New Music by Karlheinz Essl
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New Music by Karlheinz Essl
Born 1960 in Vienna. Austrian composer, improviser and performer. He studied composition with Friedrich Cerha and musicology in Vienna. Besides writing experimental instrumental music, he performs on his own electronic instrument m@ze°2, develops software environments for computer-aided composition...
Episoade Recente
314 episoade
P.U.M.O. (Power Up My Organ) - BINAURAL
I spent the last weeks in Apulia, a beautiful landscape in Southern Italy, charged with history and stories. The symbol of this region is the Pumo - a...
P.E.C.S. (Precious Energy Creates Sound) - BINAURAL
Binaural production - listen with headphones! A generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, which...
Coastline #79 (THE MAPPER) - modular synth performance
Free improvisation on a MakeNoise 0-COAST modular synthesizer, patched as a chaotic feedback system. Recorded during rehearsals for the MAPPER confere...
C.O.N.S. (Come On, Nice Stud!) - BINAURAL
Binaural production - listen with headphones!
Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes rec...
Bricolage (2024) for toy piano, screwdriver and live-electronics
Karlheinz Essl's last piece for toy piano. Performed live by himself during his farewell concert on May 5th, 2025 at the Klangtheater of the Universit...
Improvisation als Rettung (Podcast)
Im Gespräch mit der trans-Art Künstlerin Astrid Rieder spricht Karlheinz Essl über die Zeit, „Zufall und Notwendigkeit“ (Jacques Monod), über die Dial...
B.R.N.O. (Booming Rebels Need Objection) - BINAURAL
Binaural production - listen with headphones!
Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes rec...
Coastline #75 (Three Wise Men) - modular synth performance
Free improvisation on a MakeNoise 0-COAST modular synthesizer in three parts: Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar. Performed live at Studio kHz on Dec 20t...
Coastline #74 (The Four Seasons) - modular synth performance
Free improvisation on a MakeNoise 0-COAST modular synthesizer in four parts, dedicated to the four seasons. Performed live at Studio kHz on Dec 19th,...
R.O.M.A. (Remnants Of Mysterious Activities) - BINAURAL
Binaural production - listen with headphones!
Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes rec...
Von Hirschen und Röhren (2024) - BINAURAL
Generative sound environment for an art installation by Beat Zoder, written in MaxMSP. 6-channel live performance with Max9 at Studio kHz on 12 Dec 20...
Becoming One (2024) - free improvisation for organ and synthesizer
First encounter between the organist Jeremy Joseph and the composer Karlheinz Essl on his 0-COAST modular synth on 2 December 2024. We met in St. Ursu...
réflexions résonante (2024)
Soundtrack for a stop-motion movie by Hervé Bacquet, performed on a 0-COAST modular synthesizer. Produced at Studio kHz 2024. Watch the film: https://...
V.A.N.N. (Viewing A Nasty Neigbourhood) - BINAURAL
V.A.N.N. (Viewing A Nasty Neigbourhood) - BINAURAL by Karlheinz Essl
Warum Klassik? Portrait Karlheinz Essl (2024)
In dieser Folge des Podcasts "Warum Klassik?" porträtiert Leonard Eröd den Composer/Performer Karlheinz Essl, der nicht nur die Grenzen zwischen den K...
M.A.N.T. (Most Answers Never Translate) - BINAURAL
Binaural production - listen with headphones!
In tempore belli...
Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk betw...
G.U.R.X. (Gerhard's Unique Resonating Xylophone) - BINAURAL
Binaural production - listen with headphones!
Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundsca...
T.O.U.R. (Travel On Uncertain Roads) - BINAURAL
Binaural production - listen with headphones!
Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes rec...
Doing MATH Nr. 4 (2024) for function generator and modular synth
Sound performance with a MakeNoise MATH function generator controlling the VCO and VCF of a Doepfer DARK ENERGY synthesizer. Performed live at Studio...
G.A.R.S. (Getting Attention Requires Silence) - BINAURAL
Binaural production - listen with headphones!
Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundsca...
Verkündigung (excerpt) - live
Excerpt of a live performance on Wed 12 June 2024 at the Jesuit Church in Vienna during a rehearsal for the world première of "Verkündigung" on June 2...
F.E.S.T. (Full Empty Space Theatre) - BINAURAL
Binaural production - listen with headphones!
Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes rec...
N.O.N.O. (Never Obstruct Nearby Obstacles) - BINAURAL
Binaural production - listen with headphones!
Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes rec...
Coastline #67a (Joystick Fun) - modular synth performance
Free improvisation on a MakeNoise 0-COAST modular synthesizer controlled by a Doepfer A-174-4 joystick. Performed live at Studio kHz on May 9th, 2024....
S.A.X.O. (Silence Any Xenophobic Operation) - BINAURAL
Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes recorded in Dresden (Germany) in April 2024:
1) P...
mælstrøm (2024) - sound performance for granular and modular synth
The Maelstrom is a gigantic vortex in the North Sea, described by Edgar Allan Poe in his short story "A Descent into the Maelstrom" (published in 1841...
M.O.N.T. (Madeirans Obviously Need Thrills) - BINAURAL
Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes recorded in Monte (Madeira) on February 20th, 2024:
Coastline #62 (Desert Storm) - modular synth performance
Free improvisation on a Make Noise 0-coast analog synth, patched as a generative non-linear system. No edits, no overdubs, no MIDI, no sequencer, no a...
Coastline #59 (The Tempest) - modular synth performance
Free improvisation on a MakeNoise 0-COAST. Performed live at Studio kHz on Feb 27, 2024. No MIDI, no sequencer, no overdubs, no edits.
Part of t...
Von CAN via Stockhausen zur Elektronischen Musik (2023) - Podcast
Im Gespräch mit der transArt Künstlerin Astrid Rieder - aufgenommen am 11.11.2023 im Kunstraum Ewigkeitsgasse in Wien - spreche ich über einige zentra...
Study for No-Input Mixer #8 (2024) - Blacksmith
A new addition to my no-input mixer project that I started in 2023. Performed live with a MACKIE 802 mixing desk on Feb 8th, 2024 at Studio kHz. No ed...
From Digital to Analog (2024) - Podcast
Composer Karlheinz Essl on his recent experiences and experiments with analog modular synthesizers and no-input mixer after decades of digital music m...
Von Digital nach Analog (2024) - Podcast
Der Komponist Karlheinz Essl über seine Erfahrungen mit analogen Modularsynthesizern und No-Input-Mixern nach Jahrzehnten digitalen Musikmachens mit C...
Coastline #58 (Grain Harvest) - modular synth performance
Free improvisation on a MakeNoise 0-COAST modular synthesizer connected to a Doepfer ring modulator with two MATH function generators and a MakeNoise...
Coastline #56 (Functional Fun) - modular synth performance
Free improvised live performance on a MakeNoise 0-COAST modular synth, two function generators (MATH) and a ring modulator (Doepfer A114). Recorded at...
Nachtstille (2023) generative sound scape
Generative sound environment based on the paradigm of biorhythm: three independent temporal processes in the ratio of 23 : 28 : 33 change the level of...
Respektvoll und frech: Das Duo Heginger/Essl
Radiofeature von Jörg Duit über das Improvisationsduo OUT OF THE BLUE mit Agnes Heginger (Stimme) und Karlheinz Essl (Live-Elektronik). Erstsendung am...
Gesualdo-Fragmente (2023) electronic sound performance
A granular de/reconstruction of two late madrigals by Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613), who murdered his wife and her lover "in flagranti". Soundtrack for a...
F.A.L.L. (Focus on Allusive Local Landscapes) - BINAURAL
Binaural production - listen with headphones!
Generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes rec...
Sequitur XIV (2009) for kalimba and live-electronics
Sequitur XIV was written for the Hamburg-based pianist and performer Jennifer Hymer and sets the thumb piano in focus. This instrument, named ‘Mbira’...