WHEN I FEEL COLD

A collection of Smooth Jazz compositions/productions by Peter Heckmann @peterheckmann - in a variety of interpretations by our friends Vocalatti @vocalatti, Major Seventh and Hakeem & Yelica @soundshaping as well as performances by Peter and myself.

Artwork by Peter & Yucca: https://www.behance.net/Yuccarose

Smooth Jazz Interpretations (Peter Heckmann, Vocalatti, Major Seventh, Hakeem & Yelica, Yucca Rose)

A growing collection of our eclectic music and art collaborations - Peter Heckmann, Yucca Rose, Hakeem & Yelica, Puspa, Tara Mai, Sarah Dean, The Raining Heart, Vocalatti and more to come.

Purchase at Bandcamp

World Music Collaborations

A collection of classy Smooth Jazz Standards and Ethnic World Music tracks from various Yucca Rose albums - all produced by Peter Heckmann for Rose  Records and Publishing.

Buy at Bandcamp

Our Smooth Jazz Standards & World Music Tracks

Indie Artists - a growing collection of jazzy compositions and performances by our favorite Female Jazz vocalists.

Cover art has been provided by Peter Heckmann - https://www.behance.net/peterheckmann/

Jazzcapades - Female Jazz Vocal Excellence

A growing collection of collaborations and remixes/reworks of some of my tracks as well as new client works.

Recent Collaborations / Remixes / Remasters

The Long Voyage Home - part of the reworked cinematic musical suite based on my original theatrical Cirque style show: Regalia - The Enchanted Forest, which was initially performed at the Bali Safari and Marine Park in 2011. The new ethnic infused World music score has been crafted around sophisticated and powerful hybrid orchestral compositions by my friends at Anthology Records.

NEW 4K YouTube Video stories: 
https://youtu.be/o4_tk75JBlo (Part 1)
https://youtu.be/rqqJ3v-RAOo (Part 2)

These two video clips depict the opening scenes of the story as a prelude / backstory. It tells the tale of our heroes (two Final War survivors in a post-apocalyptic surrounding) on their strenuous and dangerous voyage to a magical place - Regalia - The Enchanted Forest.

My Soundtracks on Spotify - Playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/08YGQVTwWgP63WAovIYOvY

Music by Anthology Records and Peter Heckmann - featuring members of the Ethnic World Orchestra.

Arranged, produced, mixed and mastered by Peter Heckmann.

Album cover photo by andreiuc88, licensed through Envato Elements.

Regalia - The Enchanted Forest

The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home (feat. Ethnic World Orchestra)

EXTENDED COMMERCIAL VERSION - the short Single version can be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/peterheckmann/salahuddin-the-guardian

A melodic ethnic flavored soundscape with a pensive pulse, which becomes increasingly more anxious and powerful toward the end with off-set percussive elements and off-beat /syncopated orchestral SFX.

The mourning violins and the female vocal lament (separately first and then as call / response) create an atmosphere of sadness - anguish and pain of war. The ending briefly highlights the battle and then just evaporates ... into history, or?

Composer: H. Luqman, P. Heckmann and A. Mutlu
Creative Director: M. Fairouz
Production / Mix / Master: P. Heckmann for IPI Ltd. and Rose Records and Publishing

Salahuddin - The Guardian

Salahuddin - The Guardian (Extended)

Peter Heckmann - Salahuddin - The Guardian (Extended - Commercial)

A mysterious short movie excerpt highlighting a melodic yet dramatic ethnic flavored soundtrack score with powerful hybrid orchestral / choral parts and added electronic elements (with a sonic homage to the great Vangelis) ... a new Teaser Single by Peter Heckmann (featuring members of Ethnic World Orchestra / Filip Kutev Choir & Ensemble).

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dDkR4KY1DZl3kCNF0dijp

Written, arranged and produced by Peter Heckmann for Rose Records and Publishing in 2024.

Musicians:
Keyboards, Drum Programming, Synthesizer – Peter Heckmann
Lead and Backing Vocals – Ethnic World Orchestra
Additional orchestration – Peter Heckmann

Engineered, mixed and mastered by Peter Heckmann
All Graphic Design and Artwork provided by Peter Heckmann

Prophecies

Ancient Voices

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.

Wings Of An Angel

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

Being originally a very short & simple song I wrote about a traumatic event (translated lyrics below), I have been working separately on verses and refrain, then trying new ways to combine and glue them.

So, aware of changing moods along, most with tambourine in hands ;)

Free download to whom decodes the morse message !!!

Letra / Lyrics:

MI ALBORNOZ HA DESAPARECIDO  /  MY BATHROBE HAS DISAPPEARED

¿Quién sabe a dónde ha ido?  /  Who knows where it has gone?
¿Quién estará conmigo  /  Who will be with me
las noches en que tenga frío?  /  the nights when I feel cold?

Mi albornoz ha desaparecido.  /  My bathrobe has disappeared.

Después de lo que hemos vivido,  /  After all that we lived,
¿quién sabe porqué se ha ido?  /  who knows why it has gone away?
Dios sabe cuánto le he querido…  /  God knows how much I have loved it …

Mi albornoz ha desaparecido.  /  My bathrobe has disappeared.

ER32FI02 - RUIZZO©1996 – FRANCÉS RECORDS®2016

Mi Albornoz (Ha desaparecido)

Music: Val Gaina - Lyrics: Yucca Rose
Arranged, mixed and mastered by Peter Heckmann @peterheckmann.

Part of the new track remasters of my albums "Tree of Life" and Radio Dalam Orchestra - "Wir haben Spass" featuring musicians from the Jakarta based Major Seventh Orchestra.

Tree Of Life - Special Edition

Akankah Selalu Ada

Akankah Selalu Ada (Remastered)

Music: Vincent Jean Pierre Cordel - Lyrics: Yucca Rose.
Arranged, mixed and mastered by Peter Heckmann @peterheckmann.

Part of the new track remasters of my albums "Tree of Life" and Radio Dalam Orchestra - "Wir haben Spass" featuring musicians from the Jakarta based Major Seventh Orchestra.

Tree Of Life (Special Edition)

Putaran Waktu

Putaran Waktu (Remastered)

Music: Major Seventh - Lyrics: Yucca Rose/Major Seventh
Arranged, mixed and mastered by Peter Heckmann @peterheckmann.

Part of the new track remasters of my albums "Tree of Life" and Radio Dalam Orchestra - "Wir haben Spass" featuring musicians from the Jakarta based Major Seventh Orchestra.

Winternight In The Summer

Winternight In The Summer (Remastered)

An updated cover of the Gershwin classic, made popular by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.  Now on iTunes and Youtube.

Summertime (cover)

by Eddie Cooley and John Davenport
Vocals by Irina
Arrangement by Robert @cinematicdancemusic
Mastered by Geoff Pesche - Abbey Road

Fever - Robert, Irina - collaboration

This beautiful song was written by Cole Porter, and made famous by Frank Sinatra. Claus has added such beautiful Jazz guitar to this piece and www.jazzbacks.com have created a gorgeous backing. I have added the strings and extra toms too. We hope that you enjoy it!!

Please go over to Claus's page and listen to more fabulous music!!
@claus-m

I've got you under my skin  (Cole Porter cover) ft Claus Maurice

A Jazz Standard / Jazz Classic, performed by Yucca Rose and Major Seventh Big Band - Peter Heckmann: Production / Mix / Master @peterheckmann

Major Seventh

In A Sentimental Mood

In A Sentimental Mood (Remaster 2013)

A Major Seventh Project (written by: Hudagaol/Irawan/Setiabudhi) - produced by Peter Heckmann @peterheckmann for Rose Records & Publishing and Major Seventh.

Recorded January and February 2013 at Klab Studios & Devian Studios, Jakarta

Mixed and mastered by Peter Heckmann at Raining Heart Studios, Tanah Baru / Depok, Indonesia

All music published by Rose Records and Publishing, Singapore

Musicians:
Yucca Rose (vocals)
Roy Irawan (vocals, percussion)  
Rudy Hutagaol (piano, keys) 
Yohanes Setiabudhi (bass)
Edward Slamet (guitar)
Alifa Djohan (guitar)
Kadek Rihardika (guitars) 
Albert Ibrahim (drums) 
Seffrino Ompy (drums)
Widodo Disto (percussion) 

Eugen Bounty (saxophone, clarinet)
 Devian Zikri (sax)
Harmoni Adi (trumpet)
Enggar Widodo (trombone)  

Artwork by Yucca Rose
Artist Photos by Pudji Suryadi
Graphic Design by Peter Heckmann

Wir Haben Spass

Expressions - Instrumental

Expressions (Instr.) - Major Seventh feat. Yucca Rose (2013)

Instrumental rework of a track originally composed and recorded by Peter Heckmann (@peterheckmann)

Cover art has been provided by Peter Heckmann - https://www.behance.net/peterheckmann/

Chillin'

Fools Gold

FREE DOWNLOAD

Instrumental rework of a track originally written & recorded by Peter Heckmann (@peterheckmann)in 2012  - Newly arranged with added instrumentation at Rumah Kreatif, Depok Indonesia in 2019 - the final mix / master as well as all cover art has been provided by Peter Heckmann - https://www.behance.net/peterheckmann/

Chilli'

Denpasar Traffic

Collaboration track featuring the beautiful music by Peter Heckmann. @peterheckmann
Lyrics and arrangement by Vocalatti
Mixed and mastered by Peter Heckmann
Artwork by -Yucca Rose @yuccarose
Please go over to Peter's and Yucca's pages to listen to some more fabulous songs.   @peterheckmann
And check out Yucca's fantastic artwork!! www.behance.net/rose-entertainment

Find The Sun

Find The Sun    (Featured on The BBC sounds app "The Sun Lounge with Adam Dunning"

Silent Screams (The Voice Inside My Head) - Final orchestration (draft - with new arrangement) of a previous demo track featuring a short whispered poem performed by Yelica. Video: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3347365657

The complete Ethnic Soundtrack series (plus Ethnic Jazz tracks with my wife Yucca Rose) can be found on a Spotify playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/4dDkR4KY1DZl3kCNF0dijp 

Short Poem: The One Who Doesn't suffer (Dert Cekmeyen) - Translation:
I can’t tell my sorrow to the one who doesn’t suffer
The one who doesn’t suffer doesn’t know the value of sorrow.

Music / Arrangement / Mix / Master: Peter Heckmann
Vocals: Yelica (fem)/ Al Ismono (male)
Album cover design: Peter Heckmann https://www.behance.net/peterheckmann

Desert Voices

The Voice In My Head

Bandcamp

Silent Screams (feat. Yelica)

Terra X - a melodic and melancholic epic soundscape produced by Peter Heckmann in early 2019. This extended Sci-Fi orchestral version features vocals by Yelica and additional voicings/dialog snippets from the cult movie "The Fifth Element". It was originally mixed in 5:1 Dolby surround, here presented as regular stereo file.

The complete Ethnic Soundtrack series (plus Ethnic Jazz tracks with my wife Yucca Rose) can be found on a Spotify playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/4dDkR4KY1DZl3kCNF0dijp 

Original artwork by Peter Heckmann from the painting series - Romantic And Not So Romantic Dreamescapes: https://www.behance.net/gallery/78317715/Romantic-And-Not-So-Romantic-Dream-Escapes

Terra X

Terra X (Extended Sci-Fi Mix)

Terra X (Extended)

High energy synth pop with an irrisistable 80's
dance  flare

Hollywood - Music & Lyrics by Peter Heckmann | Music/Main Melody, (Lead & Back) Vocals & Poem to song adaptation by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] New Nov Collab 2019

Cover Art Design by Peter Heckmann

Music Composed & Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Peter Heckmann
Vocals Composed & Produced, Recorded & Performed, Initial Mixing by REKHA - IYERN [Fe] at IYERN [Fe] RECORDS in CANADA

Peter Heckmann - https://soundcloud.com/peterheckmann

Hollywood lyrics below

Thank you so very much Dear Peter once again for making such glamerous music I truly adore...Your lyrics and booming sonic waves brought out this amazing 80's vocal expression I tried to deliver... I'm so happy to be part of your awesome Red-Hot-Hollywood 💟🔥🔥🔥💟

Hollywood 

Intro - Improv

As they walk on down
The boulevard
Of broken dreams

There's neither hope nor happiness it seems
Staring at the bright light flares
Turning slowly into nightmares
Moonlight cityscape, the fake acrylic
Becoming less and less idyllic
There the countless and the nameless
All drawn into the light
Where most will burn
Just burn, burn, burn

Hollywood yet a place of wonder
Where Gigolo and Gigolette
Can steal a kiss without regret
Without regret

Now it's me just walkin' down
The boulevard of broken dreams
Without a happy endin'
Without a happy end
In plot and schemes

Hidden plastic people
With stainless steel unbeating hearts
Silent silk, silent silk screened robots
Unpaid extras in some movie parts
Silent silk, silent silk screened robots
Silent silk, silent silk screened robots

Hollywood yet a place of wonder
Where Gigolo and Gigolette
Can steal a kiss without regret
Without regret

Now it's me just walkin' down
The boulevard of broken dreams
Without a happy endin'
Without a happy end
In plot and schemes

Hollywood yet a place of wonder
Where Gigolo and Gigolette
Can steal a kiss without regret
Without regret

Hollywood yet a place of wonder
Where Gigolo and Gigolette
Can steal a kiss without regret
Without regret

Now it's me just walkin' down
The boulevard of broken dreams
Without a happy endin'
Without a happy end
In plot and schemes

HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood feat REKHA | Music/Lyrics/Peter Heckmann | Music/Adap'n/REKHA - IYERN [Fe] | Dance 2019

Creatures Of The Night (The Fear Within) - a dark and ominous soundscape written and produced by Peter Heckmann in late 2019. This short horror movie score features a Spoken Word stinger by Charles Kahlenberg (Trailer Voice). NEW YouTube video: https://youtu.be/vbpMYSaxa8w

The complete Ethnic Soundtrack series (plus Ethnic Jazz tracks with my wife Yucca Rose) can be found on a Spotify playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/4dDkR4KY1DZl3kCNF0dijp 

Original artwork by Peter Heckmann from the painting series - FCI Terminal Island: https://www.behance.net/gallery/79234577/FCI-Series-The-Grim-Reaper-Riding-On-A-Stormcloud

Creatures Of The Night (EP)

Creatures Of The Night

Creatures Of The Night (Excerpt)

The track was originally composed for the producer loops sound libraries in 2014 by Gregor Theelen. I re-arranged and reworked the track to create a more haunting and emotional (vocal focused) moodscape ... contemplating the sad state of our forests, our nature ... Gaia is crying.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/OrsH3iBzTG4 (Australian Bush Fires)

The complete Ethnic Soundtrack series (plus Ethnic Jazz tracks with my wife Yucca Rose) can be found on a Spotify playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/4dDkR4KY1DZl3kCNF0dijp 

The poem Zaydi (performed by Aliye) is an old Bulgarian poem / traditional folklore.

ZAYDİ
Zaydi, zaydi yasno slınce zaydi pomracise
i ti yasna mesecinko zaydi udavi se
placi goro placi sestro dbete da zaplacem
ti za tvoyte listya goro az za moyta mladost
tvoyte listya goro sestro pak shte se zavırnat
moyta mladost goro sestro nyama da se vırne

Translation: COME
Come, come bright rising sun 
Come, it got dark
And, you bright moon 
Vamoose and set now
Cry my forest, cry my sister
Let’s cry together
You, my forest, your leaves to you
And me, to my youth
Your leaves shall return to you again, my forest sister 
But my youth, my forest sister
Shall not return to me

Original artwork by Peter Heckmann from the painting series - Romantic And Not So Romantic Dream Escapes: https://www.behance.net/gallery/78317715/Romantic-And-Not-So-Romantic-Dream-Escapes

The Forest Lament

The Forest Lament (feat. Aliye)

JOYFUL

A collaboration with my wife Yucca Rose (@yuccarose) - Single release (2020), here performed in Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian). Our Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dDkR4KY1DZl3kCNF0dijp

Music: Peter Heckmann - Lyrics: Yucca Rose (Indo) - Vocalatti (English)

Annette (@vocalatti) arranged and performed the English version: https://soundcloud.com/vocalatti/find-the-sun-featuring-music-by-peter-heckmann

Musicians:
Yucca Rose (vocals)
M. Ade Irawan (piano)
Kadek Rihardika (guitars)
Peter Heckmann (bass, keys)
Eddy Syakroni (drums, perc.)

Arrangement / Mix / Master: Peter Heckmann
Artwork: Yucca Rose (https://www.behance.net/rose-entertainment)
Produced by Peter Heckmann for Rose Records and Publishing, Singapore

Initially written for the first Yucca Rose solo album "Tree of Life" featuring jazz musicians from Indonesia and Germany.

Masihkah Ada

Masihkah Ada (feat. Yucca Rose)

A Night Walk

take a deep breath..and a leap of faith
welcome to the human condition...

Maybe its time we all need to take a deep breath and realize the world has become a claustrophobic place from over population moving too fast like traffic and the pollution it causes.
fake news and paranoia is now running amok with possible laboratory viruses being unleashed from the effects of messing with the natures food chain and we are sinking into the effects of global warming and mass devastation across the globe.
this is the effects and revenge of a living planet fighting back for its damage from its occupants ..this is the effects of letting madmen run governments and police countries 
are we beyond repair? maybe its time to say we have had enough and try and do something before its to late ..
notes [i actually recorded three very different versions of this song and decided on this one and mix i might put the longer version which runs at about 6 mins out at a later date ]
ive also tried to record a fair bit of this live with overdubs ie telecaster real bass bongos etc and of course synths hope you enjoy and get the message 

written and produced by Jim mystic manser feb 2020

The Human Condition

Extended Percussion Version.
A Jazzy collaboration track featuring music by Peter Heckmann (2019) Newly arranged with lyrics by Vocalatti and special performances by our wonderful friends Axel and Jorg.

Music,Keys Drums and Bass as well as mix and master by Peter Heckmann.  @peterheckmann

Saxophone by Jorg Stohwasser @joerxworx

Guitar by Axel Weiss @axelweis

Vocals by Vocalatti @vocalatti

Released By - Rose Records And Publishing
Release Date - 2nd March 2020
P-Line @2013 and 2019 Rose Records And Publishing

Sunset In Seminyak  (Percussion version) P.Heckmann/Vocalatti/Axel Weiss/J.Stohwasser/Collaboration

Part of the 5-track Jazzcapades EP - latin flavored vocal jazz tracks - initially composed by Gregor Theelen (2014) - featuring exciting vocal performances by Lieve Geuens @lieve-geuens in her own phonetic language.

Arranged and produced by Peter Heckmann for Rose Records and Publishing (2020).

Mix / master by Peter Heckmann - track licensed through Anthology Records.
Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dDkR4KY1DZl3kCNF0dijp

Jazzcapades

Smoothie

Smoothie (feat. Lieve)

https://buymeacoffee.com/peterheckmann 

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.