URBAN DRONES

Since a share of my work is urbanism in its audible, acoustic dimension, here are some Mayday listening suggestions:

CRITICAL VOID is an urbanist research project turned into a site specific sound performance with bass drones and percussion rhythmajik:

WELL TEMPERED ROOM is a multi-track electroacoustic ambient recording as a dedicated sonic environment:

THE NAVIDSON RECORD revisits the mysterious, endless house of Mark Z. Danielewski's novel "House of Leaves" as a IDM ambient drone soundtrack:

GENERATING SPACE contains IDM ambient drone explorations intended as the reverse-engineered acoustic phenomena of imaginary architecture:

LIVE AT SI is a live performance recorded in Brooklyn in 2001:

LIVE AT A2 was recorded live during the Architekturwoche in Munich in 2004:

LIVE AT KINO AERO / LIVE AT ELEKTROANSCHLAG features two live performances from 2005 in Prague and 2007 in Altenburg with industrial beats, bass drone, and vocalized effects.


Photo(s) by Mark Kammerbauer

Nexialist Tri-Astronaut illustration design by Liis Roden

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