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2015

camera obscura acustica

audio visual installation for the gardens of the mendel museum in brno/cz.
commissioned by exposition of new music / brno international music festival, brno

privat klavier quartett [radio]

radiophonic version of the piece "privat klavier quartett" from 2014
based on the recording of the premiere and arranged according to
another card game.
commissioned by hr2 kultur

2014

sonic memory

soundinstallation
@goethe institute krakow
commissioned by spieltrieb and audio art

sounding the fabric

soundinstallation
@textilwerk bocholt
commissioned by soundseeing V

below low

a subbass organ project
together with josef novotny and heimo wallner
commissioned by viertelfestival

50´

zifferblatt witten

soundinstallation for 12 loudspeakers based on my installation circle_of_fifths
@wittener tage fuer neue kammermusik
commissioned by wittener tage fuer neue kammermusik

leichte muse
(apparatus for determining the relative weight of music)

interactive soundinstallation
@cuba, muenster
commissioned by soundseeing V

video

privat klavier quartett

for 4 pianists, 1 grand piano and a game of cards
commissioned by hr2 kultur

30´
score & playing cards

wollen tun & haben

12 tone chord long duration action for 3 sound performers and 1 text performer
together with christian jendreiko, martin phelps and michael hirsch

9hrs on 2 days
score

a signal to noise

for multiple acoustic instruments and live electronic system
commissioned by ginger ensemble, bern

15´

live horoscope of the cosmic cockroaches conjunctions and confusions

(live soundtrack to the unfolding cosmic drama)
audiovisual performance
commissioned by astrology and arts

20´
video

lichtregie

soundinstallation for 16 light controled solenoids in an unaccesible room
@ DA, Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst
commissioned by soundseeing V

stereo_sport2: fensterln

soundinstallation for 2 windows in a 90° angle, equipped with transducers
@ stadt galerie ahlen
commissioned by soundseeing V

licht-luft-homoeostat

soundinstallation for 3 hairdryers with microphones and loudspeakers
@ stadt galerie ahlen
commissioned by soundseeing V

der stein des wilden

performed installation with a yamaha tq5 synthesizer together with christian jendreiko
commissioned by die beste aller welten, koeln

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2013

switchology

radiophonic piece about mechanical sounds of the machines in the former electronic studio of WDR, cologne
with contributions by Armin Badde, João Martins, Raffael Seyfried and Florian Zeeh
commissioned by hr2 kultur

30´

bird without dyning

live electronic music for 8 randomly distributed loudspeakers and a microphone

undefined duration

a short history of chords

electronic music

the book of decay I
3 frontispieces (bach satie webern)

three piano pieces

15´ca.
score

seven planetary interludes

electronic music with radioastronomic sounds for a performance of gustav holst´s "the planets"
commissioned by PassionenStationen, bonn

20´ca.

"lauschvorrichtung für das wachsen des grases"
(listening aparatus for the growing of the grass)

soundinstallation in public space
commissioned by PassionenStationen, bonn

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2012


landscape with laptops

for recorder, cello, el.guitar, piano (with a laptop each) and live electronic performer + electronic playback.
commissioned by kunststiftung nrw


45´

silicon spirits

one on one performance around the motherboard as an ouija board.
commissioned by festival intimate space @ ima, hainburg/at


sammelstellen

photovoltaic soundinstallation for the joint centenary celebration of john cage ad darmstadt main station.
commissioned by architektur sommer rhein-main


unheiliger undankgesang

tape music.
frequency inversion of a part of beethovens "heiliger dankgesang..." from op. 132
contribution to the sampler "broken beethoven" by muzikhayvani, istanbul

5´41´


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2011


a curved sunbeam on vintage paper

chamber orchestra
(fl/cl.bb/2 bcl.bb/sax alt/sax ten/2 trp.bb/2 trb/2 tba/el guit./pno/2 vln/vla/2 vcl/dbass)
commissioned by The Multiple Joy[ce] Orchestra, cologne

26´
score


quintenzirkeln / circling fifths

electronic music / fixed media
commissioned by radio hr2 kultur frankfurt

30´


e.t. [l.a.]

for any number of laptops greater than 4
and equipped with built-in microphone and loudspeaker.
commissioned by experimental music yearbook, los angeles

undefined duration
score + video


berlin bahn bells

for carillon, sound transmission from berlin central station and live electronics
commissioned by jeffrey bossin/carillon concerts berlin

45´
video excerpt


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2010


drei deutsche dreingaben

3 encores for the sprechbohrer - trio

few seconds each
score


fo(u)r t(w)o play

4 experimental duos for 2 clarinets, 2 tubas, 2 violins and 2 accoridions
commissioned by machine project, los angeles

2-3 minutes each
score + video excerpt


kreis von lauten leuten

for 15+ people with megaphones in a public space
for "samstagdemo´s neuer musik" by
ensemble zwischentoene, berlin

10´ca.
score + video


[a bit of hot air to blow it off bot hair]

performance - installation
for zwielicht im farbfernseher, berlin

20´
video


cellscape

installation with vibrating cellphones
commissioned by hansa art special, cologne

15´


stele fuer n.o.

for large orchestra
commissioned by kunststiftung nrw for maerzmusik 2010

19´
score


blindtext

radiophonic autoportrait
60´


two rooms, flipped

soundinstallation for two rooms
commissioned by sonic acts XIII
video + photos


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2009


cellular_sound

vibrating cellphones, objects
premiered at ncpa, mumbai

15´
radio


stereosport

tapemusic
commissioned by lokaal01/geluidpost, breda

10´


[x∞ = op (x∞)]3

tape, feedback and live electronics
20´
video


luft / licht

an intermedia performance evening
together with bettina wenzel
commissioned by medienkulturhaus wels / linz09

45´


monades with ears

a portable soundinstallation on 12 laptops
commissioned by laptopia #5 / museum of bat yam/israel

undefined duration
video


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2008


mit sicherheit

concert - installation for 6 pianos and live-electronic
together with harald muenz

60´


a qubit of emotion

for violin, viola and cello with a laptop each
commissioned by bbc london for the huddersfield contemporary music festival

5´30´´
score


the_benchmark_consort

audio-visual performance for a laptop orchestra of volunteers
award of distinction at ars electronica 08

undefined duration
score


steirerlied-zentrifuge

soundinstallation for the monastery-park in gleisdorf/austria
commissioned by "institut fuer kunst im oeffentlichen raum", graz

running from july till october 2008


compliments of the day

electroacoustic piece from computervoices
commissoned by palais de tokyo, paris for their answerphone-series

3´34´´


rooming around

a mixed media performance evening
together with bettina wenzel

45´


requiem for a baby grand

final piano music for 8 hands and tools
kind of a fluxus-reenactment, together with ben patterson , jozef cseres and thomas lehn

70´


heimat

textscore for the visitors of the mainfrankentheater, wuerzburg
score


alkan graph

for flute, clarinet, string-quartet, piano + additional el. keyboard
commissoned by wdr3 neue musik for the series "ensembl[:E:]uropa

13´30´´
score


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2007


"selbsthoerbild mit computerleichnam"

radiophonic selfportrait
commissoned by hr2-kultur, hessischer rundfunk, frankfurt

57´


tesla transmissions

a collaborative installation/performance by volker straebel and hans w. koch
for the exhibition 9 evenings reconsidered @ tesla, berlin

120´


orfeus@home

soundpiece for the cd-compilation orfeus400
edited by degem (german association for electroacoustic music)

1´47´´


my europe: landscape with europa

radiophonic soundscape for the celebration of the european broadcasting union
commissioned by wdr3 studio akustische kunst, cologne

46´


a portrait of the audience from inside the cage

for for any solo-instrument

variable duration
score


more&more

self-replicating audio-visual program
for a laptop orchestra of volunteers

variable duration
score


present, tense

for soloinstrument (fixied pitches) and live-electronic

computergenerated score of variable duration


rocket_science_rag

duo for extended voice , live-electronic and playback
collaborative composition with bettina wenzel

10´


drumstick

for suspended vibrator und drum
soundinstallation

commissioned by satelite-space gallery, university of texas, san antonio

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2006


time hits in various lines

musictheatre for 2 epee-fencers, referee, flute, percussion, piano and live-electronic

15´

commissioned by philharmonie luxemburg
score


formula2

installation/performance for toy racing track, 2 wireless spy-cams, videomonitors , loudspeakers and computerassisted videotracking
collaboration with jens brand

commissioned by qo2-werkhuis, brussels


circle_of_fifths

analytical spatialisation of equal-tempered music
soundinstallation

commissioned by voorkammer, lier


bridgeintenminutespdf

electronic music
contribution to the cd "CrossCut edition"
20 years "edition zeitgenössische musik" of deutscher musikrat at wergo


bad_lausick / selbenbach

2 elektroacoustic compositions

7´ each

commissioned by the festival "was hoeren wir?" at denkmalschmiede hoefgen
(curated by stefan fricke)


piano - frames (empirical plositivism)

for improvising pianist and interactive video
collaborative composition with simon nabatov

45´

commissioned by the festival "explosiv - exklusiv" hochdorf/schweiz


feedbackdance IV

for 2 players moving with wireless microphones and autonomous live-electronic system


erfindungshoehe hausmusik

for tenor-recorder, el. guitar & live-electronic

17´


...two ways of not listening to...

video & sound

1´38´´

commissioned by hermes (sk) for the exhibition "EAR"


strichzeichnung

for 2 pianos, one quartertone apart

10´

commissioned by deborah richards
score

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2005


handarbeit

short opera-performance for a moderator, mixed choir + conductor + audience

7´30´´


luftveraenderung

for flute, oboe, clarinet & live-electronic

15´


praetorium praeteritum

audiovisual installation for the praetorium (historic city-hall from roman times) in cologne

commissioned by museumsnacht, cologne


micro-ambush

for tenor-recorder, violin & live-electronic

18´


thank you [budapest]

site-specific audioinstallation/intervention in public space

commissioned by liget gallery, budapest


cut-off-frequencies

for violin & live-electronic

30´´

commissioned by microscores-festival, calarts

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2004


alte liebe

for flute, clarinet, violin, vcello, piano & live-electronic

15´

portrait of a virus seen as a swan (virus-alert)

generative computermusic, using email-viruses as source-material

20´


arche noah vom rhein

audiovisual installations, together with visual artists annegret heinl (de)

ben patterson (us/de), jan steklik & marian palla (cz)


kanon koeln

music for the carillon in the city-hall tower

1´30´´

commissioned by the festival klangraum /raumklang, cologne


bandoneonbook

for apple-powerbook and its built-in mic.-loudspeaker treated as a bandoneon

live-electronic


23 préludes à rien

dance / music / video performances, together with vocal artist/dancer

bettina wenzel (de)

60´


rheinwaerts

68-hour nonstop music staffette along the rhine from bonn to duisburg

for several hundred participant of all ages.

together with composer bernhard koenig (de)

3 d


two voices

sound & videosculpture, together with sculptor sheperd ndudzo (botswana)

commissioned by "among others 05", kuenstlerhaus dortmund

wortschatz

prerecorded favorite words of several international poets & live-electronic

20´

commissioned by kuenstlerhaus schloss wiepersdorf


presumption & failure

for two badimtonplayers & live-electronic

20´

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2003

feedbackdance IV

for two players with microphones & live-electronic

12´


voyohr

8-channel tape-music

8´46´´


espace donné [los angeles]

the city as a musical instrument

for 10 improvising musicians equipped with cellphones and moving through l.a.

together with composer andreas wagner (de)

200´

commissioned by villa aurora, los angeles


welcome noise

sitespecific audiovisual installation for an old classroom in tokyo

commissioned by "puddles" artist-exchange-program


feedbackdance III

for slowly moving microphone & live-electronic

12´


artituren

performance together with visual artist annegret heinl (de) and vocal artist/dancer

bettina wenzel (de)

30´


corrida des sons

improvisationconcept for voice & live-electronic, together with vocal artist/dancer

bettina wenzel (de)

30´


feedbackdance II

for hands moving around a microphone & live-electronic

10´


spacescan

frequency-sweep through a given space to detect loose parts therein and then playing on that.

live-electronic

25´


multiple fallouts

dance / music / video performances, together with vocal artist/dancer

bettina wenzel (de)

50´

commissioned by "grenzgaenger - experiments in dance & music"

licht & luft

soundinstallation with two light-controlled hairdryers

commissioned by "das alchemistische werk" & noedok, st. poelten (at)


loreley & andere katastrophen

contemporary music cabaret, together with flutist ortrud kegel (de) & composer chao-ming tung (de)

50´

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2002

je pense a toi

dance / music performance, together with vocal artist/dancer bettina wenzel (de)

20´


passage des anges

opera in one act, based on the diarys of dr. john dee (london/prague c.1560)

4 vocal performers, video & live-electronic

30´

commissioned by "pounding on the iron curtain", stavovske-divadlo, prague


shanti

soundinstallation with inflatable pool, toy-boat, 4 hairdryers, recordings of sailors songs & electronic circuitry

commissioned by "earwitness", ccnoa-gallery, brussels


strang

for harp, guit., cello & live-electronic

10´


aria (first incantation)

for very high voice & live-electronic


arbeit/schoenheit (labor)

interactive audio-visual installation for a staircase

commissioned by the festival maerzmusik, berlin

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2001

not yet

computer solo and audience

indetermined duration


fallout

dance / music performance, together with vocal artist/dancer bettina wenzel (de)

15´


wandbehang

8-channel soundinstallation

electroviola

for bowed apple-powerbook and phyiscal-modelling of a viola via max/msp

10´


flute tube lute tune use 50 tuba tubing used true tubes 55 ukulele musical bugle

concert / installation / performance inside the deutzer bruecke, cologne

together with composer/flutist barbara held (es)

45´

commissioned by the festival bcn-cgn, cologne

leerlauf

soundinstallation: amplified laser-sledge noise of a randomly playing discman

commissioned by kunstverein baden/wien


from "sechzig", part V: "landschaft mit computerleichnam"

for alto-flute, alto-saxophone and inside-computer live-electronic

25´


dazwischer

for el. guitar & live-electronic

15´

commissioned by black jackets company, brussels
youtube
score

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2000


territoires

dance / music / video performances, together with vocal artist/dancer

bettina wenzel (de)

60´


rendez-vous

soundinstallation: coathanger, two hairdryers with rubber-gloves


digitizer

for tenor-recorder & autonomous live-electronicsystem

15´

aus triacea

soundinstallation: wireless loudspeakers, microphone, sun-propelled ventilator

commissioned by kunstverein baden/wien


der nächste klang ist nur einen steinwurf weit entfernt

landart-soundinstallation

commissioned by symposium lindabrunn


praeambulum super felix namque

for electronically equipped lithophone

15´

commissioned by percussionist felix perret (ch)


spongeworks

for metal-wool and micromodular

20´


[alias:sound]

soundinstallation: large papertube, loudspeaker & microphone, multi-effects box

commissioned by studio 5 beekman, new york


espace donné [barcelona]

for 2 musicians with acoustical instruments & live-electronics

together with composer andreas wagner (de)

60´

commissioned by metronom, barcelona


tanz / musik

interacive performance-concept for one dancer and one musician

together with vocal artist/dancer bettina wenzel (de)

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1999

blasmusik

soundinstallation: two hairdryers, score of beethovens 9th symphony

commissioned by kunstverein baden/wien


katalogos

for string quintet

15´

commissioned by the festival "heilige zahlen", cologne


zeitmaschine vor-/zurueck

interactive soundinstallation


kammeressen

performance about the musical qualiies of the preparation of food, eating and washing the dishes (with audience participation)

30´

ist musik eine sprache, die jeder versteht?

ist sprache eine musik, die jeder versteht?

sience-speak and free improvised music in a structured dialogue

40´


hochzeitsflug

performance with live-electronic sounds in a wide sterephonic pamorama

15´


espace donné [new york]

for 2 musicians with acoustical instruments & live-electronics

together with composer andreas wagner (de)

60´

commissioned by experimental intermedia, new york


espace donné [lechenich]

for 2 musicians with acoustical instruments & live-electronics

together with composer andreas wagner (de)

60´

commissioned by katholisches bildungswerk, erftstadt

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1998


autoskultation

two performers with live-electroncis exploring the sonic possibilities of a car

20´


abwarten

performance for two with three tables and electronic devices

together with composer harald muenz (de/uk)

11´30´´


erinnernvergessen

concert-installation for a photo-exhibition of pictures showing the actual state of nazi-concentration camps (pictures by reinhard matz)

together with composer andreas wagner (de)

commissioned by katholisches bildungswerk, erftstadt

80´


eustach

small microphone inside the mouth, amplified workings of the eustachian tube.

15´

tafelmusik I

interactive soundinstallation about food preparation, consumption and dishwashing

together with composer harald muenz (de/uk)


uralte wasser

recording of a song by hugo wolf, boiling water, live-electronic

15´

commissioned by koeln salon e.v.


orgel/topographie

for one performer inside a church organ with live-electronic, a second performer at the keyboard

20´


shiftlessness / schiebeproben

music-theatre about a text by getrude stein for soprano, clarinet and 2 live- electronic-performers

together with composer harald muenz (de/uk)

60´

musik + salon =

performance for two synthesizer-players

together with composer harald muenz (de/uk)

50´

commissioned by the festival "musik in den haeusern der stadt"

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1997


kollektiv I-IV

collaborative compositionproject for flute, double-bass & piano

together with harald muenz (de/uk), andreas wagner (de), chao-ming tung (de)

variable durations

aus "sechzig" teil IV: paradiso infernale

for an exhibition of s. dalis xylographies after the "divina commedia" by dante

for two speakers (male/female), tenorsaxophone, organ, synthesizer and live- electronic

25´

commissioned by katholisches bildungswerk, erftstadt


[x = op (x)]2

soundinstallation: large papertube, 2 tapedecks and 2 interfering feedbacksystem in space

commissioned by BrueckenMusik, cologne

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1996

computermusic I <exploded view>

for inside-computer & live-electronic

20´

score + video


glueckspiel

for vlcello four hands and videoinstallation

20´

score + video

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1995


aus "sechzig" teil II: m.a.w.

for carinet, french horn, violin, vlcello & pno

20´


aus "sechzig" teil I: leerstuecke

for clarinet, trumpet, d-bass & live-electronic

20´


kluusch

for flute, vlcello, prepared piano and tape

12´

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1994


music for the theatreplay "sylvia plath -panic dreams" (c. nicopoulos)

tape-music

40´


loses ende

for solo viola da gamba (tenor)

15´


sing/spiel

for sopranosaxophone, tuba and hidden playbackdevices


musik fuer praeparierte und offene klaenge

for flute, viola, harmonium and large glass-bowls

together with composer andreas wagner (de)

24´

commissioned by katholisches bildungswerk, erftstadt


solo for viola

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1993


"un-"

for 3 violoncelli, after a quotation from cancellor helmut kohl

15´


variationen zum einschlafen

for soprano, flute, clarinet, vlcello, harpsichord & live-electronic

10´

commissioned by stiftung kammeroper schloss rheinsberg


ikone: franz schubert: mein traum (1822)

for a speaking female celloplayer

10´


uhren ≈ zeiten

collaborative performance together with franz van der grinten (live-video)

and michael feuchtmair (interative scuplture)

15´

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1992


litanei für j.c. for 2 - 24! melodic instruments

score-generating set of rules

undetermined duration


x = op (x)

for two tape-machines, microphone, loudspeaker and a papertube

based on a quotation from heinz v. foerster

15´


musiques pour la tour césar

for flute, hoboe, clarinet, trumpet, french horn, trombone

also performing scenic actions

25´

commissioned by "groupe emefa" for a workshop about music, architecture and scenography in provins, france


how to make landlers

musictheatre after music by franz schubert

for hoboe, french horn, vlcello, percussion, tape & live-electronic

50´

commissioned by the mutare musiktheater ensemble, frankfurt/main

ed è subito sera

trio for voice, vlcello, piano and scenic actions performed by the musicians

after a poem by salvatore quasimodo

13´

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1991


quintet

for bassclarinet, french horn, vibraphone, viola da gamba, grand piano

15´


solo for bassoon II


violinduos I & II

5´+ 8´


alba

for tenor-recorder

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1990

solo for bassoon I

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1989


for wind-instruments

after "capriccio cromatico con ligature al contrario" by girolamo frescobaldi

for flute, hoboe, clarinet, bassoon, ten. saxophon, tumpet, french horn, trombone


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