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Novalis

Nature is repetition of cyclic events. Each event has specific boundaries that it cannot exceed immeditately, but over time. That was the starting point of my consideration to make this project.
I wanted to create a musical setup in order to play with the idea of being forced to think within inherent boundaries. Therefore I have built a modular system that is some kind of an esoteric technoid creation machine, or in other words a workstation. Being inspired from the idea of natural laws I wanted to limit the number of voices, or instruments, to a certain value as well as the number of mixing channels. Also the creation process itself was limited to boundaries I could not exceed. The modular setup was configured in a way that all parameters interact with each other and react to each current setting. With this in mind the sound creation process functions as an organic and arbitrary entity. So with this setup I was able to play live and improvise pieces very quickly. Every recording was made only once leaving all quirks as they are to keep each track stand out from today’s conformist and accurate music production industry. The goal was to achieve a method of creating spontaneous musical events right from a specific mood of a moment, which I think is how nature itself works.

Enjoy the journey and leave a message where it brought you.

Thomas Burkhardt

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Just getting to learn this amazing system from Ryan Gaston: Gaston Nonlinear Dynamics -- so amazing. Checkout more on my Youtube https://youtu.be/zkeT0nmVUVg

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Performance at BLAUES RAUSCHEN Festival, May 24, 2025. 
Dortmunder U / STORYLAB KIU.
recording: Blaues Rauschen, OPEN SYSTEMS e.V.
photo: Sofia Greff, 2025

Thomas Burkhardt - Novalis (Album Preview - 32 Tracks)

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