New Music By Karlheinz Essl

This piece was recorded on July 5, 2023 at Studio kHz on a vintage MACKIE 1604 mixing desk. I used just 2 channels without input with internal audio feedback, controlled by faders and knobs with amazing resolution. A fantastic playing experience, where the slightest movement of your fingers can drastically change the sound. https://essl.at/works/studies-NIM.html

Recorded on July 5, 2023 at Studio kHz on a vintage MACKIE 1604 mixing desk, patched as a no-input mixer. In this piece I used 6 channels with internal audio feedback, controlled by faders and knobs with amazing resolution. A fantastic playing experience, where the slightest movement of your fingers can drastically change the sound. https://essl.at/works/studies-NIM.html

Recorded on July 5, 2023 at Studio kHz on a vintage MACKIE 1604 mixing desk, patched as a no-input mixer. In this final piece I used 5 channels with internal audio feedback, controlled by faders and knobs with amazing resolution. A fantastic playing experience, where the slightest movement of your fingers can drastically change the sound.

This piece was recorded on July 4, 2023 at Studio kHz on a vintage MACKIE 1604 mixing desk. I used 7 channels without input, with internal audio feedback, controlled by faders and knobs with amazing resolution. A fantastic playing experience, where the slightest movement of your finger can drastically change the sound. https://essl.at/works/studies-NIM.html

This piece was recorded on July 4, 2023 at Studio kHz on a vintage MACKIE 1604 mixing desk. I used only 3 channels without input, with internal audio feedback, controlled by faders and knobs with amazing resolution. A fantastic playing experience, where the slightest movement of your finger can drastically change the sound. Watch the video: https://essl.at/works/studies-NIM.html

Another step into the realm of non-linear feedback systems, performed live on a vintage MACKIE 1604 mixer. A work-in-progress where I explore different kinds of interaction on an analog mixer that produces sounds only by feeding the output back into the input, changing levels and EQ settings in an instrumental way. Have a look at the YouTube video of this performance: https://essl.at/works/studies-NIM.html

Recorded live on June 10th, 2023 at Studio kHz. Performed on a Doepfer DARK ENERGY modular synth and a small analog mixer. No edits, no overdubs. This piece is somehow inspired by the legendary industrial noise band Throbbing Gristle. It focuses on the layering of slowly shifting pulses and the chaotic patterns that emerge from this process. More information: https://www.essl.at/works/trobbing-crystals.html

Recorded live on June 10th, 2023 at Studio kHz. Performed on a Doepfer DARK ENERGY modular synth and a small analog mixer. No edits, no overdubs. This piece is somehow inspired by the legendary industrial noise band Throbbing Gristle. It focuses on the layering of slowly shifting pulses and the chaotic patterns that emerge from this process. More information: https://www.essl.at/works/trobbing-crystals.html

Recorded live on June 10th, 2023 at Studio kHz. Performed on a Doepfer DARK ENERGY modular synth and a small analog mixer. No edits, no overdubs. This piece is somehow inspired by the legendary industrial noise band Throbbing Gristle. It focuses on the layering of slowly shifting pulses and the chaotic patterns that emerge from this process. More information: https://www.essl.at/works/trobbing-crystals.html

Recorded live on June 10th, 2023 at Studio kHz. Performed on a Doepfer DARK ENERGY modular synth and a small analog mixer. No edits, no overdubs. This piece is somehow inspired by the legendary industrial noise band Throbbing Gristle. It focuses on the layering of slowly shifting pulses and the chaotic patterns that emerge from this process. More information: https://www.essl.at/works/trobbing-crystals.html

Excerpt of an infinite generative sound environment for a room installation by the artist Tanja Prušnik, to be shown at the Johanniterkirche Feldkirch (an abandoned church in Voralberg, Austria) from 23 June to 1 October 2023. An electronic transformation of the organ composition "Prendere il Fa" (2021), performed by Wolfgang Kogert. This piece has been created with a computer program written in Max, utilizing composition algorithms from my RTC-lib (Real Time Composition Library) (1991-2022) https://www.essl.at/works/spuren.html

Binaural production - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes recorded on the North Bohemian river Ohře/Eger between 16 and 18 May 2023: 1) the river at Loket 2) railway station in Perštein 3) a thermal spring in Karlovy Vary 4) the St. Nicholas fountain in the historical centre of Cheb/Eger Part of the work-in-progress H.E.A.D. https://essl.at/works/HEAD.html

Performed by Wolfgang Kogert at Hofmusikkapelle Vienna. Part of the album ORGANO/LOGICS (col legno 2023). The expansion of the note f ("Fa") into a wide octave sound is transformed into a sensual sound process. https://www.essl.at/records/organologics.html

Binaural production - listen with headphones to enjoy the 3D audio! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes recorded in Plzeň (Pilsen, CZ) between 20 and 21 May 2023: 1) Bells ringing at 6 pm from St Bartholomew's Cathedral 2) "Poesiomat" - a poetry jukebox https://poesiomat.cz/en/what-is-poesiomat/ 3) a walk along the Mže river next to the Pilsner Urqell brewery 4) a street café in the pedestrian zone of the historic town centre Part of the work-in-progress H.E.A.D. https://essl.at/works/HEAD.html

Performed by Wolfgang Kogert on the organ of the Hofburgkapelle in Vienna, Austria. Released on the album ORGANO/LOGICS (col legno 2023) https://essl.at/records/organologics.html A retrogressively composed piece for organ, commissioned by Pier Damiano Peretti, which refers to the palindrome "sator arepo" quoted by Anton Webern. The highly chromatic ricercar in six different temporal layers at the centre is flanked by contrapuntal canons and ethereal reed clusters. Score and more: https://essl.at/works/tenet-opera-rotas.html

Performed by Wolfgang Kogert on the organ of the Hofburgkapelle in Vienna, Austria. Released on the album ORGANO/LOGICS (col legno 2023) https://essl.at/records/organologics.html Music on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Anton Webern’s death in Mittersill, 15 September 2005. The transformation of his final twelve-tone series (allegedly noted down on a circular tabletop) into a computer-generated glockenspiel, transcribed for toy piano respectively organ. Score and more: https://essl.at/works/webernspielwerk.html

Performed by Wolfgang Kogert on the organ of the Hofburgkapelle in Vienna, Austria. Released on the album ORGANO/LOGICS (col legno 2023) https://essl.at/records/organologics.html The transformation of a piece for electric guitar and mezzosoprano that throws together quotes from Purcell’s operas “Oedipus” and “King Arthur” into a trio sonata of baroque appearance featuring a throbbing bass. An image of sound spanning a period of 300 years, telling a story of grief and comfort. Score and more: https://essl.at/works/purcell-puzzle.html

A meditative sound trip through “tenet opera rotas” using live electronics, embedded in the original acoustics of the Imperial Castle’s Court Chapel in Vienna. Released on the album ORGANO/LOGICS (col legno 2023) https://essl.at/records/organologics.html More information: https://essl.at/works/apres-lavant.html

Performed by Wolfgang Kogert on the organ of the Hofburgkapelle in Vienna, Austria. Released on the album ORGANO/LOGICS (col legno 2023) https://essl.at/records/organologics.html Palindromic-canonic variations on what is probably the most famous Christmas carol "Silent Night" (Stille Nacht). The score was punched into a tape that could be played in different directions on a mechanical musical clock. It was first adapted for toy piano, then, in collaboration with Wolfgang Kogert, for organ. Score and more: https://essl.at/works/listen-thing.html

A graphic score created for a performative collaboration with Harald Naegeli, the “Sprayer of Zurich”, is interpreted as an expressive duo for voice and organ. An imaginative exploration of the playing techniques offered by the mechanical organ and the potential of the human voice beyond the bel canto. Part of the album ORGANO/LOGICS (col legno 2023) https://essl.at/records/organologics.html