, and unexpected responses from the systems she uses also become part of the music. Even from chaos, remarkable structures emerge. Whenever unplanned beauty reveals itself, she preserves it as a small “miracle” in which control and chance intertwine. The complete work unfolds across three chapters: Growth, Structure and Resonance, exploring repetition, frequency, perception, consciousness and technological development in the relationship between humans and machines. It moves from origin through the formation of an internal order towards connection and interaction. Volume 1: Growth, draws upon the Fibonacci sequence and the spiral as symbols of natural development, with the music growing through repetition and minimal change into increasingly complex forms. Throughout the project, technology appears as a tool, a partner and a mirror of our perception, raising the question of whether consciousness, responsibility and empathy can evolve alongside technological progress. During the project’s long evolution, Donato Dozzy developed an interest in Christine’s distinctive sound design. In 2021, this led him to propose his own interpretation of Our Determination for Volume 1, subtly reworking the track through his own musical perspective. The artwork developed by Christine also went through a creative process of its own. The original photographs were taken in a basement around 2019, with a wet curtain draped over her. In 2026, she decided to transform this visual world into a moving-image artwork. For the production, a film crew reconstructed the entire setting. The video shoot demanded a great deal from Christine: after several hours beneath the wet curtain, the cold was no longer merely part of the staging. This elaborate creative process gives the artwork its distinctive character and makes it an essential part of Resurrection. The first chapter will be released in November 2026 as a double-vinyl edition housed in a distinctive gatefold sleeve with an inside-out finish, matte varnish, and partial raised spot UV varnish. Two further double-vinyl releases, Structure and Resonance, will complete the trilogy. All three volumes will be released on Pirat Records.Records.