I already said a lot about this album project. Like about its structure, how it is composed, and a detailed look at the Leitmotive. But what is the production approach? And what does that even mean? What does a „producer“ do? The role of the producer (of an album) is one of those things clouded …
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.
Recorded during a full week of MoinSound Studio Sessions performances in 2010, this album was always scheduled for „next year“. Finally, 2020 was that Next Year. Very widely ambient, if somehwat concrete.
The first proper modular synth album, „Würm Bank“ reveres today’s hero of the modular world, Dieter Doepfer. As part of the RPM challenge.
