„Memories of sounds and voices of Indonesia“ is the attempt of dealing with the soundscape I experienced during 2 month of traveling in Indonesia. The composition narrates the journey, steadily changing from documentary scenes and chronological sequences to subjectively composed fantasy worlds.

Ingatan Suara - Suara Indonesia (2014)

The piece called "Zwischenluft" was developed in a process of dealing with air as a sound as well as an aesthetics related to void and interspace. The work is based on fieldrecordings and sounds of different "air instruments" like Trombone and different kinds of flutes.
Subjects of the piece are gesture and slow processes, as well as interspace and transparency.

Zwischenluft (2015)

DU BIST SCHÖN - Text: Anette Butzmann // Regie und Klanggestaltung: Paul Hauptmeier (2015)

„Sines, crickets and a few“ is a calm piece within a closed form  in which happenings occur at the perception threshhold. The result is a sensitive expectation of listening, that is enhanced by  the possibilities of surround sound. At the beginnin, the ambiguity of sound is thematized. Natural recordings of crickets are intertwined with electronical sounds in a way that makes a distinct allocation difficult. This is enhanced by a strongly limited and radically chosen spectrum of frequencies. This reduced spectrum, its development and expansion are formative elements of the composition. Working on a form that is almost undramatic was a central inspiration for this piece. The recordings, which are all originated in indonesian forests and coastal landscapes aren't meant as narrative sounds but rather as fragments of memories.


sines, crickets and a few (binaural downmix from the original 8 channel version)

by martin recker and paul hauptmeier

Cultural Sounds? is a sound installation realized in 2016. it was commissioned by the festival Genius Loci Weimar. this is a stereo downmix of the original version wich was composed for 38 loudspeakers.

more information about the original installation: http://www.hauptmeier-recker.de/2017/06/01/cultural-sounds/

Cultural Sounds - Hauptmeier // Recker _ Stereomix

for rising (2018) is a piece for a dome of loudspeakers. this is a binaural downmix of the original version, so please listen with headphones.

cover picture by elisabeth kraus - https://www.elisabethkraus.net/

for rising _ binaural downmix

Born 1993 in Jakarta, Indonesia Paul Hauptmeier grew up in Bremen Germany. Since 2014 he studies electroacoustic composition in the class of Prof. Robin Minard at the University of music FRANZ LISZT Weimar.

Paul Hauptmeier

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