various sounds

(220120 2247) improvisation with the set up on the picture. the trombone kind of sounds are made with the cross filter in the sends of the drm2 (that goes through a pt delay) all made by @bugbrand . So the beginning is really just one instrument.

dunklebeat (part 1 w. long intro)

for violin, clarinet, cello, guitar, piano
2005

original version

The piece was written with this exact church space in mind, that has an enormous reverb (up to 8 seconds). The composition took this into account. Enjoy the hall!

This recording is from a concert by the Plus-Minus Ensemble, 17 March 2005 at the St.Petri Dom, Bremen (Germany)

with 
Kirsten Le Strange - violin
Vicky Wright - clarinet
Tom Pauwels - guitar
Alex Waterman - cello
Roderick Chadwick - piano
Mark Knoop - conductor
Joanna Bailie & Matthew Shlomowitz - ensemble direction

If you like this piece, you might also like this piece:
https://soundcloud.com/david-helbich/tatwaffe

more info, score snippets and the program note from at the time:
http://davidhelbich.blogspot.com/2008/07/lauthalt.html

LAUTHALT - original version

This 1-minute teaser is the beginning of a 10-minute long conversation with a bird around 4.30am in the streets of Brussels in 2014. 

It is part of a two-speaker installation, one for the cool bird and one for drunk me.

I know, the bird really showed me up. That's why I left at some point...

Bird Talk (1min out of 10, teaser)

Track 15 on OUTCUTS (2013, surfacenoise recordings)

This piece was part of the performances 'Keine-Spiele' (2001 with Shila Anaraki) and Stückbehauptungen some years ago. This simple cut&paste techniques were confronted with body compositions and slide-shows.

http://davidhelbich.blogspot.com/2007/06/keine-spiele-2004.html

papierstücke

"Heroes" from the cycle "Für uns. Für uns" by Hannes Seidl, in an interpretation by Anne van de Star and David Helbich

Hannes wrote scores for people playing together at home. Perfect for Corona times. 

The songs are based on pop songs, this one on a song by David Bowie. 

The score only mentions piano and voice. The heavy pedal usage inspired us to make a very reverby version with an e-git and an Oud replacing the grand piano (I got a bed instead...). 
The added  electronics are (most unfortunately) hiding our amazing singing talents. 

The score of the whole cycle is available here: editionjulianeklein.de

Or have a look at the score of only "Heroes" here: https://archive.org/details/fuer-uns-fuer-uns_heroes

Hannes' own interpretation together with singer-composer Julia Mihály
https://vimeo.com/399988242

http://www.hannesseidl.de/

@hgs @juliamihaly @annevandestar

"Heroes" (Hannes Seidl), version by Anne Van De Star & David Helbich

01 Seitan

from the album Summer Hits
released on New York Haunted, Dec 2023

NYH342

https://newyorkhaunted.bandcamp.com/album/nyh342-helbich-summer-hits


bugsession 200821
machines: bugbrand (DRM2, PT delay, Chirper, CrossFilter), 1010Music BlackBox, Oto bam

NYH342 01 Seitan

David Helbich (1973 Berlin) Works since 2002 in Brussels as conceptual artist in the fields of composition, acoustics, performance, events, art books, public space interventions and installations.