POLYINSTRUMENTAL SYSTEM
Instruments & Sounds: interconnected sound layers
My work is based on a polyinstrumental system rather than a fixed setup. Voice, percussion, string and wind instruments as well as live electronics are understood as interconnected sound layers that can be combined, transformed and reconfigured in real time.
Global music traditions and playing techniques meet a contemporary electronic aesthetic. Rhythmic, melodic and textural elements are shaped through live looping and improvisation. The music can move fluidly between physical groove, wide soundscapes and club-oriented intensity.
This system forms the basis of my performances, workshops and body-related practice, adapting to each room, audience and moment.
PULSE
Rhythm & Energy
Pulse is the physical foundation of my live sets. With percussion instruments such as cajón, darbuka, djembe, talking drum, krakebs, shakers and body percussion, I build polyrhythmic grooves that connect movement, timing and collective drive.
These rhythmic structures are rooted in global traditions and at the same time shaped by an urban, club-oriented perception. The pulse creates both dynamics and grounding and forms the rhythmic engine on which all further sound layers build.
Listen: Pulse Loop
VOICE
Foundation, Expression & Texture
The voice is my most versatile instrument and the connective tissue between all layers. Through beatbox, breath-based rhythms, vocal colours and live processing it can create pulse, melodic fragments and detailed textures.
Sometimes it remains raw and close; sometimes it turns into electronic sound and makes a human signal into an evolving sound layer. In performance, the voice shapes transitions, dynamics and the improvisational character of the set.
Listen: voice, overtones & textures
BASS & KÖRPER
Strings & Drones
Strings and drones create depth, weight and a physical sense of grounding in my live sets. Instruments such as guimbri, ngoni, kobyz and krar contribute bass lines, repetitive patterns and sustained tones that carry the space.
These layers connect rhythmic drive with trance-like continuity. They form the low-frequency backbone that other elements can lean on. Depending on the moment, they feel earthy and percussive or wide and meditative.
Listen: strings & drone layer
MELODIE & FARBE
Winds & Reeds
Wind and reed instruments bring melodic direction, phrasing and colour into my live sets. I work with instruments such as trumpet, saxophone and flutes as well as overtone-based blowing techniques, choosing them according to the desired atmosphere and musical context.
Instead of serving a fixed stylistic role, these instruments are used for specific emotional and spatial qualities: from lyrical, open melodic lines to raw, breathing textures and sustained tones that merge with the whole sound field.
Listen: wind instruments – meditative layer
ELEKTRONIK & LOOPING
The Engine
Electronics form the connecting and structuring layer of my live system. I work with loop stations, samplers and real-time effects that record, layer and transform acoustic sounds during the performance.
Voice, percussion, string and wind instruments are led into loop-based processes in which patterns, drones and melodic fragments can be repeated, changed or released again. Effects such as filters, delays and spatial processing shape form, density and movement over time.
All electronic layers are created live and without pre-produced material. This keeps the performance flexible: structures can expand, dissolve or change direction in response to space, audience and moment.
Listen: Meditative elektronische Schicht
INTEGRATION
How It All Comes Together
In performance, pulse, voice, bass, melody and electronics are not separate layers but interdependent elements of a single system. Each sound influences the others and shapes form, intensity and direction in real time.
Live looping lets this system grow organically: patterns repeat, shift and dissolve while new layers emerge through improvisation and response to the moment. What unfolds is not a fixed composition, but a dynamic process guided by listening, movement and presence.
Examples from different performance contexts:
Club / dance context
Outdoor-Festival
Sound meditation
COACHING & MENTORING
What I Teach Through These Instruments
The instruments and sound processes of my performances are also central to my educational work. Rather than looking at individual techniques in isolation, I understand music as a physical, relational and creative practice.
Depending on the context, this includes voice and breath for rhythm and expression, percussion for timing and collective groove, wind instruments for sound and melodic phrasing, strings for patterns and drones, and electronics for understanding structure, layering and live composition.
The aim is to make musical processes tangible and to support listening, experimentation and confidence, regardless of previous musical training.
