New Music by Karlheinz Essl

Binaural recording - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded in September 2018 at Lake Garda, Italy: 1) evening at the lake promenade in Saló with thunder and bells, 2) shore of Garda with anchored sailing boats, 3) beach of Sirmione with members of a Chinese family, 4) fountain in the park of Vittoriale in Gardone. Info: htt...

Binaural recording - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded between May and September 2018 on various European airports: 1) check-in at Terminal 1 of the Vienna International Airport (VIE) 2) entrance hall of the railway station at the Vienna International Airport (VIE) 3) arrival hall of the Henri Coandă International Airpo...

Listen with headphones to enjoy the surround sound! Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded on 6 Sep 2018 at Manfred Buchinger's restaurant "Alte Schule" in Riedenthal, Austria: 1) kitchen with chef, 2) guests in the garden outside the restaurant, 3) an empty guest room, 4) bathroom.

Binaural recording. Listen with headphones to enjoy the immersive surround sound! Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural soundscapes recorded between February and August 2018: 1) british-portugese small talk at the breakfast terrace of a hotel in Madeira 2) multi-lingual guests at a Chinese restaurant in Vienna 3) art education talk for schoolgirls at Kunsthalle Bremen...

Listen with headphones to enjoy the immersive 3D sound! Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural soundscapes, recorded in March and April 2018 in Vienna: 1) main hall of the railway station Wien-Meidling 2) a ride on the D tram 3) entrance of the Franz-Josephs-Bahnhof 4) escalator of the metro station U4 Heiligenstadt with a violin player in the background

Binaural recording - listen with headphones! Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural soundscapes recorded between May and August 2018: 1) unloading a truck at the Danube delta in Romania 2) two luthiers (father and son) building a Braguinha in Funchal, Madeira 3) me preparing breakfast at home 4) a construction site in the outskirts of Vienna where a caterpillar is opera...

NB: Listen with headphones to experience the immersive surround sound! Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural soundscapes recorded in June and August 2018: 1) walking through the Essl Museum 2) two persons marching and running in a reverberant hall 3)a gallery with Rubens paintings at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna 4) walking through the forest of the Thaya Nationa...

Listen with headphones to enjoy the immersive sound of this piece! Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural soundscapes recorded at the river Thaya (Czech: "Dyje") in Austria in June and August 2018: 1) Thaya in Liebnitz, 2) Thaya National Park, 3) church bell from Hardegg, 4) water noise of a fish bassin Info: http://www.essl.at/works/HEAD.html

fLOW is an audio computer program running on Apple Macintosh machines. It generates an ever-changing and never repeating soundscape in real time that fills the space with flooding sounds that resemble - metaphorically - the timbres of water, fire, earth, and air. This ambient soundscape generator adjusts itself through various parameters and controllers that are represented in real time on your sc...

NB: Listen with headphones to enjoy the immersive sound of this piece! Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural soundscapes recorded at the Prater, a famous amusement park in Vienna, Austria on Aug 11th, 2018: 1) Achterbahn (outside recording of a rollercoaster) 2) Hochschaubahn (riding on an vintage rollercoaster which is suited for kids) 3) Geisterbahn (a ride on a ghos...

NB: Listen with headphones to enjoy the immersive sound of this piece! Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural recordings made at Lunz, Austria on Aug 7th, 2018: 1) hikers escaping an approaching thunderstorm 2) rain and thunder at the courtyard of the castle 3) swimming in the lake, 4) ride on an electric canoe through a narrow water canal. Soundscapes recorded with Sen...

NB: Listen with headphones to enjoy the immersive sound of this piece! Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural recordings from different spots of the Danube Delta in Romania: 1) morning atmosphere near Sulina 2) evening atmosphere near Sulina 3) frog concert with paddle boats in Canal Magearu, 4)birds singing at Lacu Iaco. Soundscapes recorded in May 2018 with Sennheiser...

Radiofeature von Alfred Koch über den Komponisten Karlheinz Essl. Erstsendung: 9 Juni 2006, 22:15 (Ö1 Tonspuren) Der Komponist Karlheinz Essl ist ein Erforscher der Zwischenräume von Klang und Geräusch. Manchmal blubbert, kracht, pfeift und zischt es in seinen Kompositionen wie in einer Küche. 

"Mich haben immer Hintergrundstrukturen von Musik interessiert, ich versuche ein System zu entwickeln,...

Excerpt from Karlheinz Essl's infinite generative sound environment for an art installation by Nagl~Wintersberger at Kunstfabrik Groß Siegharts. Presented during the Viertelfestival 2018 between July 7th and August 5th, 2018.

NB: Listen with headphones to enjoy the immersive sound of this piece! Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural recordings from different spots in the region of Retz, Austria: 1) the main square in the city of Retz 2) Czech people talking in a bar in Šatov 3) birds singing near the river Thaya, 4) a so-called "Kellergasse" in Retz. Soundscapes recorded on June 8th, 2018 w...

Listen with headphones! Binaural sound performance by Karlheinz Essl as a sonic comment to Peter Paul Ruben's painting "Landscape with Thunderstorm" (1620-1636). Broadcasted on May 13th, 2018 at the KUNSTRADIO of the Austrian Radio Ö1. Presentation: Anna Soucek. More information: http://www.essl.at/bibliogr/essl-soucek_kunstradio.html

NB: Listen with headphones to enjoy the immersive sound of this piece! Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural recordings from different spots in the city of Vienna, Austria: 1) Café Mozart near the Opera 2) reading hall of the Austrian National Library, 3) children’s playground at Draschepark, 4) pond near Gerasdorf with swimmer and kids. Soundscapes recorded between Ma...

Radio live performance by Karlheinz Essl at ORF Kunstradio, Vienna on 25 Feb 2001, preceded by an interview with Susanna Niedermayr. http://www.essl.at/works/replay.html REplay PLAYer is Karlheinz Essl’s contribution to the Kunstradio Series RE-PLAY UPDATE. Karlheinz Essl approached the exemplary selection of sound material presented in in the exhibition "RE-PLAY Beginning of International Media A...

NB: Listen with headphones to enjoy the immersive sound of this piece. Generative soundscape based on a random walk between four binaural recordings from different spots in the city of Graz, Austria: 1) farmers market near the Opera, 2) street crossing at the Stadtpark with cars, motorbikes and bicycles, 3) trams, busses and passengers at Jakominiplatz, 4) birds and a creek in the park of the Musi...

Excerpt from the generative sound installation SEELEWASCHEN, a multi-channel sound environment for a light installation by Rainer Gottemeier for the Donaufestival 2004. Info: http://www.essl.at/works/seelewaschen.html

OUT OF THE BLUE Agnes Heginger: voice Karlheinz Essl: electronics This live recording is based on spontaneous improvisations performed by OUT OF THE BLUE at the Danube Festival on Aug 6th, 2017. The live-electronics are based on pre-recorded sound samples which are processed in realtime by computer algorithms, developed by composer Karlheinz Essl. Agnes Heginger’s magnificent voice freely meanders...

Performed at MUMOK (Vienna) on Jan 21st, 2018. Bulenda Felicia, Krenn Elisabeth, Reis Pedro, Wurzer Edeltraud: clarinets Four clarinets are positioned in the corner points of a virtual square around the audience. The score is organized in a sort of chess board with 7x7 fields. Each field contains a musical phrase which duration is left to the discretion of the player. After finishing a phrase, the...

Sound performance for the painting "Thunderstorm with Philemon and Baucis" (1625)by Peter Paul Rubens. Commissioned by Jacqueline Kornmüller for the theatre project GANYMED NATURE, performed at Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. "In seiner Komposition Some Way Up erforscht der Komponist Karlheinz Essl die "Gewitterlandschaft"" von Peter Paul Rubens. Vor dem Werk wird er spontan wie ein Wettermacher...

Sound environment for the photo exhibition "The Last Day" by Helmut Wimmer, shown at the Kunsthistorische Museum Vienna between March and December 2018. Composed and produced by Karlheinz Essl at Studio kHz http://www.essl.at/works/wheres-the-rainbow.html

OUT OF THE BLUE Agnes Heginger: voice Karlheinz Essl: electronics This live recording is based on spontaneous improvisations performed by OUT OF THE BLUE at the Danube Festival on Aug 6th, 2017. The live-electronics are based on pre-recorded sound samples which are processed in realtime by computer algorithms, developed by composer Karlheinz Essl. Agnes Heginger’s magnificent voice freely meanders...