Asteroid * β is

· a fragment from a live, unprocessed and 'potentially hazardous improvisation' created through the manipulation of a complex feedback patch on a KORG MS-20 mini and some effect pedals.

· inspired by my fascination with the raw, aggressive sounds captured by space telescopes during different NASA missions.

Asteroid * β

vision | living light (2015/21)
for amplified viola + effects pedals and samples

Viola - Nefeli Galani
Recording - Tobias Hagedorn
Electronics & Mastering - Raphaël Languillat

Special thanks to Kommune 2010 (www.kommune2010.com)

vision | living light

Asteroid * α is

· a fragment from a live, unprocessed and 'potentially hazardous improvisation' created through the manipulation of a complex feedback patch on a KORG MS-20 mini and some effect pedals.

· inspired by my fascination with the raw, aggressive sounds captured by space telescopes during different NASA missions.

Asteroid * α

HD 181068 (Trinity)

for amplified cello, clarinet in Bb and horn + live electronics

Trio RADIAL [www.trioradial.com]

Cello — Esther Saladin 
Clarinet — Shelly Ezra 
Horn — Deepa Goonetilleke

Composition & Mastering — Raphaël Languillat 
Recording — Lennart Scheuren 
Sound Assistance — Richard Millig

Location — Seilerbahn e.V. - Frankfurt/Main (GER)

HD 181068 (Trinity)

PSR B1957+20 (Black Widow)
for contrabass clarinet & modular synthesizer + stereo audio file

Year — 2023/24
Duration — 24'
Contrabass Clarinet — Heni Hyunjung Kim
Modular Synthesizer — Raphaël Languillat

Location — Kunsthalle - Trier (DE)

PSR B1957+20 (Black Widow)

black angels (after death) for pedal glockenspiel and ride cymbal + tape 

Ying-Yu Chang - CRR Reims (FR) - 12 April 2014

black angels (after death)

((( RSG ))) (2022)
for amplified string quartet + effects pedals

GROW String Quartet

Violin 1 — William Overcash
Violin 2 — Mishi Stern
Viola — Nefeli Galani
Cello — Nathan Watts

Composition, Electronics & Recording - Raphaël Languillat

Location — 28.10.2022 @Artist Wiesbaden (DE)

((( RSG )))

J1407b
for modular synthesizer

Year — 2023/25
Duration — 50'
Première — 09.09.23 - Kunsthalle Portikus (Frankfurt | DE)
Live Recording — 27.04.25 - Stadtkirche (Biel | CH)
More infos — www.raphaellanguillat.com/j1407b

J1407b

SMC (Clouds)
for amplified cello & piano + live electronics & tape

Year — 2023
Duration — 26'
Première — 15.10.23 - fgnm Festival @Seilerbahn e.V. (Frankfurt | DE)
Performer — Iris Werhahn (Vlc), Marco Ramaglia (Pno) & Raphaël Languillat (Elec)
More infos — www.raphaellanguillat.com/smc

SMC (Clouds)

ꋪꍟꉣꍟ꒒꒒ꀤꈤꁅ ꍏ꓄꓄ꋪꍏꉓ꓄ꂦꋪꌗ
Electronic piece for acousmonium (stereo audio file)

Year — 2024
Duration — 10'38''
Première — 02 Juni 2024 | Herz Jesu - Frankfurt (DE)
Informations — Based on chaotic models, ꋪꍟꉣꍟ꒒꒒ꀤꈤꁅ ꍏ꓄꓄ꋪꍏꉓ꓄ꂦꋪꌗ oscillates between states of equilibrium and non-periodic phases, repetitions and sudden bifurcations. The result is a very organic, fluid and abstract composition — a dystopian soundscape with maximalist textures fighting against each other, staggering from explosive bursts of percussive impacts to static but recurrent drones. The whole system - shaped by the composer's hand on his modular synthesizer - generated continuously new and unexpected gestures like a non-linear, yet adaptive and self-sustaining ecosystem.

ꋪꍟꉣꍟ꒒꒒ꀤꈤꁅ ꍏ꓄꓄ꋪꍏꉓ꓄ꂦꋪꌗ

ꂵꍏꁅꈤꍟ꓄ꀤꉓ ꃴꍟꉓ꓄ꂦꋪꌗ
Electronic piece for acousmonium (stereo audio file)

Year — 2024
Duration — 12'30''
Première — 23 August 2025 | Festival FUTURA - Crest (FR)

ꂵꍏꁅꈤꍟ꓄ꀤꉓ ꃴꍟꉓ꓄ꂦꋪꌗ

six-channel sound installation 
for the exhibition IKONA (Ikonenmuseum Frankfurt)
in collaboration with soprano Maren Schwier
18 October 2024 – 09 February 2025
Location: Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt

The sound installation 𝘝𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘚𝘊𝘌𝘕𝘊𝘌 - developed especially for IKONA by the composer Raphael Languillat and the soprano Maren Schwier - creates a sonic bridge between the female saints depicted in the exhibition and the Saint Hildegard of Bingen, who formulated the principle of viriditas (greening power).

𝘝𝘐𝘙𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘚𝘊𝘌𝘕𝘊𝘌 (binaural mix)

𝘖 𝘙𝘜𝘉𝘖𝘙 𝘚𝘈𝘕𝘎𝘜𝘐𝘕𝘐𝘚
after Hildegard von Bingen
in collaboration with Maren Schwier

One of the tracks of the project VIRIDESCENCE with soprano Maren Schwier — which reinterprets chants of Hildegard von Bingen for amplified voice and modular synthesizer.

𝘖 𝘙𝘜𝘉𝘖𝘙 𝘚𝘈𝘕𝘎𝘜𝘐𝘕𝘐𝘚

Transmission ∼ 1 is

· a fragment from a live, unprocessed and 'potentially hazardous improvisation' created through the manipulation of a complex feedback patch on a KORG MS-20 mini and some effect pedals.

· inspired by my fascination with the raw, aggressive sounds captured by space telescopes during different NASA missions.

Transmission ∼ 1

Transmission ∼ 2 is

· a fragment from a live, unprocessed and 'potentially hazardous improvisation' created through the manipulation of a complex feedback patch on a KORG MS-20 mini and some effect pedals.

· inspired by my fascination with the raw, aggressive sounds captured by space telescopes during different NASA missions.

Transmission ∼ 2

love songs (after Daft Punk) - 2024/25

(1) digital love (remix)
(2) interlude (bell)
(3) premonition (dream)
(4) hunted desires
(5) crushing heart
(6) something about us (redux)

Instrumentation — amplified flute (C & Bass), oboe / synthesizer, clarinet (Bb & Bass), accordion, cello + electronics & video

Year — 2024/25
Duration — 35'

Program notes — love songs (after Daft Punk) is a full-length audiovisual experience for amplified ensemble, electronics and video. In a genre-crossing narrative between ambient and experimental music, granular remixes of Daft Punk’s album Discovery merge with fragments from William Shakespeare’s poem Venus & Adonis — a statement on the present state of love and a reflection on death – suspended between post-romantic longing and pop-cultural dissolution.

Première — 31.01.25 Naxos Hallenkonzerte | Frankfurt (DE) — Ensemble S201

1 - digital love (remix)

2 - interlude (bell)

3 - premonition (dream)

4 - hunted desires

5 - crushing heart

6 - something about us (redux)

ꌗꀤꈤꁅꀎ꒒ꍏꋪꀤ꓄ꌩ ꒒ꂦꂦꉣꌗ
Electronic piece for acousmonium (stereo audio file)

Year — 2025
Duration — 09'10''
Première — tbd

Based on chaotic models, ꌗꀤꈤꁅꀎ꒒ꍏꋪꀤ꓄ꌩ ꒒ꂦꂦꉣꌗ oscillates between states of equilibrium and non-periodic phases, repetitions and sudden bifurcations. The result is a very organic, fluid, abstract and aggressive composition — a dystopian soundscape with maximalist textures fighting against each other, staggering from explosive bursts of percussive impacts to static but recurrent drones. Composed alongside ꋪꍟꉣꍟ꒒꒒ꀤꈤꁅ ꍏ꓄꓄ꋪꍏꉓ꓄ꂦꋪꌗ and ꂵꍏꁅꈤꍟ꓄ꀤꉓ ꃴꍟꉓ꓄ꂦꋪꌗ, ꌗꀤꈤꁅꀎ꒒ꍏꋪꀤ꓄ꌩ ꒒ꂦꂦꉣꌗ shares common musical elements but stands out as a downtempo composition, centered on different loops and spare but harsh cutting beats.

ꌗꀤꈤꁅꀎ꒒ꍏꋪꀤ꓄ꌩ ꒒ꂦꂦꉣꌗ

crucifixion (vélasquez) for timpani and two celli

timpani _ Mervyn Groot | cello 1 _ Milosz Drogowski | cello 2 _ Ella Rohwer

Ensemble Modern Fabrik - 28/08/2015

crucifixion (vélasquez)

flagellatio ii (torso) for a performer and amplified piano + live video ad lib.

HfMDK Frankfurt (Kleiner Saal) | 11/12/2016

PERFORMANCE — Gilles Grimaître | www.gillesgrimaitre.com
RECORDING — Christoph Schulte
MASTERING — Raphaël Languillat | www.raphaellanguillat.com

Saskia's Lankhoorn video - Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpFCKxVbQn8

flagellatio ii (torso)

flagellatio i (säule)for amplified piano solo

Gilles Grimaître | HfMDK Frankfurt (Kleiner Saal) — 11/12/2016

flagellatio i (säule)

O tu illustrata for 5 female voices a cappella and live projection

Kaliomene | Rheinische Frauenschola - KunstKulturKirche Frankfurt - 06 October 2017

VIRIDISSIMA — Performance with live overhead-projection
Vocal ensemble: Kaliomene | Rheinische Frauenschola
Live projection: Katrin Bethge
Music : Hildegard von Bingen, Anonymous and Raphaël Languillat

o tu illustrata (viridissima)

O Virga mediatrix for 5 female voices a cappella and live projection

Kaliomene | Rheinische Frauenschola - KunstKulturKirche Frankfurt - 06 October 2017

VIRIDISSIMA — Performance with live overhead-projection
Vocal ensemble: Kaliomene | Rheinische Frauenschola
Live projection: Katrin Bethge
Music : Hildegard von Bingen, Anonymous and Raphaël Languillat

o virga mediatrix (viridissima)

"an intimate soundscape revisiting the golden legend's story of saint jerome played on the body of a contrabass and seen through the landscape of the atacama desert (chile)"

st jérôme | wüste (atacama) for a male performer, amplified prepared double bass + live electronics 
featuring felix blume's field recordings (www.felixblume.com)

RECORDING — Jakob Krupp | HfMDK Frankfurt (Kleiner Saal) | 04/03/2018

st jérôme | wüste (atacama)

pietà (black) for bass recorder and accordion

"a meditation on the passing time, remixing the gregorian chants Stabat Sancta Maria and Stabat Mater Dolorosa into a slow and dark soundscape"

Bass recorder — Caroline Rohde 
Accordion — Krisztián Palágyi
RECORDING — HfMDK Frankfurt (Schauspiel Studio) | 25/02/2020

pietà (black)

digital love (remix) for one-channel video and stereo sound system

Premiere in Private Places - Facebook Live | 14/08/2020

VIDEO — https://vimeo.com/446600891

RECORDING & PERFORMANCE — lovemusic | www.collectivelovemusic.com

digital love (remix)

raphaël languillat
• composer / electronic artist
• curator Naxos Hallenkonzerte
• based in Offenbach/Main (DE)
• part of Studio Wäscherei

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