NS Design BassCello (aka OmniBass) & VOX ToneLab SE

Timotheus

Nice II

These files are demos and rough-mixes of candidates for my upcoming CD production [what's underneath].

03 - Ulrich Maiss - Lou

05 - Ulrich Maiss - Thimotheus Slight Return

04 - Ulrich Maiss - Edith

After the rain

Lou Reed about CelloMachine in a live radio-interview on CBC with Brent Bambury

Lou interview

Mountain Song

Blues, Bells & Whistles

Notazioni rotte - vol.II
is based on the cello theme from the beginning of the third movement of Brahm's third symphony.
The main structure of the piece comes from the computer in the form of samples from the recording with Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Philharmonic.
The theme is never fully played - rather, the silences before and after and a few notes from the first bars can be heard.
The live cello uses preparations like mutes, chopsticks, mallets and ebow as well as chained delays.

This solo piece for prepared cello and electronics is dedicated to Peer Wiethoff, friend and fellow cellist.

This recording contains samples from the 1983 Deutsche Grammophon-recording of Johannes Brahms, Symphonie Nr.3 F-dur op.90 by Wiener Philharmoniker with Leonard Bernstein.

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This is a live recording of the premier in Gera, Germany on November 12 2011 from the opening of the exhibition "Kultursubstrat" with pieces by Ernst von Hopffgarten, Burkhard Welzel and Ulrich Maiss

Notazioni rotte vol.II

"Have You Ever Been"
is based on the melody of "Have You Ever Been (to Electric Lady Land)". 
It is an homage to Jimi Hendrix, premiered on his 69th birthday on November 27 2011.

On the basis of auxiliary sounds from Jimi Hendrix' recordings (mainly noise and hums) and the notes of the melody of "Have you ever been (to Electric Lady Land)" the cello explores the regions between noise and feedback.

This solo piece for prepared cello and electronics is dedicated to my friend and older brother Christof Hartmann.

This piece contains samples from the following Jimi Hendrix recordings:
Red House
Have You Ever Been (to Electric Lady Land)
Purple Haze
Are You Experienced
Can You See Me
Stone Free
Voodoo Child
Rainy Day, Dream Away
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This is a live recording of the premier in Reiffenhausen, Germany on November 27 2011 

Have you ever been

Ulrich Maiss [cello, basscello, electronics], born in Düsseldorf, lives in Rostock, Germany. 
Musicians and artists he works with include Lou Reed, Zülfü Livaneli, Al Di Meola, Robert Wilson, Joseph "Butch" Rovan, Lynn Miles and Theodor Franck. He appears on albums by Metallica, Element Of Crime, Alexander Veljanov, Vinx and ChillFactor 5 to name but a few. 
Well known as a performer of contemporary European chamber music, he has also performed with various rock and folk acts throughout Northern Europe, Greece and Turkey. His solo projects in the field of experimental music led him to Japan, the U.S. and Canada.

Ulrich Maiss

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