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Hoffman, Christopher

REX

(Out Of Your Head Records

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Christopher Hoffman-cello

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Label: Out Of Your Head Records
Catalog ID: OOYH 040 CD
Squidco Product Code: 37096

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2026
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardstock Sleeve
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"REX is a solo cello record written and recorded while I�ve been living in the former home of Rex Brasher, a self-taught painter who created over 1,200 watercolors of North American birds. Composed for acoustic and electric cello, the record reflects the solitude and intensity that shaped both Brasher�s vision and my own process. Rex is not a portrait, but an echo�of a person, a place, and a way of seeing the world.

REX is a solo cello record written and recorded while I�ve been living in the former home of Rex Brasher, a self-taught painter who created over 1,200 watercolors of North American birds.

Composed for acoustic and electric cello, the record reflects the solitude and intensity that shaped both Brasher�s vision and my own process. Rex is not a portrait, but an echo�of a person, a place, and a way of seeing the world."-Out Of Your Head

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"Christopher is a cellist, composer, producer, engineer and filmmaker. He currently performs in Henry Threadgill's Pulitzer Prize winning ensemble Zooid, Anat Cohen Tentet, Kenny Warren Trio, Tony Malaby, Michael Blake, Darius Jones and his own projects. He has worked with Martin Scorsese, Yoko Ono, Bleachers, Iron & Wine, Ryan Adams, Marianne Faithfull, Michael Pitt & Pagoda, Marc Ribot, Butch Morris, Lee Konitz, Rudy Royston, Anna Webber, Ryan Scott, Anthony Coleman, Jeremiah Cymerman & many others."

-Christopher Hoffman Website (https://www.christopherhoffman.com/new-page-1)
1/23/2026

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Track Listing:

1. Snow Owls 03:06

2. Buffalo Mountain 02:28

3. The Babbling 02:22

4. Heavy 02:33

5. Saboteur 02:43

6. Spindrift 04:17

7. Rex 03:36

8. Pal 02:10

9. Marie 01:56

10. All Together 02:52

11. Resting Place 02:44

12. Swallowtail Kite 02:42

13. Steer Home 04:29

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