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

Songs by Kate Jo and the friends

A growing collection of World Music and Ethnic music tracks composed and/or performed by our favorite World & Ethnic Music soloists and bands.

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

Global Soundscapes - World & Ethnic Music Delights

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

Recent Collaborations / Remixes / Remasters

A growing collection of some of my recent soundtrack works. (2019/2020)

On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/rainingheartrecords
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dDkR4KY1DZl3kCNF0dijp

Bandcamp

New(Sound)Tracks

An eclectic mix of Peter Heckmann's newest (sound)tracks featuring the talented vocalists Magnolia Dav (Shadow Magnet), Yucca Rose, Hayat Selim, Conny Kollet, Lieve Geuens, Filip Kutev Ensemble & Choir as well as recent Electronica Remix projects for The Raining Heart, Lusthansa, Ethnic World Orchestra and more.

Peter Heckmann - (Sound)tracks & Remixes (2023-2025)

A growing collection of exciting and fascinating electronic compositions by our favorite soloists and bands.

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

Electroscapes - Multi-Layered Sonic Fantasies

A growing collection of highly artistic genre busting sonic fantasies or experimental crossover tracks by our favorite composers and performers.

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

Sonic Lightflares and Auditory Nightmares

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

Buy at Bandcamp

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)

Live-Improvisation done at Festival: "Der Tag des guten Lebens" / September 2013 / Cologne

IndieMag about Versuchsanordnung:

"VERSUCHSANORDNUNG (GERMANY)
Haunting. Cinematic. Evocative. Versuchsanordnung is more of a collective rather than a band. Forming in 2006, the group has evaded categorization with their particular brand of atmospheric improvisations. Their name itself means experimental arrangement in German and they definitely live up to their name. They have a list of goals that read like a mission statement, including ‘to create sound impressions full of atmosphere aiming to paint pictures in your head.’ Goal archieved. Whether it is a film score or a freeform song, this group lives in a land where no soundscape is ever played the same way twice. Well worth hunting down."

♫ Laboratorium is a second profile of a well-known German experimental band (showing their group improvised music, working under a different flag). This site is mainly about film music & improvised music.

Please meet us on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/versuchsanordnung

Episode Drei Zwo (live "unplugged")

A New Beginning - sixth 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 IPI Music.

NEW 4K YouTube Video stories:
https://youtu.be/o4_tk75JBlo (Part 1)
https://youtu.be/rqqJ3v-RAOo (Part 2)
https://youtu.be/emrLMBgr9L8 (Part 6 - This track)

These three 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 Peter Heckmann - featuring members of the Ethnic World Orchestra - Lead Vocals by Hayat Selim.

Arabic to English Translation:
---- Oh, Night - Oh, My Eyes 
Night passes and day arrives 
My heart desired you from its core 
If the world ends and stars disappear 
Words will not suffice to reveal my love 
---- Oh, my love - Oh, light of to my eyes 
My love above all creation 
My love everlasting, strong like fire 
I met you on a day in past times 
Your face shall still brightly shine 
Everlasting love and kindness 
---- Oh, my love - Oh, light to my eyes 
Love that lasts, lasts and lasts 
Do you see me, do you want me? 
Tenderness in your face, life in your soul 
Lighting up my world, lighting up life 
(A story like no other, a story without an end)
---- Oh, my love  - Oh, light to my eyes 

Arranged, produced, mixed and mastered by Peter Heckmann.

Album cover photo by twenty20photos, licensed through Envato Elements.

A New Beginning

A New Beginning (feat. Ethnic World Orchestra)

Love Story By Katarina Jovcevska 24 - 02 - 2022 06 - 35

Talks With My Heart By Katarina Jovcevska (1)

Fast Dance In My Brain By Katarina Jovcevska 15 - 02 - 2022 02 - 57

Jungle - Techno Mania By Katarina Jovcevska19 - 03 - 2022 01 - 47

Don't Talk Just Rock By Katarina Jovcevska 19 - 03 - 2022 02 - 11 (2)

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

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Single Version) - a new teaser track from the upcoming Soundtrack / Cinematic album Romantic Dreamscapes (2024) featuring members of my Ethnic World Orchestra. The full album with extended versions will be released in June 2024.

Details: A fast-paced experimental metal inspired hybrid score featuring stunning electric-cello performances.

Written and produced by Peter Heckmann for Rose Records and Publishing.

Romantic Dreamscapes

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Single)

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

Thematic Exploration

Harmonic Bliss

Romantic Dreamscape

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

A whimsical and uplifting electronic collaboration with The Raining Heart (the original 80s German Electronica project by Peter Heckmann, Tobias Freund and Alexandra Graf)... a sonic homage to the great Vangelis.

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

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

Artwork by Yucca Rose and Peter Heckmann

Celestial Flows

Evangelista

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

Exploring the foggy veil of distant realms - a powerful and fast paced electronic collaboration with The Raining Heart - featuring mystical ethnic flavored throat vocalizations.

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

Supernova

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

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

Oscar's Collage

Oscar's Collage (Remaster 2025)

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

Yek Nazar- A single glance

Speedsound REC. proudly presents you the extremely sublime in its musical content project titled "Breathing Blue". This unique EP, very stylish, filled with dark ambience, extraordinary and superb sounds offers two intense and hypnotically gloomy tracks embellished by evocative vocal parts. Shabboo Harper has created excellent work full of dreary vibes, captivatingly rich synths with sophisticated backgrounds. Lyrics, touched by mystery, appear very sensual. Everything perfectly refers to classic genres as Trip Hop, Experimental Electronica or Industrial. These atmospheric landscapes of exciting sound designs will take you on an intriguingly poetic and mystical journey into female consciousness. Enjoy!

The track comes from the EP "Breathing Blue"
Music & Lyrics by: Shabboo Harper 
Vocals by: Shabboo Harper
Mixed & Mastered by: Shabboo Harper

https://www.beatport.com/release/breathing-blue/2525419
https://www.junodownload.com/products/shabboo-harper-breathing-blue/4061361-02/
https://www.deezer.com/pl/album/88445822
https://www.traxsource.com/title/1109232/breathing-blue

Label: Speedsound REC.

www.beatport.com/search/releases?q=shabboo+harper
www.junodownload.com/artists/Shabboo+Harper/
www.traxsource.com/artist/275339/shabboo-harper
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/shabboo-harper/id1056537923#see-all/top-songs

Breathing Blue

Shabboo Harper - Breathing Blue (Snippet) [Speedsound REC.]

Open Collab
https://soundcloud.com/sabila-orbe/mantidianos-a-capella-open-collab-please-read-description-for-participate

https://soundcloud.com/humanfobia
https://humanfobia-official.bandcamp.com/
https://humanfobia-official.bandcamp.com/album/acudrux-ep-2019

Insatiable Void - Mantidianos (Feat Humanfobia)

Dance versions of selected tracks from the limited release album "Someday" by Puspa Dewi (2008).

Produced by Kevin Bird & Peter Heckmann
Written by Kevin Bird
Mixed and mastered by Peter Heckmann

Original artwork sketch by Yucca Rose (@yuccarose) from the Indonesian Impressions series.

Someday

Gelisah

Gelisah (Classic Techno - 2008)

Short but sweet :) 
Enjoy!

Photo by Ileana Skakun on Unsplash

Do You Love Me?

Out there

July 2020 - SINTASIA is a brand-new cinematic album project by Peter Heckmann - an elegant orchestral infused hybrid score featuring hauntingly beautiful fantasy language vocalizations, stunning ethnic solo performances and sophisticated electronic elements. 
  
Written, arranged and produced by Peter Heckmann for Rose Records and Publishing in 2020.

Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rESllynq92jSGGBTQUn5J

Featured solo performers:
Cello: Mátyás Ölveti 
Flute: Linfeng Fang 
Erhu: Fuyi Yang
Esraj: Elena Kubicková
Vocals: Conny Kollet

Photos licensed through Envato (https://elements.envato.com)
Album Cover photo by andreiuc88
Additional track photographs by fxquadro

Sintasia

Remembrance

Sintasia - 9. Remembrance

A danceable Caribbean Island flavored melodic composition featuring a powerful vocal performance by the Venezuelan artist Cynthia Gonzalez. 

Youtube video: https://youtu.be/Gna1z_GyQos
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4lC93RyD1SGtqDJ4lzn6XN

Written and produced by Kevin Bird (@kevinbird) for Birdhouse Kauai
Lyrics by Cynthia Gonzalez and Kevin Bird 
Arranged by Wayan Jos (@wayanjos), Deny Surya (@dialogdinihari) and Kevin Bird

Rompiendo Los Muros (Single)

Rompiendo Los Muros

Rompiendo Los Muros (feat Cynthia Gonzalez)

The track Don't Let Them Shoot Me Down in Spanish - an uptempo World Music track featuring an uplifting vocal performance by the Venezuelan artist Cynthia Gonzalez. 

Youtube video: https://youtu.be/LQSBNEK6U1g
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4lC93RyD1SGtqDJ4lzn6XN

Written and produced by Kevin Bird (@kevinbird) for Birdhouse Kauai
Lyrics by Dante / translated by Cynthia Gonzalez 
Arranged by Wayan Jos (@wayanjos), Deny Surya (@dialogdinihari) and Kevin Bird

No Vayas A Disparar (Single)

No Vayas A Disparar

No Vayas A Disparar (feat Cynthia Gonzalez)

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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.