Audio Teaser for my orchestral piece "Doktrin der Ruhe" (Doctrine of Calmness) produced entirely with virtual instruments which is premiered in on the 27th of Octobre 2012 with the Hamburger Symphoniker orchestra.
It's a 40-minute long composition for symphony orchestra, sampler and live electronics.

It'll be fun, I'm almost finished with writing out all the parts, an insane amount of work...

Minimal Nightmare Video Trailer

After meeting with the video artist for Minimal Nightmare - Aron Kitzig - today, we decided to publish a little teaser:

Minimal Nightmare Live

The first project Minimal Nightmare of my artist-in-residence with the Hamburger Symphoniker-orchestra has now been composed and arranged, rehearsals are starting this week, first with the band featuring Christian Weidner on Altosax, Ketan Bhatti on drums/percussion, Hannes Hüfken on bass, myself doing the live-electronics/synths/samplers and conducting and then at the end of August we will all meet in Hamburg, 16 string players from the orchestra, the band, myself and the video artist Aron Kitzig and bring this act together.

The gig is open air in a very special environment:
Cemetery Hamburg-Ohlsdorf at 10 pm on Septembre 1st - don't miss it!

Here is a little Audio Teaser produced with virtual/sampled instruments, to hear the real thing you'll have to attend the live concert.

Here is an interview I did with AAS who released my second soundset for a synthesizer named Chromaphone today.
The interview is also about my life and music in general so it could be of interest to a broader audience.

Artist in Residence...

During the next season beginning in Septembre 2012 my brother Markus and I will be artists in residence with the Hamburger Symphoniker-orchestra. Since 2 months I am composing a big orchestral piece which will be premiered on Octobre 27. It will be combining the orchestra with live-electronics and a sampler player. It's my first piece for big orchestra and I am really excited about this as a strong wish is finally becoming reality.
The first project for me though is being staged open air on Septembre 1st, music from my album Minimal Nightmare and some new pieces arranged and extended for a 4-piece band (including myself) and string orchestra with players from the orchestra. The band will feature Christian Weidner on Alto Sax, Ketan Bhatti on drums and Hannes Huefken on electric bass.
Then there will be a sound-installation including some orchestral live-musicians and a project with an actress (my wife Andrea), an actor (my old friend David Bennent), a great singer (Katja Stuber), two musicians from the orchestra and some live-electronics.
For next year I will be writing a Flugelhorn-concerto for my brother Markus (whose Flugelhorn playing I've always adored) and a chamber ensemble mainly including brass and wind instruments, myself again contributing some live-electronics.

Lot's of stuff to write and explore....

Progressions

Another track of the moment: Progressions

New track: Drowned

Here is a new track from the more hidden regions of my brain...

Minimal Nightmare

I just released my album Minimal Nightmare - 9 tracks of dark ambient music and soundscpes inspired by dreams and recent experiences.
Merry Christmas!

New track: Minimal Nightmare

I am more and more attracted by minimalism and reductiveness - this track was created out of the blue today, the voices you here are white russian border guards who extracted us from a train on the border to the Ukraine because we didn't have transit visas...that was back in April during our film odyssey through Russia and other countries.

Album release: Non-Stop Ambient Flight Vol. 1

I just release a compilation of ambient electronic soundscapes and music, here is what I wrote in the release notes:

This album will take you on a fantastic journey into ambient electronic music and soundscapes. Originally produced as demos for Simons sounddesigning platform patchpool.de, carefully remastered and mixed, this first compilation of soundscapes is one of a kind triggering a wide range of emotions and states of mind. Just sit back in a comfortable chair, turn your stereo system up to a comfortable level or choose some high quality headphones and fly away. The album has no pauses, all tracks blend into each other in order not to disrupt the flow of your imagination.

And here is the widget: