tracks composed in 1995-1997 by Christian Hildebrandt (casdijan hilc) with a Sound Galaxy 16 sound card on a Windows 3.11 PC, 66 MHz CPU

Electronic compositions by Casdijan Hilc

tracks created in 1997 by Christian Hildebrandt (casdijan hilc) with a Sound Galaxy 16 sound card on a Windows 3.11 PC, 66 MHz CPU.

lullaby

casdijan hilc

ballad

Composed in 1997 on my first computer featuring a basic sound card and a simple sequenzer software. Inspired by airplane engines malfunctioning. Recorded once on cassette tape, but recording lost in Warszawa Autumn 1998.

Fun fact: despite having been composed in 1997 in a primitive sequanzer program using modified midi-sounds from a computer sound card from 1993 this track was rejected by the distribution platform Amuse in January 2025 as the platform misthought it for having been created with use of AI.

hangar

Ventilator

bubbles

Composed in 1997 on my first computer featuring a basic sound card and a simple sequenzer software. Recorded once on cassette tape, but recording lost in Warszawa Autumn 1998.

bell, guns & organ

Techno fairy tale, composed and recorded in Copenhagen 1995 by Christian Hildebrandt.

teknoeventyr

Composed in autumn 1997, conceived as a "movie without pictures" about traffical disorder in the lost DDR.

Rollover 97 DDR Symphony

Christian Hildebrandt is a Danish composer born in Dragør in 1967, specializing in choral music. His compositions blend Renaissance melodies with modal and late-Romantic harmonies, creating new connections between text and music. Hildebrandt's choral music is inspired by symbolism mixed with Renaissance techniques and a late-Romantic expression. He often uses texts to tell stories on multiple levels by adding new meanings.
As Casdijan Hilc, he composes electronic and experimental music, often with repetitive melodic lines.
Choral music (Christian Hildebrandt): Works include Stabat Mater, Ubi caritas, and Credo. He composed "Forvaltere af den solbeskinnede virkelighed," a mass commissioned by eight churches in Copenhagen
Electronic music (Casdijan Hilc): Characterized by a floating style with repetitive elements and gradually sliding layers, like clouds in different atmospheric layers. He experimented with computer music in the art group "PåKant" in the late 1990s.
Hildebrandt co-founded Komvest - Vesterbro Komponistforening, where he has organized many concerts1. His music can be found on YouTube and SoundCloud1. A concert series is planned for 2025 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the premiere of his Stabat Mater1.
Some of Hildebrandt's works in more detail:
Adflictus sum (2001) is a piece based on Psalm 37, 9, with a translation from Psalm 38, 6, expressing being troubled and bowed down.
Alma Redemptoris Mater (2004) is a piece that includes a reference to the hymn "Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden" and expresses the hope of rising from a fall.
Ego flos campi (2024) sets text from the Song of Songs.
Oculi omnium (2005) is based on Psalm 144. 15,16 and reflects on the provision of food at the right time.
The mass "Forvaltere af den solbeskinnede virkelighed" (Stewards of the Sunlit Reality) is a work with lyrics by Ursula Andkjær Olsen that blends traditional mass texts with personal and subjective expressions, emphasizing humanity's responsibility for the earth. It was commissioned by eight Copenhagen churches in 2010 and was performed in connection with the international Earth Hour event.
The mass includes traditional mass sections: introitus, kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus-benedictus, and agnus dei.
The last movement of the mass, exitus, changes from an "I" to a "we" and focuses on the need to care for the earth.
The text of the mass is described as simple with few elements so the listeners can absorb the words.
The mass also incorporates a system of four through-composed tone rows, two of which are technical inversions of the other two.
The piece's Facebook page can be found at www.facebook.com/solbeskinnede.
In addition to his choral and electronic music, Hildebrandt has also written instrumental works, including two string quartets, chamber music, orchestral music, organ pieces and piano music. He also has a background in musicology, mathematics, and physics. He has taught music theory at the University of Copenhagen and conducted several choirs. Since 2014 he has served as a high school teacher in mathematics, physics and music.