Karlheinz Essl

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Karlheinz Essl just released several free ringtones which he has extracted from his electronic compositions.

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New Records

FLECHTWERK (2009)

Karlheinz Essl and Matthew Ostrowski (electronics) live at ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn

released: 24 Oct 2009, XS Records [xs-68]

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more or less (1999-2007)

Realtime composition for computer-controlled soloists

released on: Alpenglühen (col legno 2008)

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O rosa bella (1981/1996)

Transcription of a song by John Dunstable (ca. 1420)

released on: re_naissance transcriptions (Coviello Classics 2008)

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Gold.Berg.Werk (2008)

Interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations for string trio and live-electronics

released: 25 Jun 2008 (Preiser Records PR 90753)

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New Compositions

whatever shall be (2010)

for toy piano, gadgets, live-electronics and surround sound

Written for Phyllis Chen (New York)

Sequitur XI (2009)

for vibraphone, cymbal and live-electronics

Written for Stephan Froleyks (Münster)

Chemi(s)e (2009)

for electric guitar and two ensemble groups
Commissioned by the Ensemble Reconsil

Written for Stefan Östersjö (Malmö)

New Videos

7x7

for 4 electric guitars

performed by ZWERM electric guitar quartet (Antwerpen)

Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)

26 Jan 2010

OUT OF THE BLUE

free improvisations for voice and electronics

performed by Agnes Heginger (vocals) and Karlheinz Essl (electronics, kalimba, music box)

Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)

9 Dec 2009

CHAIN REACTION

music interventions in different space

performed by Karlheinz Essl, Gerald Preinfalk, Klaus Burger & Jörg Engels

Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (A)

21 Nov 2009

Sequitur IX

for mezzo soprano and live-electronics

performed by Margarete Jungen & Karlheinz Essl

University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (A)

20 Oct 2009

Sequitur XIV

for kalimba and live-electronics

performed by Jennifer Hymer

Klang!-Container, Hamburg (D)

13 Sep 2009

New Sounds

Déviation (1993)

for two ensemble groups

Sequitur XI (2009)

vibraphone, cymbal and live-electronics

7x7 (2009)

for electric guitar quartet

con una certa espressione parlante (1985)

for piano and tape recorder

While my guitars gently whip (2008/2009)

for electric guitar quartet

Music Software

Real Time Composition Library (RTC-lib) (1992-2010)

Software library for algorithmic composition with Max/MSP/Jitter

freeware for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Pd

Lexikon-Sonate 3.3 (1992 - 2009)

algorithmic music generator

for Apple Macintosh computers (Mac OS X)

freeware - released 22 Dec 2009 (Universal Binary)

REplay PLAYer 3.2 (2000-2007)

generative sound file shredder

for Apple Macintosh computers (Mac OS X)

shareware - released 23 Aug 2007 (Universal Binary)

FontanaMixer 1.1 (2004-2007)

generative sound environment

for Apple Macintosh computers (Mac OS X)

freeware - released 23 Aug 2007 (Universal Binary)

fLOW 3.4 (1998 - 2007)

ambient soundscape generator

for Apple Macintosh computers (Mac OS X)

shareware - released 19 Jan 2007 (Universal Binary)

WebernUhrWerk 2.2 (2005-2007)

generative music generator

for Apple Macintosh computers (Mac OS X) and Intel PCs (Windows XP)

freeware - released 16 Jan 2007 (Universal Binary)

Amazing Maze 2.0 (1993 - 2007)

interactive realtime composition for sampled sound particles

for Apple Macintosh computers (Mac OS X)

freeware - released 14 Jan 2007 (Universal Binary)

more or less 1.3 (1999-2007)

random-generated playing instructions for musical improvisation

for Apple Macintosh computers (Mac OS X)

freeware - released 16 Jan 2007 (Universal Binary)

SEELEWASCHEN 1.2 (2003-2006)

generative sound environment

for Apple Macintosh computers (Mac OS X)

freeware - released 20 Oct 2006 (Universal Binary)

New Recordings

inside/out (2006)

for flute & ive-electronics

Cordula Bösze (flute), Karlheinz Essl (electronics)

CD: entspannte gleichzeitigkeit - released November 2006 (Hammer Records)

Déviation (1993)

for 2 ensemble groups

Ensemble XX. Jahrhundert, dir. Peter Burwik

CD: soundscapes 4 advanced - released December 2005 (Gramola 98783)

Kalimba (2005)

for toy piano and CD playback

Isabel Ettenauer: toy piano

CD: the joy of toy - released November 2005 by Isabel Ettenauer (edition eirelav 001)

New Feature

Digitale Paradiese (2010)

Generative Kompositionen von Karlheinz Essl

Radiosendung von Patrick Hahn

WDR 3 (13 Jan 2010)

New Articles about Karlheinz Essl

Pataphysische Musikmaschinen (2008)

by Florian Cramer

Austellungskatalog Zauberhafte Klangmaschinen (Institut für Medienarchäologie, Hainburg 2008)

Der verlängerte Schreibtisch des Komponisten (2007)

by Andreas Felber

Austellungskatalog PASSION FOR ART (Sammlung Essl: Klosterneuburg 2007)

New Articles by Karlheinz Essl

Der Komponist ist tot - es lebe der Komponist! (2009)

Statement von Karlheinz Essl über die Rolle des Komponisten heutzutage

sine fine... Unendlich Musik (2007)

Karlheinz Essl über Musik, die kein Ende hat

Wandlungen der elektroakustischen Musik (2007)

Karlheinz Essl über Geschichte, Gegenwart und Zukunft der elektroakustischen Musik

Algorithmic Composition (2007)

published in.: Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music, ed. by N. Collins and J. d'Escrivan, Cambridge University Press 2007

New Interviews with Karlheinz Essl

A-m@ze-ing (2008)

Der Komponist Karlheinz Essl im Telefoninterview mit Esther Planton und Andrea Lexer über sein Instrument m@ze°2 und sein Portraitkonzert im Rahmen von Campus Musick an der Alpe-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt am 16.01.2009

Elektronische Musik und Emotion (2008)

Der Komponist Karlheinz Essl im Gespräch mit Silvia Pagano über die Rolle von Emotion und Intuition beim Performen elektronischer Musik.

WebMusic / web@rt

Karlheinz Essl's Playing Strategies (1998)

A mind-challenging text oracle which generates playing strategies for musical improvisations which should provoke you to overcome your internalized playing behaviour.

Champ d'Action (1998)

An interactice realtime composition for computer-controlled ensemble where musicians are playing from computer screens on which playing instructions are projected on the fly.

MindShipMind (1996-98)

A realtime-generated multimedia Web installation which derived from the interdisciplinary seminar on "Order, Beauty & Complexity" at the Copenhagen MindShip, by Karlheinz Essl and Vibeke Sørensen.

Lexikon-Sonate online... (1997)

2 different versions for the Internet, one implemented in Javascript, the other (interactive) as a CGI-script.

Lexicon-Oracle (1996/97)

An automatic Web oracle which sheds some light onto the mysteries of Lexikon-Sonate. Furthermore, it also plays an instantly generated excerpt of that infinite piano piece. There is also a version available that talks (using computer speech).