Playable sound sculptures from obsolete test equipment

[@Hainbach]

Bleep is already out of stock, please buy directly from the label: misc-works.bandcamp.com/album/impulsgenerator

[@GrymsArchive]

Any albums signed by you?

[@stardustjustlikeyou]

And what do I do if they're sold out as well?? Please tell me you're having more pressed

[@piotrdubiel7214]

Ack! Sold out on Bandcamp as well... I really hope these get repressed; I'd love to buy one.

[@huhummmmmmm]

tape release works too :D

[@lebenitj]

Man!they're out(...would love to have a copy of the vinyl..

[@Hainbach]

This is a long one, so I thought a premiere would be nice again. Grab a beverage of your choice and meet me in a few minutes here.

[@noisejockey]

I've known you for years now, and this was the most visceral, powerful performance I've heard from you. REALLY well done, my friend. Expressive, varied, and absolutely, mind-blowingly MASSIVE sounding.

[@Hainbach]

Thank you so much Nathan!

[@konstruktsound211]

Random hipster: "I just finished my 8k eurorack case" Hainbach: "Hold my beer!"

[@frohlichflymailfm]

Correction! "Hold my chardonnay!" (13:35)

[@bmatt007]

The atmosphere created by these vintage pieces of equipment just goes to show you that how the tools used is what makes a great musician/producer. Bravo, Hainbach!

[@FabFunty]

I have no idea what any of this thing were made for, but I can totally understand the desire to get surrounded with them, I love those knobs and switches and the technical look. And even better is he tickle some great sounds out of it.

[@thestrongestcatalive]

You know as I watch these, it's mind-blowing how in-sync you have to be with your electronics and set up. You essentially have to embody them to create improvisational tracks. How simple it would be for anyone to accidentally create a feedback loop wrecking the experience. You're a true artist my friend.

[@aurora3655]

And that drone chord, when you dropped the pitch, SO THICK!

[@Nachtdwaler]

Ye it's intense!

[@EleniEliades_]

This Sound Installation Piece with the Totem Sculptures is absolutely amazing ! You've created an " Archeology of Electronic Equipment Which Sings " . And these Totems are an Anthropomorphic representation of their respective individuality as you, the Artist, envisions them...you have formed these old discarded machines into representations of humans -Given them life again by turning each machine into a type of new instrument. Modular as well as Electronic then by presenting these wonderful " Totems " in this way, having them Perform for an audience, you have given them {old machines } back to a new generation of people who will now see and hear them as whole entities.

[@Hainbach]

Thank you putting this to words - at some point I lack distance, because I am too intimate with the creation. This lends it some perspective.

[@Starclimber]

I love how members of your audience started trancing out on your shifting drones. Thanks, really enjoyed your project.

[@ConwayBob]

I liked that aspect of it too, watching the audience members reacting to this amazing experience. I also enjoyed watching Stefan's graceful dance moves as he deftly threaded his way through a maze of cables to throw a switch here or tweak a knob there and then returned to the mixing console without tripping and causing a test gear avalanche.

[@loomPEDAL]

it's pretty incredible what you've done here, start to performance finish. I've atched most of your videos and I was pretty blown away by what you did with the OTE.

[@raven7350]

Must have been a really nice session to figure out, prepare and play ! Sounds really amazing and with an unique atmosphere. Sooner or later i will try and come to see you live! Always light years ahead

[@Genshi]

Man, I need to get rich so I can start flying out to these things to see them in person! That must have been an awesome experience for the audience!

[@tru7hhimself]

the looks on the faces of the audience are great. the spectrum goes from curious looks, to excited expectation, to totally zoning out, to "wtf am i doing here", to "please make it stop".

[@MetaHoudini]

I know when you first started messing with test equipment, it was a struggle to get them to play nicely with each other. Impressive how you threw those stacks together and got it working in such a short time. Now you’re making it look easy lol. Sounded awesome as usual. And can I add your performance reminds me of a tamed version of Sam Battle, walking around twisting knobs on a wall of sound.

[@Thr3-Words]

This might be the most Berlin that a KZbin video is capable of containing, and I find it absolutely awesome!

[@captainkiddoregon]

I'm pretty open minded to a lot of things and love the concept of experimental music like this. But I tend to kind of find a lot of that type of performances a bit too far out there/chaotic or in my eyes/ears fake. I really enjoyed your performance here. Of course I tend to like your performances and the way you make your music. Nice work and cool equipment.

[@XDrSinusX]

love the concept of the show. some audio reactive lighting maybe triggered by your clocks would be very nice for this setup. music as great as always

[@hakonsoreide]

I've just started buying some test equipment myself, primarily resistor based first of all since that is easy to use musically when connected to my Phenol synthesizer, and also I find vintage test equipment aesthetically very beautiful - and it is possible to get things at the kind of prices where even just the switches would be worth more than one pays if one decides to use them for something else. I am quite fascinated at what kind of sounds you're able to get out of these machines, which has inspired me to try something like that some day too. I must say I like how the work is both a group of sculptures as well as having the potential for such interesting and beautiful noises. Makes me wish I was living in Berlin and not in the relatively cultural backwaters of Inverness, Scotland where experimental music isn't often heard - at least not so much outside my room as far as I know. Keep up the great work making interesting sonic art.

[@romineification]

You're really did something special here. This is some of your best work.

[@RobinBlakey]

This is beautiful! There needs to be more spaces for installations and projects like this.

[@CinematicLaboratory]

Got the Spitfire VST today. Thank you, thank you, thank you! This library is totally amazing. I was expecting you to do a video about it but you already did it a year ago.

[@newtronix]

Love the idea of the totems. How about a totem of landfill speakers to go with it? :-)

[@chuckcrunch1]

it could be quite the garbage pile of noise

[@timjmoran]

Wow!! That was the first time I have seen you perform with a audience present...really great! It's really encouraging to me that people will come out to hear such challenging,unusual sounds!! There is something really moving about this..that you hauled all this heavy gear out for a one-time performance of such unusual and experimental music. As someone who comes more or less from an analog world ( guitar,bass,percussion..some synthesis... ('94 Korg O1 Pro-X) this is pretty mind -blowing to me! I just LOVE that you have taken these obsolete items that might have ended up on a scrap heap had you not done something with them. I really like the unpredictability of the equipment..and of course, the sounds themselves are fascinating!! It inspires me to hook up my guitar pedals and keyboards to see what I can come up with. So..thank you, Hainbach!! You are a True Sonic Alchemist!! I look forward to your next audio adventure!!

[@AmbientMusicStudio]

I wish I could have been in the room. I can imagine how rich and enveloping the sound must have been. Very good work.

[@baleinerenard7629]

Glad you made a good use of that Ioniser! Really pleased to hear it make music.

[@kennethjanczak4900]

it hurts like Hxxx getting an electrical schok....... working as electrician apprentice, was working on a really big fuse and relay box in an appartement building. made a wrong move.... bbbbzzzzzzzzzzxx...... got 600 volt in my hand and arm... got a few nasty burns on my finges, hospital for 2 days to monitor heart rythme and check for nerve and muscle damage.... hurt like hxxx... but i also got respect for electrical instalations now. Thanks for taking the time to make the another great video and share it.

[@matthewdeakin9939]

Love the new EP Hainbach! The bass on it is MEGA and the grittiness of the drone in entropy first is incredible

[@ruisless795]

Great performance Heinbach, good to see you and your collection outside the studio

[@ScottMFR]

Very cool! I like this longer format of video where you've outlined a concept and challenge, documented the process, and then showcased the resulting performance. Well done!

[@kgbinfo]

Wow! What a fantastic installation. I wish I could experience this in person. You are doing some immensely inspiring stuff. Every time I watch one of your videos I feel rejuvenated and motivated to make something different. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@ConwayBob]

This is wonderful, Hainbach, an epic live performance! There's more to be heard here than some modulated sine and square waves. At around 20:22 it sounds like a cat is purring in my lap. In other places, I can hear the mating music of nocturnal flying insects at rest up among high tree branches at Midnight, and later the magnified murmurings of silk caterpillars as they work at their craft. And then, after a time, some monks in some distant stone chapel intone their plainsong prayers, burying their pale faces in lumpy cushions filled with discarded lottery tickets. Later still, a traveling carnival troop sets up shop on the edge of the town square and beckons people to its cotton candy and roasted almond stalls as jugglers warm-up behind their tent. Who knew all of this could be coaxed from old electronic circuits rescued from the scrap heap? This is some of the best, most evocative ambient music ever. Thank you for sharing!

[@Hainbach]

That is beautiful to read!

[@platesinthesky4045]

Such richness and depth of sound. Thanks for sharing.

[@SterionMusic]

Intense performance. Wish I could have attended this. Must have been a great athmosphere.

[@Projacked1]

Love the live performance....it has air. No drone 'discomforts' so to speak.

[@Hainbach]

Thank you! I believe in silence and space. Kontrast makes everything stronger.

[@Projacked1]

@@Hainbach is it difficult to modify the 'scientific' equipment due to accuracy? You seem to have the perfect/ comfortable setup right now, but I know you always search for more. Hence the question; is it hard to make, let's say; extra (modified) modulations in such circuits? f.e. clock-synced...

[@cubis]

I found your channel like a year ago, while looking for moogerfooger videos. So glad I did. Absolutely amazing.

[@cloudwaveASMRsleepsounds]

This is amazing. Absolutely astonishing. I hope you end up creating a sample library for people. I'd love to try making dark psytrance out of that wall of sound.

[@billnetherlands]

Man, I have been looking for something like your channel for a minute. Great stuff. I thought I was the only one wanting to make a synth out of test equipment.

[@billnetherlands]

i have that same wavetek and a wavetek filter. any videos on how to go about hooking that to a sequencer with control over pitch?

[@erichewes3288]

That was an intense performance!. The power outage made me chuckle, ive been there before...

[@andrebartels1690]

Re-dedicating old laboratory equipment to music and this way saving it from trash. Reminds me of a lyrics line from the song _gold gegen blei_ by _von Brücken_ *Das was wir finden nicht kaputt repariern,* *des einen Fehler ist des anderen Kunst* Thank you, Hainbach, for your courage to show the beauty that lies in odd things. Keep your love strong 👍

[@bca5251]

“And dub is my secret love” 😏

[@vaspers]

THIS is my favorite work of music by you. You keep it so interesting as it evolves, masterful orchestrations of test equipment! I hope your make the performance into a Misc. album!

[@jkndrkn]

Really enjoyed this video! Especially enjoyed your performance and it looks like your audience did, too! Makes me want to get back into doing experimental music.

[@VeggieLard]

These machines have so much character! Visually and audibly. Great performance as well, you really know how to make them shine :)

[@OC35]

I used to use the B&K meter, filter and chart recorder to service Nagras and Sennheiser mics and headphones.

[@AuralAntithesis]

Bummed I missed out on the vinyl... but the CD is easier to play on my radio show. THANKS HAINBACH TRULY INSPIRATIONAL!

[@jeanbonnefoy1377]

Love it! Reminded me strongly of one of my favourite electronic composer, François Bayle, I had the pleasure to meet in 77 at a French sci-fi convention, and specifically two of his works: Espaces inhabitables (Uninhabitable Spaces) and Hommage à Robur (Tribute to Robur) which inspired me strongly for my early electronic compositions. There is here the same retrofuturistic flavour and poetic/eerie mood only those old electronic generators can produce.

[@Hainbach]

I have to check him out!

[@edgeeffect]

Excellent sculpture/show, excellent EP... but mostly excellent power-outage! I love your test equipment stuff.

[@The_only_one33]

Thanks for posting this kind of stuff. Absolutely inspiring to get an insight into your working process and hearing the results. Love your work.

[@GrymsArchive]

@ 10:05 I feel you on that. Had 220v 60A send me a good 8-10 feet across a room. Great stuff as always! +1

[@jasonhoffman6642]

You have such a beautiful and calm way of thinking.

[@yfrontsguy]

Keeping the golden days of the late sixties in Berlin very much alive in this beautiful composition!

[@laicamusic1]

I'm pretty sure the vinyl had sold out before I even got the email from Misc, digital will have to do, this channel is becoming essential viewing for me

[@nobonesforthedog989]

Super coooool:-) Incredible.....so different machines....put together....some for former medical use...now...for landscapes...just perfect....and not to forget....the idea and the process to make them work together. Im looking forward and wondering which other machines you will bring forward:-)

[@TaggerW1lson]

Oh my god that moment at 16:10 gave me shivers. Wish i couldve been there

[@spooncastro]

So magnificent! I'm absolutely in love with what your able to do with this equipment!

[@jokkemartens8065]

I love your content Hainbach. Hope to see you or your work in real life sometime.. I can't pinpoint it exactly, but it really transcends the technicality of the medium. The test equipment is a sculpture, your music is an ambient sculpture. So they intertwine wonderfully. It's a bit as if the test equipment came to life.. It's in a way quite theatrical. Best of luck!

[@kurtkabica]

Thank. You Hainbach that was Fantastic piece , on so mean levels .... love post industrial sculptural look reminds me of Nam June Paik. Art work... would been even cooler to be there and hear the sound bounce around the room and soak in to the space..❤️

[@Luchoedge]

Gorgeous! textures and pleasure for my ears and my eyes!

[@dorbid]

Absolutely loved this Hainbach. Also what a considerate audience.

[@Hainbach]

They were awesome!

[@aftertheendtimes]

This CMP Medical Device Is probably a Frequency therapeutic mashine, As i am in that field of Quantum Medicine, i recognized it, but i am also into music aswell ;D Frequency is everything :D Thankz a ton Hainbach for your presence and amazing work. Love cheers

[@manuelarce5066]

You are a genious! how I would like to see events like this near my house! Super interesting, I really enjoy your work

[@waltmodul7948]

They are so much ART . I would go to a museum to see them !

[@timjmoran]

Just got done watching this..and already made a comment below..and I had an idea..that being, that I think someone needs to make a documentary film about what you do !! I would be first in line to watch that!( near as I can see..it doesn't look like this already exists)

[@matthewchism3733]

Fantastic performance- us West Coasters are a bit far from your usual travels (although I hope that changes someday...). I love the concept of the sound totems, each telling a different but interactive story. Can't wait for Totems 2, 3, and 4.

[@steventhefunky]

Dude! It's like you made this video for me. Thank you. Just answered a lot of my questions. Searching for wavetek Oscillators and function generators. Can't wait to get my hands on something man. this looks like so much fun. Maybe I'll "make" a mega tetrax organ when I get for oscillators and a wave multiplier.

[@soulixier6939]

Exactly the type of music John peel would have played on his Sadly gone radio1 show.

[@Hainbach]

John Peel was my lifeline when I was a kid. Free radio broadcast cassette copies of his show I would listen to avidly

[@improziv]

Fantastic performance both sonically and conceptually. Congratulation!

[@markchiles3096]

Wow.... absolutely stunning. It was like the soul of Mika Vainio was in you. Amazing performance. Would love you to do some sample packs one day of your test equipment

[@Hainbach]

I have a few up here patreon.com/Hainbach and make new ones every month

[@evanpincus2203]

Those Krohn-Hite filters are fantastic. A great starting point for anyone who wants to willitmusic- can be gotten cheap and sound fantastic on anything you throw through them.

[@Dea_Decay]

Forgot to say I loved the video and the totems. They sounded literally divine, like a sonic deity or an otherworldly audio phantasm

[@frankyeichler3303]

Junge, Ich liebe deine Arbeit! Du bist einzigartig

[@patrickclark2801]

Oh, man, you're performing this on my birthday (28 November). Wish I could attend! I can't think of a better way to turn 30.

[@harmonicres]

Parts remind be of Wolfgang Voights GAS project! Touche very interesting concept and execution. Just purchased!

[@funkempfang]

Mensch Maier Du bist der Hammer!!! Beautiiiiifullllll, thanx man!

[@tamhewitt-baker5602]

As a philanthropist, I would be willing to help you make some room there and take some equipment. No problem. :D Seriously though. wonderful music. I find it very inspiring.

[@god_fearing_]

Beautiful instillation and beautiful piece

[@KNHSynths]

Wunderbar ! Echte elektronische und experimentelle Musik, die auf die Wurzeln der konkrete Musik zurückgreift.

[@Bishka100]

Love it. Might I suggest adding some old TV's modded into oscilloscopes and vectorscopes.

[@Useless_Idea]

interesting approach and cool "sound"

[@daneguitarist1]

i feel like some people in the background went on a date with someone they didnt know that well and like a few of them have no idea whats happening or why this is neat hahaha also there is the opposite of that, and the super synth nerds that are just geeking out right now i wish i could have come, awesome stuff hainy

[@jeffreycollins7297]

Just got a copy for myself. Looking forward to shaking my foundations with it.

[@RCAvhstape]

This is great stuff. Parts of it sound a bit disjointed, mainly the transitions, which is to be expected from live improv with a pile of random non-instruments, but parts of it are utterly cold cyberpunk beauty. I hope you get a chance to record some of this stuff and smooth out the rough edges in post. This should be the sound track of some film. Love it.

[@Hainbach]

In regards to transitions, this is a 15 min edit of the 30 min performance. So they are way more sudden than in the original performance.

[@RCAvhstape]

@@Hainbach Ah, that makes sense.

[@spurioustransients]

As always, wonderful stuff! I'm reminded of the play "One Way Pendulum" by N F Simpson in which the character Kirby is attempting to teach a trio of speak your weight machines to sing! I just ordered your record, looking forward to giving it a spin.

[@Hainbach]

Thank you, enjoy the record! That play sounds great, I have to read it.

[@BrunoWiebelt]

so cool my friend _ test equipment - tannenbäume und das rasseln der nadeln nach drei König

[@andrebartels1690]

I love the subtle changes in your sound art. I liked the last part best, when it was a little less droney and a little more melodious. But that is just my personal preference.

[@Alphastare23]

Madness, I love it. Ordered the vinyl.

[@lilakmonoke982]

great stuff from the Dean of Grundge as usual! kollegiale grüsse aus dem prenzlberg, hainbach. florian aka lilak monoke.

[@waltmodul7948]

In my top five HAINBACH KZbin’s

[@khalnetherfields7263]

thats an akai tape machine id know that hunka junk anywhere. your new record rocks hainbach my guy

[@MChristian]

What a gorgeous performance

[@intafon]

hilarious: "...and dub is my secret love..." I think I actually laughed out loud.

[@willdoyle3225]

Truly awe-inspiring! Fantastic work!

[@MikeUIibarri]

Some of these sounds are available right now? Excellent.

[@kozepz]

These are great pieces of art & science!

[@makisibisi]

I never make comments but this was gorgeous! Thank You!!!

[@iqnill]

Wonderful as always! Did you know (I guess not) that there's a playlist of your tracks on a Chinese music streaming app? Of course it's not ideal for a creator to be streamed in far away lands for free, but that means that there are ppl here loving your music. Maybe you could visit China, the experimental music scene here is vibrant. I can just imagine trying to load the Totems into an overhead compartment on a plane...

[@Hainbach]

I actually would love to play in China, going over the world with my music is something I enjoy tremendously. This project is not very mobile though, and would require some serious sponsorship to get anywhere.

[@blaisebaileyfinnegan]

@@Hainbach I just had an idea for a webseries... You have 3 days to turn whatever local discarded gear you can scrape up and craigslist / pawn shop finds into a workable live setup. 'Roadkill' but for test equipment instead of cars. Would patreon the shit out of that.

[@cetterus]

@@Hainbach Then you should also perform at Zagreb Biennale

[@LudovicCoullet]

this sound at 16'20“ is putting me into awe. Pure Frippertronics ! I love your work. Do you know Eliane Radigue ?

[@Жека1982]

Ich finde es genial, wie du spielst ! Sehr begeisternde Hingabe. Ich stelle vor wie viel Zeit du gebraucht hast um die Geräte kennen zu lernen.

[@Hainbach]

Vielen Dank!

[@soundisles]

You're a madman! I love the Specular Tempus.