PROJECT KACHIMIZU プルジェクト火池水. New songs and sound experiments To the Blog
Evening Jam, Behringer Model 15, controlled by AUM (Waymaker) with Patterning 3 Drum Machine [mp3]
Relaxing Beat [mp3]
Hongkong, live performance at The Den, 2nd october 2025, Tokyo, recorded with the IPhone [mp3]
Acid Jam with Behringer TD-3 [mp3] [mp3]
Evening Jam
New experimental video with sounds, The Bridge.
English
In this video, I document eating a Nashi pear in real time. My focus here is on how the quiet sounds of preparation, removing the peel with a knife, putting down the fork, my chewing noises, smacking my lips and clearing my throat all indicate a flavour that cannot be directly perceived. When I ate such a pear for the first time many years ago, I was surprised. It tasted like ‚nothing‘. But when I tried it again and took my time, I realised that the pear does indeed have a taste. But it is very subtle. We are no longer used to tasting such a “quiet” flavour. Today, everything tastes very intense. The minimalist sounds correspond to this subtle taste.
German
In diesem Video dokumentiere ich das Essen einer Nashi-Birne in Echtzeit. Es geht mir hierbei um die Frage, wie die leisen Geräusche des Zubereitens, das Entfernen der Schale mit dem Schnitzer, das Ablegen der Gabel, meine Kaugeräusche und mein Schmatzen und Räuspern den Geschmack andeuten, den man nicht direkt wahrnimmt. Als ich das erste Mal vor vielen Jahren eine solche Birne aß, wunderte ich mich. Sie schmeckte nach 'Nichts'. Aber als ich dann nochmal probierte und mir Zeit nahm, stellte ich fest, dass die Birne sehr wohl einen Geschmack hat. Aber er ist ganz fein. Wir sind es nicht mehr gewohnt, einen solchen 'leisen' Geschmack zu kosten. Heute schmeckt alles sehr intensiv. Diesem feinen Geschmack entsprechen die minimalistischen Geräusche.
Breakfast in the Air [mp3]
Who'll Stop the Rain? (CCR morning cover) [mp3]
The Bridge. New sound with AUM [mp3] [mp3]
First amateur attempt at bossa nova with acoustic guitar. [mp3]
New Jam, Behringer Model 15 and AUM
The Space Between the Notes. Best listening with headphones. Please be patient. There are silent passages between the notes. [wav]
Drive Beat [mp3]
New song: Train
Carbon dioxide in mineral water, recorded with the Tascam X8 [mp3]
In Space. Experimental sound with Ableton Live [mp3]
Night-time thunderstorm in Frankfurt am Main [mp3]
Evening Jam, Model 15 with IPad (AUM) [mp3]
Test of my Behringer Model 15
Without drums, Model 15 played live with AUM IPad [mp3]
With drums, Model 15 played live with AUM IPad [mp3]
Summer in Frankfurt, new sound, made with MPC One (after months of study). Best listen with headphones. [mp3]
Swanny Davis new album "Beatiful Destinations" is out! Great work! [Link Bandcamp]
Preset Baby 138 Beat from the Korg Modwave MK II [mp3]
Nidda. New sound, composed with Ableton Note in the Nidda-park, Frankfurt/Main, finished with Ableton Note. [mp3]
Cloud Meditation
New sound. Gaia DR2, produced with Logic Pro X [mp3]
New Sound. Videogame, made with Logic Pro X [mp3]
New Sound, made with Ableton Live [mp3]
New Sound, made with Logic Pro X. [mp3]
New sound. Hongkong. Made with aum at the airport Hongkong. [mp3]
The sound of the semi 蟬 in Mita/Tōkyō [mp3]
Aleatoric music with AUM [mp3]
Test of the congas from Ableton Live, played live. [mp3]
Thunder-Jam, with Congas, Theremin and effects [mp3] [mp3] MORE HERE ⤵
Evening Jam with Roland S-1 [mp3]
Driving to Hiyoshi
Interesting interview with Omri Cohen
Evening Jam, test of P6 with bongo samples and bird-grains [mp3]
Evening Jam
Behringer TD3 and Reverb from Eventide (AUM) [mp3]
Evening Jam Acid Bass as an audio file [mp3]
First test of my Behringer TD-3 Analog Bass Line Synthesizer (Reverb from Velvet/AUM) with the Drum Machine RD-6 [mp3]
A simple composition, written with Logic Pro X. It's just three chords, from which I then developed bass and melody lines. You would probably have to play the piece in pairs on the piano. At the end, a harp plays a melody line again. The score is automatically produced by Logic. I don't know why the bass clefs are missing...
Komposition 01 [mp3][score]
Komposition 02. The timing is not perfect... [mp3]
New sound: Waves, pictures recorded today in Odaiba, recorded with AUM. Parts of the waves you see became models for the wavetable synthesizer Nikaya which produces the characteristic sound.
Waves with drums at the end [mp3]
The Music Makers Tokyo want to get up and dance!
Project Kachimizu, live at The Den, Music Makers Tōkyō, 5th june 2025 [mp3]
New song, played with Ableton Note while driving to Ofuna.
Driving to Ofuna [mp3]
New sound, Jazz [mp3]
Roland TR6S, Minimal Kit [mp3]
Raindrops 2
Test of the Logic Pro X arpeggiators
Raindrops 1 [mp3]
Raindrops 2 [mp3]
Harmonic Piano [mp3]
Coastal Electronauts International Drone Day 2025 Live Concert!
New sound sketches
Attempt at a hymn (AUM IPad) [mp3]
Evening Jam. Experiments with chords (AUM, ChordPolyPad, Axon 3, Numa Player with Kajita effect Sumiyoshi) [mp3] [mp3]
Evening Jam Bongo, Roland TR6S [mp3]
Evening Jam Funny Sound, Roland TR6S [mp3]
Experimental Beat, Roland TR6S [mp3]
Happy Theremin, AUM (IPad) jam [mp3]
Happy Raindrops II, AUM jam
[mp3]
Relaxing Raindrops
AUM with Nerd Synth (SOi High F), Elastic OSC, Ruismaker FM and Mononoke, randomized by Harmony Bloom, Rozeta Particles and Rozeta Rhythm [mp3]
Acid Bass and Beat, evening jam
Donner B1 Bass (with Midi from Xynthesizr IPad), Roland S1, Behringer RD6 Drum Machine, without postproduction. [mp3]
With postproduction effects from Logic Pro X: Space D Reverb, Kompressor, Equalizer [Link]
Saxophon Carnival, improvised with the Saxophone of Logic, drums from Roland TR6S [Link]
Anden Phantasy, improvised synth with Logic Pro X, drums from Logic's AI drummer [Link]
New Song: Into Space (Nerd Synth, Garage Band) [mp3]
Evening Jam Roland TR6S and Roland t8 [mp3]
Evening Jam, Roland TR6S and Roland t8[mp3][mp3][mp3] The Space Between, live at The Den, Music Makers Tōkyō, 1 May 2025 [mp3 live recording] The Space Between II, new recording
AUM Session (Ipad): Harmony Bloom (Midi, Japanese Scale A) -> Lagrange Synth (Fukuoka, effects: Wavefolder, HP/LP filter, Rough Rider Hard Pump, Velvet Machine reverb 05 Medium Reverb, equilizer more high tones), Drum Computer (Sugarbytes, DF B&B 04-13, effect Kosmonaut Deep Space), Analog 909 drum machine (Tribe 909, Rough Rider Nice Start), DRC Synth (Theremini), Koala Sampler with own recordings of electric fields (effect Phonolynth Cascade, Flurry Flange). [mp3]
Aleatoric Bloom [mp3]
Commented List about aleatoric music with the Ipad
Today I found time to create an overview of the possibilities of generating aleatoric music with the Ipad. Here is the manuscript in English and German.
[Link]
Aleatoric music experiment with the app Xynthesizr from Yuri Turov. The Xynthesizr app for iPhone generates random signals via MIDI to the Roland s1. Roland s1 is connected via sync cable to the t8. The t8 also creates random rhythms. Only the parameters have been changed manually (and some few notes which have been the basis for the random generator of Xynthesizr). [mp3]
Experiment with Xynthesizr
The Space Between
The Space Between II, Ipad, AUM [mp3]
Night, Roland JX 08 and Roland t-8, live [mp3]
Waves/Beat, recorded live at the Hama-Rikyū-Park, Roland t-8, 80 bpm. [mp3]
To Clavius (Roland s-1 und t-8, live, at the beginning samples with Hainbachs Moon Echo, Ipad) [mp3]
To Clavius, live at The Den, Music Makers Tōkyō, 3.4.2025 [mp3 live recording]
Evening Jam
Floating World
Solar Radiation
Evening Jam. He Hides among the waves III
Evening Jam. He Hides among the waves II
Evening Jam. He Hides among the waves I
Evening Jam (Catastrophe II)
Evening Jam
Hypnagoge Bilder (1) - just with rustle sound
Abendjam Ipad mit Hilda (Acid Dreams Arp DMT), Hammerhead (Deans Hard Dub), 120 bpm [m4a]
To Sirius
To Sirius. Played live. Moog Model 15 (Ipad) Arpeggiator Iosonik Futuristic Arp mit Moog Model D Pads Gentle Orbit, The Whistler, Keys Compugame, Hornet, Strange Poly, Effects Spin it up, UFO.
To Sirius mp3]
Hibiya [mp3]
Forest Nightbeat [mp3]
Augen [mp3]
Autonomie [mp3]
Testdurchlauf mit den Arpeggiatoren von Logic Pro X. [mp3]
Crying Sky [mp3]
Floating [mp3]
Die Phantasie kann alles [mp3]
Binaurealer Beat [mp3]
麻酔 (masui, Narkose) [mp3]
Reisesong. 10.000 Kilometer
10.000 Kilometer, minus 61 Grad. Du steigst in die Maschine und schläfst. Wachst auf in einer anderen Stadt. 10.000 Kilometer. Minus 61 Grad. [mp3]
3D Audio [mp3]
Was ist die Nacht? [mp3]
KACHIMIZU 火地水『蛇』 Hebi / Snake[mp3]
KACHIMIZU Apeiron / Das Unendliche
Friedrich Hölderlin Das Unendliche (Pindar-Fragmente)
Ob ich des Rechtes Mauer,
Die hohe, oder krummer Täuschung
Ersteig und so mich selbst
Umschreibend, hinaus
Mich lebe, darüber
Hab ich zweideutig ein
Gemüt, genau es zu sagen. [mp3]
KACHIMIZU Colibri[mp3]
Sounds mit der Beat Machine Roland T-8
Wehrhafte Demokratie, Roland T-8-Beats, 31.12.2023[mp3]
Roland T-8, Signal direkt live aufgenommen [mp3]
Signal direkt live aufgenommen, Kompressor in Logic Pro X hinzugefügt
[mp3]
Signal direkt live aufgenommen, ohne Nachbearbeitung [mp3][mp3]
Crazy dream [mp3][mp3][mp3][mp3][mp3][mp3][mp3] Über meine Klangskizzen
Seit vielen Jahren beschäftige ich mich mit Gefühlen und der Frage, wie man diese darstellen kann. Ich habe festgestellt, dass die Sprache Gefühle nur sehr grob bezeichnen kann. Wir sagen, dass wir uns gut fühlen oder schlecht, aber die Nuancierungen fehlen. Viel geeigneter sind hierfür Künste wie die Malerei, das Zeichnen und vor allem die Musik. Gerade in der Musik gibt es keinen Unterschied zwischen dem Stück und dem Gefühl. Die Musik ist das Gefühl und jede Musik versetzt uns unmittelbar in eine spezifische Stimmung.
Musik ist autonom. Die Klänge referieren auf nichts Äußeres, sie genügen sich gewissermaßen selbst. In meinem Kachimizu-Projekt (Japanisch für 火 ka-Feuer, 池 chi-Erde, 水 mizu-Wasser) sowie in meinen Sound-Experimenten geht es daher mehr darum, Gefühlsdifferenzen auszukunden als schöne Melodien und Rhythmen zu finden. Ich würde es auch eher als Klangskizze beschreiben denn als Musik im gewöhnlichen Sinn. Gerade auch Geräusche, Störungen, Misstöne, Kakophonien gehören für mich dazu und ermöglichen es uns, das ganze Spektrum des Fühlens auditiv zu erschließen.
Fehler gehören für mich auch dazu. Daher korrigiere ich sehr wenig und glätte das Material wenn, dann sehr behutsam. Klangwelt und Sprachwelt kommentieren und durchdringen sich und gerne überlagere ich diese.
Project Kachimizu, d. 3. Januar 2024
Engl. About my sound sketches
For many years, I have been dealing with feelings and the question of how to represent them.
I have realised that language can only describe feelings very roughly. We say that we feel good or bad, but the nuances are missing. Arts such as painting, drawing and above all music are much more suitable for this. Especially in music, there is no difference between the piece and the feeling. Music is the feeling and all music immediately puts us in a specific mood.
Music is autonomous. The sounds do not refer to anything external, they are self-sufficient to a certain extent. My Kachimizu project (Japanese for 火 ka-fire, 池 chi-earth, 水 mizu-water) and my sound experiments are therefore more about exploring emotional differences than finding beautiful melodies and rhythms. I would also describe it more as a sound sketch than as music in the usual sense. For me, noises, disturbances, discords and cacophonies are also part of it and enable us to explore the whole spectrum of feeling auditorily.
For me, mistakes are also part of the process. That's why I correct very little and smooth the material very carefully when I do. The world of sound and the world of language comment on and interpenetrate each other and I like to superimpose them.
Project Kachimizu, 3 January 2024
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