Hainbach: crafting soundscapes from forgotten relics (198 : Spotlight On)

Experimental musician, UA-cam personality, and excavator of rare, electronic sound-making artifacts - Hainbach delivers a fascinating look into his prolific musical activities.
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The Spotlight shines On Berlin-based electronic music composer and performer Hainbach.
I have come to view Hainbach as much an archeologist or audio specimen collector as he is a musician. While he makes beautiful music and soundscapes, they are often showcase pieces for the devices he works on, which include not only vintage and rare modular synthesizers but also tape machines, test equipment, and other industrial machinery. A particular highlight of his work is his UA-cam channel, where Hainbach brings experimental music techniques and the history of electronic music to a wider audience, frequently displaying how he gets usable sounds from these forgotten devices. We have included a link to that in the show notes.
He is a fun and creative human, someone I am grateful to have spent some time with.
(all musical excerpts heard in the interview are taken from Hainbach's The One Who Runs Away Is the Ghost soundtrack)
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:03:17 - The prolific nature of Hainbach's work
00:05:53 - Hainbach's approach to equipment collection and acquisition
00:09:50 - The living and breathing nature of Hainbach's collection
00:13:15 - Hainbach's studio setup and workflow
00:17:45 - Breaking and pushing the limits of electronic instruments
00:21:23 - The challenges of international standards and connectors
00:22:58 - The appeal and uniqueness of East German and Soviet-era electronic music equipment
00:29:13 - Hainbach's "holy grail" pieces and dream instruments
00:32:46 - The process of creating plugins based on vintage gear
00:38:51 - The endless possibilities of plugin creation
00:40:29 - Hainbach's approach to composition and scoring
00:46:29 - The importance of sound design in film and media
00:47:34 - Hainbach's influences and sources of inspiration
00:52:09 - The meaning and origin of Hainbach's name
00:52:41 - Hainbach's self-identification as a musician and creator
00:54:20 - The evolution and success of Hainbach's UA-cam channel
00:59:46 - Closing remarks
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Visit Hainbach at www.hainbachmusik.com
and on his excellent UA-cam Channel → / @hainbach )
Purchase Hainbach's music on Qobuz → www.qobuz.com/us-en/interpret...
or Bandcamp → hainbach.bandcamp.com/music
and listen on your favorite streaming platform → songwhip.com/hainbach
Follow Hainbach on Patreon → / hainbach
Instagram → / hainbach101
Facebook → / hainbachmusik
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