Listen back to all the Soundcloud recordings featured during 2016 on Making Waves playlists.

2016 Waves

This is from 2010 - commissioned and performed by Eclectica Trio (Amanda Lovelock, Anna Coleman and Charise Altmann).
The clarinets take on the role of storyteller for this piece – they growl like a wolf, squeal like a pig, and huff-and-puff with increasing vigour to blow the house down. Unfortunately, they do it all in the wrong language (“this contemporary music just sounds like random notes to me!”). Will you still be able to follow the story? Don’t stress, it all ends happily ever after.

The Three Little Pigs

Recorded Live at Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, at the Full Circle Album Launch, January 18, 2025. Featuring Wilsen 'WCKT KPR' Conn on Bass and Daffaduck on Saxophone

Inflorescence Music Mix 003: Full Circle (Live From Black Bear Lodge)

Dr Heim with host Hurricane H. answer caller’s mental health questions on the 
ihealth channel show “Climb to your Prime with Dr Christian Heim”
Last Friday each month 9pm EST, Saturday 11am AEST


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Or email us your episode suggestions: caroline@drchristianheim.com



#120 The Link Between Mental Processes and Religious Belief

Can’t stop lining things up—or is it more than tidy habits?
Dr Christian Heim opens our four-part perfectionism series by asking: Where does helpful exactness end and clinical OCD begin?
In 15 sharp minutes:

Patterns vs. Randomness: why the brain craves order—and when that craving misfires.

OCD 101: key symptoms, causes, and gold-standard treatments, told through real stories.

Perfectionism Unpacked: the sweet spot of “doing it right” versus the trap of “never right enough,” and how each can imitate the other.

A quick self-check to see if you—or someone you love—has crossed the line.

Wondering, “Am I detail-oriented, or compulsive?” Hit play for science-backed clarity you can use today.

#121 OCD or just a Perfectionist? Here’s the difference

Olympic finals, the operating theatre, a night-flight cockpit—Dr Heim opens with high-stakes moments where “perfect” isn’t optional, it’s life-saving. But flip the coin and perfectionism can morph into procrastination, burnout, and self-sabotage. In under 30 minutes he hands you a rapid-fire 10-point checklist to spot the tipping point—so you can keep the razor-sharp focus that drives success and ditch the perfectionist traps that stall it. Ready to find that healthy edge? Hit play.

#122 When Perfectionism Helps and when it Hurts

Where does perfectionism really start and why is it so hard to shake? In this episode, Dr Christian Heim unpacks five hidden forces in our society that keep perfectionism alive, often without us even noticing. One of them—“listomania”—might sound all too familiar! Packed with insights, humour, and those lightbulb moments, this episode will help you see perfectionism in a whole new way. And as a bonus, enjoy the gentle backdrop of Australian birdsong while you listen.

#123 Where does Perfectionism come from? And why won’t it let go?

Perfectionism can fuel excellence or trap you in endless self-critique. In the finale of our four-part perfectionism series, psychiatrist Dr Christian Heim breaks down eight research-backed strategies that flip perfectionism from burden to super-power. Learn how to trade paralysis for progress, harness logic (and when to drop it), and even turn so-called “flaws” into finish-line advantages. If you’re tired of never feeling “good enough,” hit play, then keep the transcript handy for quick reference. Practical, compassionate, and yes, recorded to the soothing backdrop of birdsong, this episode shows you how to let perfectionism work for you, not against you.

#124 How to turn Perfectionism into Strength: 8 Science-Backed Strategies that Work

Recorded at a recent caregivers forum, Dr Christian Heim opens a two-part series for carers (useful to anyone working with a psychiatrist). Starting with a real case, he asks, “Who’s driving the management?” and shares practical ways to partner well—prepping for appointments, tracking meds, and keeping your loved one at the centre of care. Best line: “You show your love by doing what needs to be done, not by just being agreeable.”

#125 Your Psychiatrist Visit: What to expect & what to ask (Part 1)

Dr Heim unpacks the difference between public and private mental health systems, what makes a good psychiatrist, and how to know if yours is right for you. He shares practical steps to take before, during, and after appointments—clear, compassionate advice rarely shared so openly

#126 Your Psychiatrist Visit: What to expect & what to ask (Part 2)

Trouble falling asleep? Psychiatrist Dr Christian Heim explains what’s happening in your brain at bedtime and shares 6 science-based ways to calm your mind, reset your sleep cycles, and finally get a good night’s rest.

#127 How do I get to sleep?

Official Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeydzqPpY70
Remix: https://soundcloud.com/benheim/babylon-remix


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String Quartet No. 2 in E minor by Connor D'Netto
recorded live @ MICMC 2015 - 18 Jul 2015

Winner of the Australian New Works Award, presented by Chamber Music Australia

Performed by the Noga Quartet, winner of the 7th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition

String Quartet No. 2 in E minor - live @ MICMC 2015

Minimalist saxophone quartet recorded at Melba Hall at the University of Melbourne. 
The Jive is a lively piece in three sections. It employs minimalist techniques such as canon, adding rhythmic cells, cross-fading, resulting patterns and mensuration canon. Some of these techniques are used more freely than in strict minimalism. I experimented with different canonic textures and the resulting patterns created when shifting motives between the different saxophones. Motives in rhythmic unison as well as cross-rhythms are explored in the last part of the piece. Dynamic swells and funky rhythms make The Jive somewhat unpredictable…

The Jive

I. Suddenly for soprano, flute, and piano (A. Mellos 2014)
Madeline Cain, soprano; Daniel Pesca, piano; Caroline Sonett, flute
Live recording, November 12, 2014 Kilbourn Hall, The Eastman School of Music


I. Suddenly from 'Three Poems of Yannis Ritsos' - for soprano, flute, and piano

for two flutes, percussion, piano
Music X, Blonay, Switzerland
July 2010
Timothy Munro and Pethrus Gardborn, flutes
Jeremy Malvin, percussion
Erika Dohi, piano

These dark notes drifting takes its title from a poem by 9th-century Chinese poet Li Po.  Inspired by a Chinese folk tune, the piece evokes distant flutes, coloured by the sounds that one might hear across a valley at night in the spring.

Spring Night in Lo-Yang hearing a flute
In what house, the jade flute that sends these dark notes drifting,
scattering on the spring wind that fills Lo-Yang?
Tonight if we should hear the willow-breaking song,
who could help but long for the gardens of home?

These dark notes drifting

Making Waves is a monthly series of curated playlists streaming one hour of quality, new composed music.  Founded in 2015, Making Waves shines a spotlight on the music of Australian composers. Fresh playlists are released on the first day of each month and older playlists are made available all year round via our archives; perfect for those with just a few minutes to explore one track or for hours perusing a myriad of diverse sound-worlds.


The project offers wider exposure to emerging composers, their music and the talented performers who champion it. We also provide an easy-to-access platform for listeners to sit back and enjoy a curated hour of exciting new music or explore our living composers more actively.  The playlist themes (and media through which they’re shared eg. Soundcloud, YouTube) evolve each month depending on the content received directly from our talented composers.

At its core Making Waves is a curated listening space. In 2016 we branched into producing our own content through a special project, Making Conversation, thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign. Making Conversation: Australian Composers Project is a series of podcasts and vodcasts presenting the human side of living Australian composers, released on popular audiovisual and social platforms mid-2017.
Composers Lisa Cheney (Melbourne) and Peggy Polias (Sydney) are curating this project.

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Ben Heim is an Australian composer and creative technologist currently based in New York City. His work spans contemporary classical music, film scoring, live immersive experiences, audiovisual performance, and virtual reality. He has composed music for banking apps in the UK, virtual reality games in Australia, documentaries in New York, audiovisual mapping works in Iceland, and for contemporary classical ensembles across the world.
In his audiovisual installations Heim creates dynamic systems in which strong two-way connections are forged between auditory and visual components. This produces synesthetic experiences as crosstalk between the senses multiplies. Heim's works have been performed across Europe, Australia and the USA in events such as Tallinn Music week (Estonia) and Splice Festival (UK). He has collaborated with many organisations to create immersive events, including the London Contemporary Orchestra, and at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik.

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