The composition in MAX uses a thing called „Leitmotive“ (leitmotifs). Known from the opus of Richard Wagner. Let’s have a look through those – and strap in, because this is a complex and long explanation! Why Leitmotive? Starting to write for this project, it became clear quickly that I wanted to use a musical concept …
While #maxialbum is progressing, I got an idea for a side project. Which has to do with two cats. And to a degree with an angel, or rather Engl.
Max contains three different kinds of compositions. The difference lies in what the
composer specifices vs. what is left to the interpretation of the performers.
An album-length worth of music with a story to tell might want a structure. So how to build this, considering it’s a biography after all?
A brief summary of past, present and future of this project as of May 2025.
Aleatoric and algorithmic composition. Exclusively. And modular synths.
A proper Spielsachen album, covering the time between Christmas 2019 and Epiphany 2021.
A House with two Rooms by Rainer Straschill The MoinSound Studio Sessions was a rather big project. It had led to four album releases, plus two limited-edition EPs. And there was always this talk about yet another release „next year“. This year – 2020 – is now this „next year“. What it is Around Epiphany of 2010, I …
The first proper modular synth album, „Würm Bank“ reveres today’s hero of the modular world, Dieter Doepfer. As part of the RPM challenge.
Noise gets explored. Bass also gets explored. Aggressive Ambient again.
