Trackinfo
Strange Weather
A piano track inspired by Heino Eller, Erik Satie and strange weather in Bavaria.
Artwork by Joy Garnett: http://joygarnett.com
Planck Zeit
Took me months to finish this one, but I think it is the most professional and elaborate track I created (status: May 2011) .
Dorn
This was actually a draft I made in about an hour. Then, a month later I finished it within 5 or six hours (that's pretty fast by my standards). Very rough sound with only two synthesizer sounds. It kinda reminds me of the Machete soundtrack.
Healthy Abnormal
This track took almost three months to finish, from first draft to thefinal mix (of course with several long lasting breaks).
It is tuned in c#-minor aeolian and uses b2 an modal interchange note to phrygian in the main lead-line.
It is the first track to use samples from my new East West Choirs Library, which is sure to be in use for many many more tracks due to ist awesome sound.
The bass is in pure tuning. A sample from freesound.org was used here (the distorted sound panned to the right, beginning at 1:37).
Onuris
Naming was inspired due to its agressive and steady-forward sound without any breaks.
This track is based on a rhythmic draft in phrygian with some nice mediantic and modal interchanges.
Enceladus
Based on the same idea as Onuris (phrygian rhythmic pattern) this track was never entirely finished and is just rougly mixed. The metal bass is a quite uncommon sound considering my other musical works.
Linear Mayhem
This was a very simple but fun project. The first two minutes of this pure four-to-the-floor techno rave track are in harmonic minor then I add some chromatic lines and a sligthly different rhythm that creates a little circus-like feeling.
Insprinc Haptbandun [part I]
Title is from the medieval magic spell Merseburger Incantations I, meaning "escape the bonds".
Invar Vigandun [part II]
Title is from the medieval magic spell Merseburger Incantations I, meaning "escape the enemy".
Johann Pachelbel - Chaconne in F minor (live)
Played on the NI massive synthesizer. This piece in f minor was originally written for organ, although the version I am playing is a transcription for piano. If you want to listen to a similar and maybe even better piece, you should listen to his chaconne in D minor. My hands are not wide enough (octave + fifth), that's why I never tried to learn it.
Leuchtkraft
Pure piano piece, begins in the dorian scale, modulates to aeolian and back to dorian. Tuned to the sun-tone (126.2 Hz) and played with the sun-beat 118 bpm.
This tuning supports the magical and transcendental. It is mayhaps the most unfamiliar tuning in music. But just listen and feel for yourself.
Equilibrium
The title is inspired by the movie of the same name. This is a pure piano piece, tuned to the earth tone c# (136,10 Hz) which is also equal to the traditional tuning of the "om" chant. Listen to this if you wish to feel calm, peaceful and connected with nature. This track is written in dorian scale but uses some modal interchanges and mediantic.
There are sheets available on this homepage. Unfortunatelly it is for two players because of its chord-cluster structure.
My intention was not to build a track with a significant melody but one with colourful sound-structures and a steady, pulsating rhythm.
Konstruktiver Pessimismus
Just listen past the boring intro (~20 sec). I consider this to be one of my most innovative/creative tracks so far. And perhaps the most strange track I composed yet (status: january 2010). Basic idea was a two chord progression I played on piano: E as bass + (1, b3, b4, 5) and E as bass + (1, 9, 4, 5). This progression sounds like this: from ultra dark, moody and gloomy to normal dark, moody and blue. ;-)
Evolver Held
Except for the drums, this track was entirely created with the Dave Smith Instruments (DSI) [monophonic] Evolver. The title is a german play on words.
XBass01
One of my oldest 'productions' ever created (2004) using jeskola buzz, a free, very powerful but non-graphic pattern sequencer with loads of virtual synthesizers and effects. I didn't even know how a minor scale was built back then let alone what the ADSR etc. settings for the 303-emulation synth meant.
X02
The oldest track I managed to keep until now. Produced in 2003 using jeskola buzz. Sounds quite funny. ^^