Binaural production - listen with headphones for full immersion!
I embarked on a dreamlike journey through Cologne when I visited the Museum Ludwig that presented collaborative works by John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly and Robert Rauschenberg. An interactive installation by the latter encouraged visitors to engage in unusual activities such as clapping, shouting, singing and whistling. Occasionally, you would also hear the gentle voice of John Cage. Afterwards, I immersed myself in the cathedral, which resonated with the sounds of its visitors.
A generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, which were recorded in Cologne (Germany) on 2 Nov 2025.
Released: 10 Nov 2025
1) The gallery rooms at the Museum Ludwig, which feature videos of John Cage and Merce Cunningham.
2) An interactive installation by Robert Rauschenberg that responds to visitors' sounds.
3) Inside Cologne Cathedral.
4) The cathedral's crypt.
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Binaural production - listen with headphones for full immersion!
I embarked on a dreamlike journey through Cologne when I visited the Museum Ludwig that presented collaborative works by John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly and Robert Rauschenberg. An interactive installation by the latter encouraged visitors to engage in unusual activities such as clapping, shouting, singing and whistling. Occasionally, you would also hear the gentle voice of John Cage. Afterwards, I immersed myself in the cathedral, which resonated with the sounds of its visitors.
A generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, which were recorded in Cologne (Germany) on 2 Nov 2025.
Released: 10 Nov 2025
1) The gallery rooms at the Museum Ludwig, which feature videos of John Cage and Merce Cunningham.
2) An interactive installation by Robert Rauschenberg that responds to visitors' sounds.
3) Inside Cologne Cathedral.
4) The cathedral's crypt.
D.O.R.T. (Demanding Organist Requires Tension) - BINAURAL
New Music by Karlheinz Essl
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D.O.R.T. (Demanding Organist Requires Tension) - BINAURAL
Binaural production - listen with headphones!
Mixed impressions of Dortmund, an industrial town in the German Ruhr area where a ten-hour concert took place at the Petrikirche. While Wolfgang Kogert was rehearsing my organ piece, 'Partikel-Bewegung', the city was celebrating Halloween.
A generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, which were recorded in Dortmund (Germany) on 31 Oct and 1 Nov 2025.
Released: 7 Nov 2025
1) Wolfgang Kogert rehearses my organ piece, "Partikel-Bewegungen," at Saint Petri Church.
2) The minutes before Mass starts at the Probstei Church with the evening bells.
3) A Christmas market in the town center.
4) Midnight in the pedestrian zone on Halloween Eve
New Music by Karlheinz Essl
Binaural production - listen with headphones for full immersion!
I embarked on a dreamlike journey through Cologne when I visited the Museum Ludwig that presented collaborative works by John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly and Robert Rauschenberg. An interactive installation by the latter encouraged visitors to engage in unusual activities such as clapping, shouting, singing and whistling. Occasionally, you would also hear the gentle voice of John Cage. Afterwards, I immersed myself in the cathedral, which resonated with the sounds of its visitors.
A generative soundscape based on a two-dimensional random walk between four binaural soundscapes, which were recorded in Cologne (Germany) on 2 Nov 2025.
Released: 10 Nov 2025
1) The gallery rooms at the Museum Ludwig, which feature videos of John Cage and Merce Cunningham.
2) An interactive installation by Robert Rauschenberg that responds to visitors' sounds.
3) Inside Cologne Cathedral.
4) The cathedral's crypt.
