From 1982 to 2024 --- forty+ years of Peter Heckmann music ... celebrating it with a quite eclectic Soundcloud Playlist - a growing selection of artistic collaborations - ranging from original 1980s Techno, German New Wave and Synth-Pop to orchestral Soundtrack works, ethnic flavored World Music and classic Smooth Jazz featuring The Raining Heart, Yucca Rose, Lusthansa, Ethnic World Orchestra, Puspa Dewi and Kevin Bird amongst many others...

This extensive playlist also includes exciting interpretations of our musical compositions by dear Soundcloud friends - go ahead, have a listen :-)

Celebrating 40 Years of Musical Collaborations

Part of THEMATIC EXPLORATION, the new electronic infused hybrid soundtrack album by Peter Heckmann and members of the Ethnic World Orchestra - released in June 2024.

Written, produced and arranged by Peter Heckmann

Featured musicians:
Keyboards, Drum Programming, Bass, Synthesizers – Peter Heckmann
Lead and Backing Vocals - Aliye Mutlu, Hayat Selim, Conny Kollet, Filip Kutev Ensemble & Choir and Yucca Rose
Orchestration – Peter Heckmann

Engineered, mixed and mastered by Peter Heckmann

All Graphic Design and Track Artwork provided by Peter Heckmann
Album Artwork (Painting) provided by Yucca Rose.

Thematic Exploration

Harmonic Bliss

Buy at Bandcamp

Part of CELESTIAL FLOWS, a new ethnic flavored World Electronica (5-Track) EP by Peter Heckmann & The Raining Heart.

Andromeda - Vocal Version - a powerful and fast paced electronica collaboration with The Raining Heart - featuring mystical ethnic flavored solo vocalizations and choral snippets.

Music by Peter Heckmann & The Raining Heart

Synths (incl. vox synth/sampler), drums, bass by Peter Heckmann & The Raining Heart

Produced, arranged, mixed and mastered by Peter Heckmann for Rose Records and Publishing / IPI Music Ltd.

Artwork by Yucca Rose and Peter Heckmann

Celestial Flows

Andromeda

A melodic ethnic flavored soundtrack composition, a collaboration project featuring the   amazing vocalist Magnolia Dav (Shadow Magnet). Written and produced by Peter Heckmann for Rose Records and Publishing in January 2025.

Inspiration

The Lost Tapes (EP) - from the vaults of FAR Studios and Europasound Studios - consisting of recently uncovered original tracks, previously unreleased new songs (different mixes and alternate remixes) from 1985 - presented by Tobias Freund and Peter Heckmann.

Performed by Alexandra Graf (vocals) and Peter Heckmann (keyboard and drum programming, bass)

Additional musicians:
Wolfgang Palm (PPG programming)
Chris Evans (keyboards)
Tobias Freund (keyboards)
Peter Weihe (guitars)
Milos Vuckovic (guitars)
Pete Christlieb (Sax)

All "The Raining Heart" compositions and lyrics by Tobias Freund, Alexandra Graf und Peter Heckmann.

Originally produced by Peter Heckmann for Tinus Musikverlag, Frankfurt (*Raining Heart / *Alien Beat) and Constant Musikverlag, Hamburg (*Hollywood).

Originally recorded January/February 1985 at Europasound Studios - then mixed at FAR Studios in 1986 and now newly mastered at Non Standard Studios, Berlin by Tobias Freund in 2025.

The Lost Tapes

Cold Train

Cold Train - Single (Remaster 2025)

A melodic hyrid soundtrack composition written and produced by Peter Heckmann for Rose Records and Publishing in May 2025.

Symbiosis

Low resolution demo file - Track performed by Doni Hagan of the R&B Duo Buchagan. Recorded at Europasound Studios, Frankfurt in 1985 and produced by Peter Heckmann. The instrumental version of this track was later used in the End Credits of Felix The Cat - The Movie, produced by Don Oriolo and Christian Schneider Jr. and released through Buenavista.

Doni Hagan - All You Need Is Friends

All You Need Is Friends

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BIO: Independent Music / Film / Theater Producer, Musician, Mixing / Mastering Engineer and Multimedia Production Specialist with over forty years of experience in the entertainment and multimedia design industries. 

I worked with a broad spectrum of clients in both the entertainment industry and corporate sectors. 

My expertise has been achieved through nearly five decades of professional involvement in documentary video, feature film and music production, audio recording and engineering, stage design and theatrical production, multimedia and graphic design, investigative journalism and project management.