Since 1989, the Austrian Erste Bank has awarded an annual composition prize to outstanding composers in recognition of their work to date. in 2021, the composer, arranger and software developer Christof Ressi from Villach was honored. Christof Ressi's first album is now available. It contains three works by the young composer: "Short Storie", the composition prize-winning Stuck, recorded by Klangforum Wien under the direction of Tim Anderson, and two other works tim Anderson as well as two further works," Im Anfang war das A" and "Arcadia". Ressi's compositions are a successful crossover: new music in exchange with retro computer sound and Euro-dance - a unique hyper-accelerationist-hauntological glitch-pop aesthetic. Christof Ressi is a composer, arranger, software developer and multimedia artist from Austria. As a composer he works in various fields of music such as contemporary classical, jazz, dance / theater or experimental electronics. Besides writing instrumental music works, he has a great interest in interactive live electronics and audiovisual art and is currently working on a series of pieces exploring the artistic potential of video game programming. He arranges music for all kinds of ensembles and instruments, including big band and orchestra. Together with clarinetist Szilárd Benes, he regularly performs as a duo with both audiovisual compositions and improvisations Compositions as well as improvisations. His music is performed all over the world, e.g. in Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Mexico, Japan, China, the United Kingdom, the USA and South Africa. He has received several awards and his computer music has been presented at international conferences, e.g. at the symposium klingt gut! symposium on sound in Hamburg or NIME - new interfaces for musical expression at Virginia Tech. Ressi was also part of the artistic research project artistic research project GAPPP at the IEM in Graz.