New Music by Karlheinz Essl

Binaural recording - listen with headphones! Recorded on 27 April 2023 with a sculpture by Emmerich Weissenberger, commissioned by Martin Essl. Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes: 1) Unwrapping of the sculpture 2) Karlheinz and Martin improvising on the sculpture with different mallets 3) Rubbing and rolling walnuts found in the workspace...

Free improvisation on a Make Noise 0-coast analog synth and a small Behringer mixer, patched as a generative non-linear system with internal audio feedback. No edits, no overdubs, no MIDI, no sequencer, no arpeggiator - only manual control in real time! Performed live on Jan 12th, 2023 at Studio kHz by Karlheinz Essl. Info: https://www.essl.at/works/coastlines.html

Free improvisation on a Make Noise 0-coast analog synth and a small Behringer mixer, patched as a generative non-linear system with internal audio feedback. No edits, no overdubs, no MIDI, no sequencer, no arpeggiator - only manual control in real time! Performed live on Jan 12th, 2023 at Studio kHz by Karlheinz Essl. Info: https://www.essl.at/works/coastlines.html

Free improvisation on a Make Noise 0-coast analog synth and a small Behringer mixer, patched as a generative non-linear system with internal audio feedback. No edits, no overdubs, no MIDI, no sequencer, no arpeggiator - only manual control in real time! Performed live on Dec 6th, 2022 at Studio kHz by Karlheinz Essl. Info: https://www.essl.at/works/coastlines.html

Three part improvisations on a Make Noise 0-coast analog synth and a small Behringer mixer, patched as a generative non-linear system with internal audio feedback. No edits, no overdubs, no MIDI, no sequencer, no arpeggiator - only manual control in real time! Performed live on Dec 15th, 2022 at Studio kHz by Karlheinz Essl. Info: https://www.essl.at/works/coastlines.html

Free improvisation on a Make Noise 0-coast analog synth and a small Behringer mixer, patched as a generative non-linear system with internal audio feedback. No edits, no overdubs, no MIDI, no sequencer, no arpeggiator - only manual control in real time! Performed live on Dec 6th, 2022 at Studio kHz by Karlheinz Essl. Info: https://www.essl.at/works/coastlines.html

Binaural recording - listen with headphones! Binaural rendering of Karlheinz Essl's sound environment SEELEWASCHEN which was originally composed for an outdoor light installation by the German artist Rainer Gottemeier. Using the sound of one single bell stroke as its basic material, the piece unfolds a rich sonic cosmos by a computer program written in Max/MSP. By using random-controlled algorithm...

Free improvisation on a Make Noise 0-coast analog synth and a small Behringer mixer, patched as a generative non-linear system with internal audio feedback. No edits, no overdubs, no MIDI, no sequencer, no arpeggiator - only manual control in real time! Performed live on Nov 10th, 2022 at Studio kHz by Karlheinz Essl. Info: https://www.essl.at/works/coastlines.html YouTube: https://www.youtube.com...

Free improvisation on a Make Noise 0-coast analog synth and a small Behringer mixer, patched as a generative non-linear system with internal audio feedback. No edits, no overdubs, no MIDI, no sequencer, no arpeggiator - only manual control in real time! Performed live on Sep 28th, 2022 at Studio kHz by Karlheinz Essl. Video: https://youtu.be/oejmpHsD0bE Info: https://www.essl.at/works/coastlines.h...

Free improvisation on a Make Noise 0-coast analog synth and a small Behringer mixer, patched as a generative non-linear system with internal audio feedback. No edits, no overdubs, no MIDI, no sequencer, no arpeggiator - only manual control in real time! Performed live on Sep 28th, 2022 at Studio kHz by Karlheinz Essl. Video: https://youtu.be/yXZsnIrMy7o Info: https://www.essl.at/works/coastlines.h...

Binaural production - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes recorded in 2019 and 2022 in different parts of the world: 1) tea ceremony at the Myoshin-ji Zen Temple in Kyoto, Japan 2) eating Sichuan food in an authentic restaurant in Vienna, Austra 3) a walk through Naschmarkt, the famous food market in Vienna, Austria...

Binaural production - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes recorded between 15 and 20 September 2022 on the island of Sardinia, Italy: 1) a street market in San Pantaleo 2) the port of the island La Maddalena 3) beach scenery at Spiaggia Mannena 4) water sprinklers at Hotel Airone Released: 22 Sep 2022 Info: https://...

Performed live on Aug 31th, 2022 at Studio kHz by Karlheinz Essl, using a self-patched Make Noise 0-coast analog synth and a small Behringer analog mixer with internal feedback. No edits, no overdubs, no MIDI, no sequencer, no arpeggiator - only manual control in real time! Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LPCQpTnTsec More information here: https://www.essl.at/works/coastlines.html

Performed live on Aug 29th, 2022 at Studio kHz by Karlheinz Essl, using a self-patched Make Noise 0-coast analog synth and a small Behringer analog mixer with internal feedback. No edits, no overdubs, no MIDI, no sequencer, no arpeggiator - only manual control in real time! Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YrgO0YDh1do More information here: https://www.essl.at/works/coastlines.html

Binaural production - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded on Thursday July 14th, 2022 in and around St. Veit an der Glan, Carinthia. Released: 20 Jul 2022 1) beach scene at the lake of St. Georgen 2) a group of men bowling near the wooden church of Dreifaltigkeit 3) on a bench next to the church of St. Vei...

Binaural production - listen with headphones! Part of the work-in-progress HEAD https://essl.at/works/HEAD.html Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded on Sunday July 3rd, 2022 at Miramare/Trieste. Released: 5 Jul 2022 1) lotus pond in the park Miramare 2) seagulls and waves on the shore 3) walking along the beach promenade 4) pedest...

Binaural recording - listen with headphones! Part of the work-in-progress H.E.A.D. https://www.essl.at/works/HEAD.html Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes of birds, recorded between 2019 and 2022: 1) Feeding pigeons in a sidewalk cafe in Funchal, Madeira 2) Chickens in the morning at Ieud, Romania 3) Biosphere forest in Mauerbach near Vien...

Fixed-media composition based on John 1, 1-5 using (mostly) computer-generated voices in 24 different languages with 12 male and 12 female speakers, processed by a computer program written in MaxMSP. https://www.essl.at/works/erat-Verbum.html Released: 22 Apr 2022

Binaural production - listen with headphones! Based on a joint performance by Jack Hauser and Karlheinz Essl in the room installation "Wohnung Miryam van Doren" in Horn (Austria) on April 13th, 2022. Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded on April 13th, 2022 in Horn (Austria). Released: 14 Apr 2022 1) exploration #1 of Wohnung Mirya...

Binaural production - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded between March 25-29, 2022 in the London Underground. Released: 2 Apr 2022 1) a ride on the Central Line from West Kensington to Sloane Square 2) passengers, boats and planes on the Thames Walk near London Bridge 3) Liverpool Street Station in the mo...

Binaural production - listen with headphones! Random walk through the electronic interludes of Gold. Berg. Werk (a radical re-interpretation of JS Bach's Goldberg Variations) from the CD recording of this piece (Dublin 2020). Binaural rendering by Karlheinz Essl. Released: 8 Jan 2022

Performed live by Keiko Morikawa (voice) Francesco Cuoghi (guitar) on Dec 18th, 2021 at Chiesa di San Paolo entro le Mura in Rome, Italy during the festival Contemporaneamente - De Natura Sonorum: ALEATORIO. "Puzzle of Purcell" is a piece for mezzo soprano and electric guitar based on two songs of Henry Purcell (1659-1695): "Music for a while" (from the theater play „Oedipus”) and the famous "Cold...

Spatial audio - listen with headphones! Random walk through the dance/sound/performance "Forms of Life", shown on Dec 18th, 2021 at OFF-Theater Vienna, feat. Andrea Nagl (choreography, dance, instruments)and Karlheinz Essl (composition, live-electronics). https://www.essl.at/works/HEAD.html https://www.essl.at/works/forms-of-life.html

Binaural production - listen with headphones to enjoy the 3D sound! Soundscape by Karlheinz Essl, poem by Erwin Uhrmann. A track from the audio book K.O.P.F. (Limbus 2021). https://essl.at/kopf/ Portrait des Gasthauses "Alte Schule" in Riedenthal, wo Manfred Buchinger gemeinsam mit der Schriftstellerin Eva Rossmann hervorragend kocht. Mittels Kunstkopf-Stereophonie hat der Komponist Karlheinz Essl...

Binaural production - listen with headphones to enjoy the 3D sound! Soundscape by Karlheinz Essl, poem by Erwin Uhrmann. A track from the audio book K.O.P.F. (Limbus 2021). https://essl.at/kopf/ Ein Portrait der Stadt Graz mit dem Jakominiplatz, dem Stadtpark, einem Bauernmarkt und der Kunstuniversität. Mittels Kunstkopf-Stereophonie hat der Komponist Karlheinz Essl Soundscapes aufgenommen, die si...