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Formats

• O rosa bella (1981/96): composed realization after John Dunstable, for ensemble   NEW
• ...wird sichtbar am Horizont (1996): for spatially distributed ensemble
• Zungenreden (1990): radiophonic piece
• Sequitur X (2010): for trombone and live-electronics
• Entsagung (1991-93): ensemble and live-electronic
• Déviation (1993): for two ensemble groups
• Sequitur XI (2009): for vibraphone, cymbal and live-electronics
• 7x7 (2009): for 4 electric guitars
• While my guitars gently whip (2008/2009): electric guitar quartet
• Detune (2009): oboe and large orchestra
• Demo Crazy (2009): electronic music
• met him pike trousers (1987): large orchestra
• Rudiments (1989/90): 4 snare drums
• ex machina (2002): 6 percussionists
• Sequitur IV (2008): for cello and live-electronics
• Sequitur IX (2008): for voice and live-electronics
• Helix 1.0 (1986): string quartet
• Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.): for computer-controlled piano
• colorado (2005-2008): for saxophone quartet and live-electronics
• Sequitur VI (2008): for trumpet and live-electronics
• Sequitur V (2008): for toy piano and live-electronics
• Sequitur I (2008): for flute and live-electronics
• FRÄULEIN ATLANTIS (2007): sound environment for Jonathan Meese
• Amazing Maze (1993-2007): interactive realtime
• 7x7 (2006): for 4 alto saxophones
• Gold.Berg.Werk (2003-2007): electronic comment on J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations
• Sequitur VII (2008): for alto saxophone and live-electronics
• Sequitur VIII (2008): for electric guitar and live-electronics
• Sequitur III (2008): for violin and live-electronics
• absence (1996): for violin solo
• Deconstructing Mozart (2006): for computer, church organ and electronics
• Berliner Luft (2006): generative sound environment for a room installation by Johanes Zechner
• AIR BORNE (2006): permanent sound installation in open space
• inside-out (2006): for inside flute and live-electronics
• 7x7⁷ (2006): generative sound environment an animation video by Jürgen Messensee
• Panta Rhei (2006): generative sound environment a room installation by Jürgen Messensee
• Von Hirschen und Röhren (2006/2007): generative sound environment for a room installation by Beat Zoderer
• nature/morte (2005/2006): generative sound environment for a exhibition on Viennese Actionsim
• Rouge de Rouge (2005): electronic sound performance
• WebernUhrWerk (2005): for computer-controlled Carillon
• Kalimba (2005): for toy piano and CD
• and thank you... (2005): sound/space/performance
• Father Earth (2005): computer music live-performance
• action rituelle (2004): live-performance for computer, electronics and sound projection
• blurB (2004): electronic music
• SEELEWASCHEN (2004): generative sound environment for a light installation by Rainer Gottemeier
• ULURU (2004): generative sound scape for an exhibition of Aboriginal Art
• Le mystère d'orgue (2003): generative sound installation for Hermann Nitsch
• carl mayer, scenar(t)ist - berlin (2003): electronic soundtrack for a short movie
• Sonnez la cloche! (2002/2003): computer music live performance on the sound of a bell
• PENDENTE (2002): electronic soundtrack for a light installation
• GRIDS (2001): electronic soundtrack for an image
• Prank (2001): computer music live improvisation
• more or less (1999-2007): web-controlled interactive realtime composition for ensemble and live-electronics
• onwards (1999/2000): three instruments and computer
• m@ze°2 (1999): modular algorithmic zound environment - re-issue of the original CD als mp3 download
• fLIGHT (1998): improvisation within the fLOW environment
• fLOW (1998-2001): infinite ambient sound environment
• à trois - seul (1997/98): string trio
• Close the Gap (1990): 3 tenor saxophones
• et consumimur igni (1989/90): 3 ensemble groups
• orgue de cologne (1985): tape music
• Space Art Transmission (1991): voice & 3 percussionists
• con una certa espressione parlante (1985): piano and tape recorder

Flash: if the free Macromedia Flash Player is installed, you can play Flash files directly from your web browser.

• In's Offene! (1991): flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello (video)
• Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.): performed live by Karlheinz Essl (video)
• GRIDS (2001): performed live by Karlheinz Essl (video)
• Sonnez la cloche! (2002/2003): performed live by Karlheinz Essl (video)
• Kalimba (2005): live performance by Isabel Ettenauer (video)
• Drei Gedichte Weiß (2006): performance with Johanes Zechner, Pia Grumeth, Karlheinz Essl (video)
• The Making of inside/out (2006): or inside flute and live-electronics (video)
• Von Hirschen und Röhren (2006/2007): room installation by artist Beat Zoderer and composer Karlheinz Essl (video)
• FRÄULEIN ATLANTIS (2007): generative video and sound environment for an installation by Jonathan Meese (video)
• Gold.Berg.Werk (2003-2007): interpretation of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations for string trio and electronics (video)
• ESSL.BURGER (2007): Karlheinz Essl (electronics) meets Klaus Burger (tuba) during a free improvisation gig (video)
• Listen Thing (2008): Palindromic Christmas Canon in 4 Parts, performed by Karlheinz Essl (video)
• Lexikon-Sonate (1992-2008): performed by Karlheinz Essl on a Bösendorfer CEUS grand piano (video)
• Sequitur VIII (2008): for electric guitar and live-electronics performed by Karlheinz Essl (video)
• Sequitur V (2008): for toy piano and live-electronics performed by Isabel Ettenauer (video)

QuickTime: if the free QuickTime is installed, you can play QuickTime files directly from your web browser.

• Karlheinz Essl improvising on his computer (2002): video clip
• fLUSH (1999): performance for 4 PowerBooks and sound scape (part of the work-in-progress fLOW) - excerpt
• BWV 1007a (1986): computer-aided resynthesis of Johann Sebastian Bach's cello suite in G major (BWV 1007) - lute version

RealAudio: requires the free RealPlayer

• es wird (2000): generative sound installation
• In's Offene! (1991): flute, bass clarinet, violin, violoncello

MIDI: can be played directly by your web browser.

• Lexikon-Sonate online (1997): interactive web version (Macintosh only!)
• Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.): interactive realtime composition for computer-controlled piano
• BWV 1007a (1986): computer-aided resynthesis of Johann Sebastian Bach's cello suite in G major (BWV 1007)

download mp3 (0.8 MB)

con una certa espressione parlante (1985)
for piano and tape recorder
Karlheinz Essl: piano, Gerhard Eckel: tape recorder
Duration: 9:22

download mp3 (13.3 MB)

BWV 1007a (1986)
Computer-aided resynthesis of Johann Sebastian Bach's cello suite in G major (BWV 1007)
for cello (or any other instrument) solo
interpreted by Se-Lien Chuang

standard MIDI file (9 kB)

QuickTime movie with self-contained lute sound (54 kB)

Helix 1.0 (1986)
for string quartet

ms. 1-42 (1 min 41 sec): structure type A

ms. 186-224 (1 min 53 sec): structure type B

ms. 90-146 (1 min 43 sec): structure type C

met him pike trousers (1987)
for large orchestra
United Philharmonic, Dir. Richard Edlinger
Duration: 11:05

download mp3 (15.2 MB)

Rudiments (1989/90)
for 4 spatially distributed snare drums
Les Guetteurs des Sons, Dir. HK Gruber
duration: 13:28

download mp3 (15.4 MB)

Zungenreden (1990)
radiophonic piece

download mp3 (33.9 MB)

et consumimur igni (1989/90)
for 3 spatially distributed ensemble groups
Ensemble Modern, Dir. Peter Eötvös
live recording from the premier at Musikprotokoll (Graz 1990)
duration: 2:57 (excerpt)

mp3 stream (32 kbps)

Close the Gap (1990) for 3 tenor saxophones
Recorded live at the Austrian National Library on 29 Nov 2006
Wiener Saxophon-Quartett
duration: 3:16 (excerpt)

download mp3 (3.1 MB)

Space Art Transmission (1991)
for voice & percussionists
Studio recording for the ARTSAT CD of the ORF KUNSTRADIO
duration: 4:18

download mp3 (4.1 MB)

In's Offene! (1991)
for flute, bass clarinet, violon and cello

ms. 1-36 (2:35)

ms. 85-115 (1:40)

ms. 148-171 (1:01)

Video: Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien (Skopje, Macedonia: 4 Apr 2006)

Entsagung (1991-93)
for flute, bass clarinet, prepared piano, percusssion, and live-electronics
Klangforum Wien, Dir. Gerd Kühr
duration: 15:59

download mp3 (15.3 MB)

Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.)
An interactive and infinite realtime composition for computer-controlled piano

Recording of a concert in Paris (6 Dec 2004) within the festival "Festival d'Automne":

#1 (28 kB SMF): 8 min 14 sec

6 different computer-generated outputs as standard MIDI files (SMF):

#1 (10 kB SMF): 3 min 10 sec

#2 (15 kB SMF): 3 min 39 sec

#3 (15 kB SMF): 3 min 22 sec

#4 (11 kB SMF): 2 min 52 sec

#5 (14 kB SMF): 2 min 47 sec

#6 (12 kB SMF): 2 min 54 sec

Lexikon-Sonate online... (1997)
interactive online versions...

Javascript implementation by Karlheinz Essl

Interactive CGI implementation (PERL-script written by Florian Cramer, Berlin)

Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.)
for computer-controlled piano
Live performance at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, Walter Hall on March 10th, 1998 played on a Yamaha Disklavier
duration: 6:41

download mp3 (7.7 MB)

Déviation (1993) for two ensemble groups
Recorded live at the Consevatoire de musique de Montréal on 30 Oct 2009
Ensemble Transmission
duration: 13:59

download mp3 (16.1 MB)

O rosa bella (1981/96)
A composed realization after John Dunstable, John Bedingham and anonymous composers (ca. 1440) for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and cello
Recorded by Ensemble Recherche for the CD re_naissance transcriptions (Coviello Classic 2008)

Ballata by John Dunstable (ca. 1440) - download mp3 (1.8 MB)

Epilog by Karlheinz Essl (1981) - download mp3 (1.9 MB)

...wird sichtbar am Horizont (1996) for spatially distributed ensemble
Recording of the world premier, performed by Ensemble Modern, Dir. Hans Zender
Mozarteum, Salzburg Festival 1997
duration: 13:39

download mp3 (16.4 MB)

à trois - seul (1997/98)
string trio

Live recording, played by the fabulous Orpheus Trio Wien.

1st movement: 4 min 11 sec

fLOW (1998-2001)
realtime generated sound scape

infinite fLOW soundscape: Click on both mp3 icons below in order to play two fLOW streams together. You can also download those two mp3 files separately and play them together in loop mode in order to create an infinite ambient sound environment.

fLOW layer 1: 10' (9.1 MB)

fLOW layer 2: 10' (9.1 MB)

Examples of fLOW material:

excerpt of "water": 1'08" (530 KB)

excerpt of "fire": 55" (430 kB)

excerpt of "earth": 1'07" (530 kB)

excerpt of "air": 45" (360 kB)

m@ze°2 (1999)
Modular Algorithmic Zound Environment
Recorded live on 23 March 1999 and 19 Nov 1999 - no editing! After the original CD is sold out, this album is now available as mp3 by ruccas.org can be downloaded for free.

mp3: download the entire album or selected tracks...

more or less (1999-2007)
version for saxophone, violin, prepared piano, percussion and electronics
Ensemble Intégrales (Hamburg) & Karlheinz Essl (electronics)
duration: 17:10

download mp3 (15.7 MB)

more or less - sound types (1999-2007)
computer-controlled interactive realtime composition for ensemble and live-electronics

The piece is based on 5 different types of musical structures - the examples given here have been worked out and played live by Karlheinz Essl on his m@ze°2 realtime composition environment:

Example of Burst

Burst #1: 19 sec, 150 kB

Examples of Chute

Chute #1: 8 sec, 60 kB

Chute #2: 6 sec, 45 kB

Examples of Cloud

Cloud #1: 19 sec, 150 kB

Cloud #2: 36 sec, 280 kB

Examples of Drone

Drone #1: 29 sec, 220 kB

Drone #2: 17 sec, 130 kB

Examples of Pulse

Pulse #1: 40 sec, 300 kB

Pulse #2: 54 sec, 420 kB

Pulse #3: 19 sec, 140 kB

Pulse #4: 40 sec, 300 kB

fLIGHT (1998)
Improvisation within the fLOW sound environment with David Ender (extended uisge beathax, zither, schreber instruments), Elisabeth Flunger (percussion), Jack Hauser (cümbüs, theremin) Peter Panayi (e-guitar, bouzouki) and Karlheinz Essl (computer, electronics). Excerpt of a live performance at echoraum, Vienna on 5 Nov 1998.

mp3: 3'30"

Edited and provided by Elisabeth Flunger

fLUSH (1999)
Performance within the fLOW sound environment for 4 PowerBooks and sound scape (part of the work-in-progress fLOW)
Karlheinz Essl, Jochen Bohnes, Richard Barrett, Christian Fennesz (excerpt of a live performance at the Monty Theatre, Antwerp on 14 Oct 1999)

QuickTime movie with QDesign audio compression (stereo): 5'27"

Edited and provided by Jochen Bohnes

onwards (1999/2000)
for three instruments and computer

The piece is based on 4 different types of musical structures - the examples given here have been worked out and played live by Karlheinz Essl on his m@ze°2 realtime composition environment:

Examples of DRONE

Drone #1: 1'07" (520 kB)

Drone #2: 1'01" (470 kB)

Examples of POINTS

Points #1: 1'09" (530 kB)

Points #2: 1'01" (530 kB)

Examples of REPETITIONS

Repetitions #1: 40" (310 kB)

Repetitions #2: 48" (370 kB)

Examples of TEXTURE

Texture #1: 42" (320 kB)

Texture #2: 54" (420 kB)

es wird (2000)
generative sound installation, based on a text by Heinz Tesar (1961/62)

excerpt (2 min 30 sec)

Prank (2001)
solo computer performance
Karlheinz Essl: computer music live improvisation
duration: 5:07

Live recording of a solo concert given at Kornhaus Bern (Switzerland) on 14 Jan 2001 during Karlheinz Essl's recent Switzerland tour within the framework of :digital brainstorming

download mp3 (4.6 MB)

Thanks to :digital brainstorming for hosting this mp3 file.

GRIDS (2001)
electronic soundtrack for an image
Karlheinz Essl: electronic live performance
duration: 8:04

download mp3 (7.3 MB)

Thanks to ruccas.org for hosting this mp3 file.

ex machina (2002)
for 6 percussionists encircling the audience
Studio Percussion graz, Dir. Günter Meinhart
duration: 13:18

download mp3 (15.2 MB)

PENDENTE (2002)
electronic soundtrack for a light installation by Martin Kaar
Karlheinz Essl: electronic live performance
Duration: 9:54

download mp3 (9.0 MB)

Thanks to ruccas.org for hosting this mp3 file.

Sonnez la cloche! (2002/2003)
computer music live performance on the sound of a church bell
Karlheinz Essl: computer & live-electronics

Live performance at the Teatro Farnese (Parma, Italy) during the festival TRAIETTORIE (Sep 16th, 2003)
Duration: 08:34

Download mp3... (stereo, 128kps, 7.9 MB)

Thanks to the Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Musik (Donau-Universität Krems, Austria) for hosting this file.

carl mayer, scenar(t)ist - berlin (2003)
electronic sound track for a video monitoring project by ZONE for the film festival DIAGONALE (Graz 2003).

Karlheinz Essl: composition, production, recording and mastering
Duration: 6:26

download mp3 (5.8 MB)

Thanks to ruccas.org for hosting this mp3 file.

Gold.Berg.Werk (2003-2007)
electronic sound comments on J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations

download Aria Electronica 1 (3.9 MB) - 4:12

download Fantasia Chromatica Electronica (3.4 MB) - 3:45

Le mystère d'orgue (2003)
generative sound installation for a Hermann Nitsch retrospective
duration: 3:05 (excerpt)

download mp3 (2.7 MB)

ULURU (2004)
generative sound scape for the exhibition SPIRIT & VISION - Aboriginal Art
duration: 2:15 (excerpt)

download mp3 (2.1 MB)

SEELEWASCHEN (2004)
generative sound scape for a light installation by Rainer Gottemeier
duration: 3:31 (excerpt)

download mp3 (3.2 MB)

blurB (2004)
electronic music - submission to the 60x60 Project
duration: 1:00

download mp3 (1.0 MB)

action rituelle (2004)
live-performance for computer, electronics and sound projection, recorded live at Kloster Pernegg (A) on 29 Aug 2004
duration: 11:34

download mp3 (10.6 MB)

Thanks to ruccas.org for hosting this mp3 file.

Father Earth (2004/2005)
computer music performance, recorded live on 27 Apr 2005 during the festival CHAIN_REACT_CHAIN at the Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg (A)
duration: 11:27

download mp3 (10.4 MB)

Thanks to ruccas.org for hosting this mp3 file.

and thank you... (2005)
sound/space/performance in collaboration with Jack Hauser and Sabina Holzer
duration: 17:29

download mp3 (16.0 MB)

Kalimba (2005)
for toy piano and CD

download mp3 (1.8 MB) - excerpt of the playback CD - duration: 3:59

Video of a live performance by Isabel Ettenauer (Klosterneuburg, 11 Mar 2009) - duration: 5:26

WebernUhrWerk (2005)
algorithmic music for computer-controlled Carillon

download model #1, full hour (0.5 MB)

download model #2, quarter past (0.5 MB)

download model #3, half an hour (0.5 MB)

download model #4, quarter to (0.5 MB)

Rouge de Rouge (2005)
electronic sound performance for a series of 100 wine paintings by Josef Trattner
duration: 16:43

download mp3 (15.3 MB)

nature / morte (2005/2006)
generative sound environment accompanying a photo documentation on Viennese Actionism
duration: 4:00 (excerpt)

download mp3 (4.1 MB)

Von Hirschen und Röhren (2006/2007)
generative sound environment for an installation by Beat Zoderer
duration: 2:33 (excerpt)

download mp3 (2.4 MB)

Video documentation Essl Museum Klosterneuburg/Vienna, 2007 - duration: 3:21

7x7⁷ (2006)
generative sound environment for an animation video by Jürgen Messensee
bass clarinet samples played by Georg Riedl
duration: 3:13 (excerpt)

download mp3 (3.0 MB)

Panta Rhei (2006)
generative sound environment for a room installation by Jürgen Messensee
duration: 5:03 (excerpt)

download mp3 (6.9 MB)

inside/out (2006)
for inside-flute, live-electronics and 4-channel sound projection
Two excerpts from the premier (2 Jun 2006, Vienna): Cordula Bösze (flute), Karlheinz Essl (electronics) - recorded live.

beginning: download mp3 (5.2 MB, 4:45)

middle section: download mp3 (4.5 MB, 3:46)

Video: The Making of inside/out (Studio kHz: 8 Mar 2006)

AIR BORNE (2006)
15-part sound installation in open space at Humboldt University in Berlin-Adlershof
A SoundWalk by Stefan Krüskemper through the AIR BORNE environment
duration: 17:34

download mp3 (20.9 MB)

Berliner Luft (2006)
generative sound environment for a room installation by Johanes Zechner
duration: 2:45 (excerpt)

download mp3 (2.5 MB)

Deconstructing Mozart (2006)
version for computer, church organ and electronics - recorded live at the Cathedrale of St. Pölten on 23 Sep 2006
Karlheinz Essl: electronics, Franz Danksagmüller: church organ
duration: 4:24 (excerpt)

download mp3 (4.0 MB)

Deconstructing Mozart (2006)
version for computer solo, recorded live at the Austrian National Library on 29 Nov 2006
Karlheinz Essl: electronics
duration: 15:13

download mp3 (13.9 MB)

Thanks to ruccas.org for hosting this mp3 file.

FRÄULEIN ATLANTIS (2007)
generative sound and video environment for an installation by Jonathan Meese
duration: 6:36 (excerpt)

download mp3 (6.1 MB)

Die Klangwelt des FRÄULEIN ATLANTIS (2007)
radio live-performance at the ORF Kunstradio
duration: 3:49 (excerpt)

download mp3 (3.5 MB)

absence (1996)   NEW
for violin solo
Irvine Arditti: violin
duration: 11:04

download mp3 (10.2 MB)

Sequitur III (2008)
for electric violin and live-electronics
Barbara Lüneburg: Zeta violin & live-electronics
duration: 7:51

download mp3 (7.2 MB)

Sequitur VII (2008)
Lars Mlekusch: alto saxophone
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
duration: 6:43

download mp3 (6.2 MB)

7x7 (2006)
version for 4 alto saxophones
Recorded live the ensemble 4 Saxess at the Konzerthaus Vienna
duration: 6:43

download mp3 (6.2 MB)

7x7 (2009)
version for 4 electric guitars
Recorded live by ZWERM electric guitar quartet at the Essl Museum Klosterneuburg
duration: 9:00

download mp3 (10.3 MB)

Amazing Maze (1993-2007)
interactive realtime composition
duration: 3:26 (excerpt)

download mp3 (2.4 MB)

Sequitur I (2008)
Cordula Bösze: flute
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
duration: 7:32

download mp3 (6.9 MB)

Sequitur V (2008)
Isabel Ettenauer: toy piano, Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
duration: 7:57

download mp3 (7.3 MB)

Sequitur VI (2008)
Jörg Engels: trumpet & live-electronics
duration: 7:24

download mp3 (6.8 MB)

colorado (2005-2008)   NEW
for saxophone quartet & live-electronics
duration: 14:57

download mp3 (13.7 MB)

Sequitur IX (2008)
Margarete Jungen: mezzo soprano
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
duration: 8:28

download mp3 (9.8 MB)

Sequitur IV (2008)
Anton Lukoszevieze: cello
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
duration: 15:12

download mp3 (13.9 MB)

Sequitur VIII (2008)
Karlheinz Essl: electric guitar & live-electronics
duration: 8:55

download mp3 (8.2 MB)

Demo Crazy (2009)
Karlheinz Essl: computer & live-electronics
duration: 11:02

download mp3 (10.2 MB)

Detune (2009)
fragment for oboe and large orchester
Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, Dir. Karlheinz Essl
duration: 1:06

download mp3 (1.5 MB)

While my guitars gently whip (2008/2008)
for electric guitar quartet
ZWERM electric guitar quartet (Antwerpen)
duration: 10:05

download mp3 (9.2 MB)

Sequitur XI (2009)
Stefan Froleyks: vibraphone, cymbal
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
duration: 12:21

download mp3 (14.8 MB)

Sequitur X (2010)
Mike Svoboda: trombone
Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics
duration: 12:04

download mp3 (17.4 MB)

Quicktime movie

GRIDS (2001)
electronic music
Video of a live performance by Karlheinz Essl
Vienna, Austrian National Library (17 Apr 2002)
duration: 7:22

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

Sonnez la cloche! (2002/2003)
electronic music
Video of a live performance by Karlheinz Essl
Böheimkirchen, WÜRTH Art Room (3 Nov 2003)
duration: 7:36

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.)
for computer-controlled piano
Video of a live performance by Karlheinz Essl
Vienna, Porgy & Bess (4 Apr 2005)
duration: 4:19 (excerpt)

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

Drei Gedichte Weiß (2006)
Video of a live performance with Johanes Zechner, Pia Grumeth and Karlheinz Essl
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg (14 Sep 2006)
duration: 4:13 (excerpt)

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

In's Offene! (1991)
for flute, bass clarinet, violin and cello

Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble Wien

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

Kalimba (2005)
for toy piano and CD playback

Isabel Ettenauer: toy piano

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

The Making of inside/out (2006)
for inside flute and live-electronics

Cordula Bösze: inside flute

Karlheinz Essl: live-electronics

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

FRÄULEIN ATLANTIS (2007)
generative video and sound environment for an installation by Jonathan Meese

Excerpt from an infinite process
duration: 4:22

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

Gold.Berg.Werk (2003-2007) Interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations BWV 988
for string trio and electronics

Recording session: Vienna, Casino Baumgarten (16 Mar 2008)
duration: 4:34

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

ESSL.BURGER (2006)   NEW
Karlheinz Essl (electronics) meets Klaus Burger (tuba) during a free improvisation gig.

Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg/Vienna (3 Jun 2007)
duration: 7:43

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

Von Hirschen und Röhren (2006/2007)
Room installation by Beat Zoderer (artwork) und Karlheinz Essl (sound)
Video documentation Essl Museum Klosterneuburg/Vienna (27 Aug 2007)
duration: 3:21

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

Listen Thing (2008)
Palindromic Christmas canon in 4 parts

Karlheinz Essl: music box

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

Lexikon-Sonate (1992-2008)   NEW
realtime composition for computer-controlled piano

Karlheinz Essl: live performance on a Bösendorfer CEUS grand piano

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

Sequitur VIII (2008)
for electric guitar and live-electronics

Karlheinz Essl: electric guitar & live-electronics

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

Sequitur V (2008)   NEW
for toy piano and live-electronics

Isabel Ettenauer: toy piano and live-electronics

Flash video - Thanks to YouTube

Updated: 22 Dec 2012