In which I perform a composition on battery powered test equipment, pedals and a four track cassette recorder.
This track stems from many ideas - the first inspiration was my visit to Willem Twee studios and their beautiful setup of sine wave oscillators, with which its possible to create all kinds of amazing tone clusters. It gave me the idea of trying a minimal take on that tech...
In which I demonstrate the beauty of what have been called the "Stradivaris of toy pianos", the instruments by Michelsonne. From the tiny one octave model, to the 25 and 37 keys versions, Michelsonne are special toy pianos in my collection. They have the most playable action, don't detune that much over and have the cleanest, yet emotional sound. They are very likely the finest crafted to...
2020-02-03 14:36:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks for all your questions! The new thread for February is already stickied, looking forward to the next one!
2020-01-30 16:34:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to you, instead of searching for gigs to play I took two excursions to visit interesting artists and places on my Netherlands tour - this is the first one. I have so many more planned, and with your support I will hopefully able to archive them all.
2020-01-27 14:44:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is something I filmed for the toy piano series last year but felt nice to be released on its own. I read up on John Cage and listening again, so there is no talking in this one.
2020-01-24 10:55:41 +0000 UTC View Post
In which I talk about the sound pack for the Audiodamage Quanta Granular Synthesizer I made from test equipment sounds.
Chris Randall saw my video on the Princeton Applied Research 124A Lock-In Amplifier and was impressed: he asked me if I could da pack on basis of that machine for their synth Quanta, and I was more than happy to do that. Granular synthesis has been an old lov...
2020-01-21 13:40:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In which I demo, review and make music with the Liquid Foam by Herbs and Stones from Italy. This little banana patchable synth feels like a parallel universe Roland TB-303 - squelchy, full-sounding and with a unique sequencer. Its left-field but likes to dance, and has constant good suggestions on how to do so. It has its quirks and is certainly not perfect, but its bold and beautiful and I am ...
2020-01-09 14:15:00 +0000 UTC View Post
My Panda Shall Fly visited me in my studio in Berlin and we turned on the synths and starting playing. We got on great immediately and from there on we send each other tracks and ideas, and each of us did aggressive treatment to them. I used tape, he used digital methods with the various tools he circuit bend. Its similar to the deconstruction of the archival footage in this video he made for o...
2020-01-06 11:46:41 +0000 UTC View Post
In reaction to my video on the Brüel & Kjaer multiplexer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFHlP3EVf9Y) Jørgen and Hans-Georg both made multiplexers that work in Ableton Live, you can download them with the link above.
HGDTrackSwitcher works with Max4Live - you can sequence your Ableton live tra...
2020-01-04 09:36:32 +0000 UTC View Post
A multiplexer is a funky way to make the whole test equipment monster music. Enjoy my explorations and maybe find inspiration from the far end of the rabbit hole I am in.
2020-01-02 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody,
this was such an amazing video to make. Jeremiah had announced that he wanted to give this instrument to me two years ago and it finally happened last week. He brought it to me, having lugged it from Brussels in the train and said "I checked in the hotel, it does not work. Do you still want it?" I was a little sad but said sure, with the intent of fixing it. Two nights late...
2019-12-23 19:42:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Back to talkies after a whole slew of IRL projects. Here is how I motivate myself if a get tired. Audio of the shows is uploading right now.
2019-12-16 14:49:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Come join me in a few hours when the new video premiers! There will be a soundpack to this I would think of as one of the best yet, and of course a new music download.
2019-11-11 12:09:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! New and long video on my "Landfill Totems" project premiering in a few minutes from now. This was possible only because of your support - I could not afford the time else. So thank you from the bottom of my heart for enabling me to go further and further in the madness that is my art!
2019-11-05 14:32:20 +0000 UTC View Post
The new king of dictaphone LOFI has arrived! Enjoy the re-discovery of forgotten post-war German recording technology.
2019-10-21 13:19:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I have had ZOIA for a few months now and I am convinced its one of the boldest pedals ever. Here I talk about my early reservations, how they changed and what I use it for.
2019-10-14 09:50:57 +0000 UTC View Post
This is was a classifieds find that was too good not to share - the B&K 2603 is a rather lovely preamp, which I am trying out here with a variety of signals. Full soundpack here soon!
2019-10-03 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a story of learning and not giving up. And noise and distortion, lots of it.
2019-09-09 16:31:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is Gestures, my new album, in its entirety, as I recorded it. Enjoy!
2019-09-05 13:32:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh my, I am rather excited about this. I have played and organized live streams before, but never sat down and talked on YouTube live. Hope a bunch of you show up!
2019-09-03 14:57:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I kept this one a secret for a bit - originally recorded in winter 2018, this has found its way on tape, vinyl and digital via the the amazing Seil Records. If you enjoyed my quiet albums such as Ambient Piano Works and Cello Pattern, you might enjoy this, too. It's a fragile, fleeting set of music I recorded here, mostly without touching anything, instead guided by Peter Blassers radio-antenna...
2019-09-03 09:33:45 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised, here is the full process audio. MP3 is here under the "audio" tag for 3.75ips and above.
This was a lovely trip to a store that is sadly going out of business. If you are in the Colorado area, check it out!
2019-08-29 13:10:41 +0000 UTC View Post
This was a tough but necessary video to make. It kind of marks my "growing up" on this strange platform of talking out of other people's screens and all the good (you!) and bad that comes with it. Full audio of this is coming to 3.75ips and above in a bit. It's a strange experience to listen to.
2019-08-27 15:15:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all! New video coming up. I discovered that I really like interviewing instrument makers, so I am turning this into a series. Come watch the premiere with me in a few minutes. Patreon soundpack later tonight, still rather jetlagged and slow.
2019-08-22 15:12:20 +0000 UTC View Post
To celebrate the digital release of Old Suns, my collaborative microcassette release, here is the halfed and drenched version. A wash of noise for tru tape heads.
2019-08-19 12:39:19 +0000 UTC View Post
In which I am joined by Peter Kirn, one of the brains behind the Meeblip Geode, a dual wavetable synthesizer with a screaming analog filter. He demos the synth and then I get a turn, with to me surprising results.
2019-08-12 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This was a video I shot on impulse - I mainly wanted to share the fun I had with this little machine by Gijs Gieskes. Hope you like it!
2019-07-29 15:19:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Going out of my comfort zone by working with a black box device and I was rewarded for that. ZOIA makes dreams come true.
2019-07-22 17:44:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Enjoy this exploration into the rather unknown!
2019-07-16 18:05:08 +0000 UTC View Post