Music for Sound Installation

Christian Wittman

"Music for Sound Installation" is an ambient project crafted to evoke immersive and atmospheric soundscapes, akin to the pioneering work of Brian Eno. Inspired by the intersection of music and contemporary art, each track serves as a sonic counterpart to a visual experience, inviting listeners into a realm of auditory exploration.

Just as a sculpture or painting transforms physical space, each composition in "Music for Sound Installation" aims to transform auditory space, creating a serene and contemplative atmosphere.

Through layers of harmonies and carefully sculpted textures, the album transports listeners to a world where sounds become almost tangible and visible. Whether experienced alongside sculptures, paintings, or immersive video installations, the music serves as a conduit for deepening the sensory experience, blurring the boundaries between sound, time and space.

"Music for Sound Installation" is an ambient project crafted to evoke immersive and atmospheric soundscapes, akin to the pioneering work of Brian Eno. Inspired by the intersection of music and contemporary art, each track serves as a sonic counterpart to a visual experience, inviting listeners into a realm of auditory exploration.
Just as a sculpture or painting transforms physical space, each composition in "Music for Sound Installation" aims to transform auditory space, creating a serene and contemplative atmosphere.
Through layers of harmonies and carefully sculpted textures, the album transports listeners to a world where sounds become almost tangible and visible. Whether experienced alongside sculptures, paintings, or immersive video installations, the music serves as a conduit for deepening the sensory experience, blurring the boundaries between sound, time and space.

Music for Sound Installation by Christian Wittman

Temporal Fragments

Temporal Fragments(2024.24.02d. Ancient Temple.) by Christian Wittman

Harmonic Colors

Harmonic Colors(*** 2024.06.02b) by Christian Wittman

Suspended Realities

Suspended Realities(2024.24.02 Enoesque) by Christian Wittman

Zen Garden

Zen Garden(2024.24.02b Enoesque 2) by Christian Wittman

Echoes of Stillness

Echoes of Stillness(01.10a) by Christian Wittman

Tranquility in Motion

Tranquility in Motion(27.10 Endless Rotation) by Christian Wittman

Ethereal Expanse

Ethereal Expanse(02.11a. Space Dizzyness) by Christian Wittman

Synchronicity of Silence

Synchronicity of Silence(2024.20.02c. beyond the void) by Christian Wittman

Contemplative Drift (Extended Mix (Music for Sound Installation))

Contemplative Drift(Extended Mix (Music for Sound Installation)) by Christian Wittman

Contemplative Drift

Apeiron

"Apeiron" is a Greek word which, according to the philosopher Anaximander of Miletus (6th century BC), designates the first element from which everything emerged, the primordial entity which generated the cosmos by successive splits.

The meaning of this word is still debated today: "infinite" or "indeterminate"? Literally: "without limit".

“Apeiron” was thus the founding concept of a bold rational cosmology, distinct from traditional myths, to explain the genesis of the universe, the earth, the ocean, the celestial sphere, the stars, physical phenomena and, of course, the emergence of life forms.

This starting point inspired me a form of contemplative and spiritual "space music", which attempts to reflect the mixture of imagination and intellectual speculation at work in this conquest of the universe by human thought.

With this album, I'm moving towards a more contemporary, hybrid sound and style, mixing electronic treatments and textures with processed human voices and classical instruments.

“Apeiron” is an attempt to explore new listening dimensions in the genre of electronic space music.
credits
released February 2, 2024

Electronics, sound design: Christian Wittman

Composed and produced at Nina Studio, Paris, November - December 2023.

Artwork: Christian Wittman 

"Apeiron" is a Greek word which, according to the philosopher Anaximander of Miletus (6th century BC), designates the first element from which everything emerged, the primordial entity which generated the cosmos by successive splits.
The meaning of this word is still debated today: "infinite" or "indeterminate"? Literally: "without limit".
“Apeiron” was thus the founding concept of a bold rational cosmology, distinct from traditional myths, to explain the genesis of the universe, the earth, the ocean, the celestial sphere, the stars, physical phenomena and, of course, the emergence of life forms.
This starting point inspired me a form of contemplative and spiritual "space music", which attempts to reflect the mixture of imagination and intellectual speculation at work in this conquest of the universe by human thought.
With this album, I'm moving towards a more contemporary, hybrid sound and style, mixing electronic treatments and textures with processed human voices and classical instruments.
“Apeiron” is an attempt to explore new listening dimensions in the genre of electronic space music.
credits
released February 2, 2024
Electronics, sound design: Christian Wittman
Composed and produced at Nina Studio, Paris, November - December 2023.
Artwork: Christian Wittman

1. Astral Dream (Original Mix)

1. Astral Dream

2. Apeiron Whispers (Original Mix)

2. Apeiron Whispers

3. Chiaroscuro of Infinity. (Original Mix)

3. Chiaroscuro of Infinity. by Christian Wittman

3. Chiaroscuro of Infinity.

4. Spectral Ambiguity (Original Mix)

4. Spectral Ambiguity by Christian Wittman

4. Spectral Ambiguity

5. Indistinct Echoes (Original Mix)

5. Indistinct Echoes by Christian Wittman

5. Indistinct Echoes

6. Logos and Cosmos (Original Mix)

6. Logos and Cosmos

7. Contours of the Void (Original Mix)

7. Contours of the Void by Christian Wittman

7. Contours of the Void

8. Mystic Harmony (Original Mix)

8. Mystic Harmony

Ambient Mapping II

Ambient music is an encounter with slowness, silence, the depth of listening, immersion in sound, navigation on sounds to dream, think, travel, imagine...

"Ambient Mapping II" weaves different threads: silence, loops, sound spaces, "Fourth World" rhythms, possible melodies.

In this album, I experimented with geometrical compositional forms, superimposed, shifted, random, in different mixes distributing sounds, patterns, rhythms in an evolving space.

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REVIEWS

• "This is very good. Subtle piano tones with powerful deep pads sound great" (Chitra Records)

• "Lovely composition. I loved the soft and ethereal melodies. Nice piano touch, so sweet and peaceful. I loved the melancholy mood. We’ll add your beautiful music to our playlist "focus instrumentals" (About "Lines") (Listnerd, Spotify playlist curator)


•  "Cinematic music at it's best. Wonderful soundtrack feel here. A proper production and theme. Adding this on Cinematic Soundscapes and Compositional Ambient" (about "Lines"). Lauge  (musician and playlists curator)

• "Meditative and relaxing..." Maneli (Spotify playlist curator)

• "This is a delightful ambient track and makes a great fit for our Ambient playlist.  Wishing you much success!" Sherry Finzer (Spotify playlist curator)

• "Lovely delicate ambient work, happy to have it in the Slow Ambient list." The Slow Music Movement (Spotify playlist curator)

• "Very cool! Great work on the instrumental! Great work on designing the various sounds. Nice work on the synth sound! It works very well.
Focussing on mixing, you make the instrumental sound very good !"  Palette (Spotify playlist curator)

• "Very beautiful, certainly a great fit for one of our playlists!"   Music Dances When You Sleep, Spotify playlist curator, blogger.

• "Stunning track! Keep the beautiful music!" (About Curves) Salt of the Sound, Spotify / Apple Music playlists curator.  

Ambient music is an encounter with slowness, silence, the depth of listening, immersion in sound, navigation on sounds to dream, think, travel, imagine...
"Ambient Mapping II" weaves different threads: silence, loops, sound spaces, "Fourth World" rhythms, possible melodies.
In this album, I experimented with geometrical compositional forms, superimposed, shifted, random, in different mixes distributing sounds, patterns, rhythms in an evolving space.
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REVIEWS
• "This is very good. Subtle piano tones with powerful deep pads sound great" (Chitra Records)
• "Lovely composition. I loved the soft and ethereal melodies. Nice piano touch, so sweet and peaceful. I loved the melancholy mood. We’ll add your beautiful music to our playlist "focus instrumentals" (About "Lines") (Listnerd, Spotify playlist curator)
• "Cinematic music at it's best. Wonderful soundtrack feel here. A proper production and theme. Adding this on Cinematic Soundscapes and Compositional Ambient" (about "Lines"). Lauge (musician and playlists curator)
• "Meditative and relaxing..." Maneli (Spotify playlist curator)
• "This is a delightful ambient track and makes a great fit for our Ambient playlist. Wishing you much success!" Sherry Finzer (Spotify playlist curator)
• "Lovely delicate ambient work, happy to have it in the Slow Ambient list." The Slow Music Movement (Spotify playlist curator)
• "Very cool! Great work on the instrumental! Great work on designing the various sounds. Nice work on the synth sound! It works very well.
Focussing on mixing, you make the instrumental sound very good !" Palette (Spotify playlist curator)
• "Very beautiful, certainly a great fit for one of our playlists!" Music Dances When You Sleep, Spotify playlist curator, blogger.
• "Stunning track! Keep the beautiful music!" (About Curves) Salt of the Sound, Spotify / Apple Music playlists curator.

Line (Original Mix)

Line

Curves (Original Mix)

Curves

Ridge Line (Original Mix)

Ridge Line

Canopy (Original Mix)

Canopy

Delineation (Original Mix)

Delineation

Fourth World (Original Mix)

Fourth World

Squaring the circle (Original Mix)

Squaring the circle

Music for Art Gallery I

"Music for Art Gallery I"  is inspired by the world of contemporary art - sculptures, video installations, performances, painting - and invites you to a journey through some of the great art capitals of today, from New York to Amsterdam, from Berlin to Athens, from Rome to Los Angeles.

These eight compositions are both ambient and experimental, they are at the crossroads of minimalism, a certain acousmatic abstraction and sound design...

I tried to suggest through sound design the sensory, visual, tactile, spatial universe of contemporary art, with its surfaces, its materiality, its geometry, its perspective games, its architectures of lines and shapes.

It is an ambient music that unfolds contemplative atmospheres in a slow travelling of the gaze and the mind on virtual works, that the listener is invited to imagine....

I hope to initiate a collaboration with art galleries and contemporary artists to inscribe my sound research in real places.

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REVIEWS

••• "Conceived as a multi-sensory experiential piece best suited for visual accompaniment of a gallery, the French artist Christian Wittman’s “Manhattan” is a lovely slice of experimental ambient work that finds its home in various nexuses of a venn diagram of several musical schools of thought. Of the piece, Wittman states, “I tried to suggest through sound design the sensory, visual, tactile, spatial universe of contemporary art, with its surfaces, its materiality, its geometry, its perspective games, its architectures of lines and shapes.” The resulting composition is one that is easy to get lost in - all the better to take while you stroll the MOMA or Whitney in Manhattan. "

Ryan HALL. Tome of the Weather Machine (tometotheweathermachine.com)

•• Great sounds and cool production. Beautiful arrangements.
I really enjoyed the ethereal and mysterious mood! (LISTNERD, about "Manhattan")

•• "Captivating soundscapes and floating atmosphere.." (Music for Home, about "Manhattan")

 

"Music for Art Gallery I" is inspired by the world of contemporary art - sculptures, video installations, performances, painting - and invites you to a journey through some of the great art capitals of today, from New York to Amsterdam, from Berlin to Athens, from Rome to Los Angeles.
These eight compositions are both ambient and experimental, they are at the crossroads of minimalism, a certain acousmatic abstraction and sound design...
I tried to suggest through sound design the sensory, visual, tactile, spatial universe of contemporary art, with its surfaces, its materiality, its geometry, its perspective games, its architectures of lines and shapes.
It is an ambient music that unfolds contemplative atmospheres in a slow travelling of the gaze and the mind on virtual works, that the listener is invited to imagine....
I hope to initiate a collaboration with art galleries and contemporary artists to inscribe my sound research in real places.
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REVIEWS
••• "Conceived as a multi-sensory experiential piece best suited for visual accompaniment of a gallery, the French artist Christian Wittman’s “Manhattan” is a lovely slice of experimental ambient work that finds its home in various nexuses of a venn diagram of several musical schools of thought. Of the piece, Wittman states, “I tried to suggest through sound design the sensory, visual, tactile, spatial universe of contemporary art, with its surfaces, its materiality, its geometry, its perspective games, its architectures of lines and shapes.” The resulting composition is one that is easy to get lost in - all the better to take while you stroll the MOMA or Whitney in Manhattan. "
Ryan HALL. Tome of the Weather Machine (tometotheweathermachine.com)
•• Great sounds and cool production. Beautiful arrangements.
I really enjoyed the ethereal and mysterious mood! (LISTNERD, about "Manhattan")
•• "Captivating soundscapes and floating atmosphere.." (Music for Home, about "Manhattan")

Music for Art Gallery I by Christian Wittman

Manhattan (Original Mix)

Manhattan

Auguststrasse (Original Mix)

Auguststrasse

West Hollywood (Original Mix)

West Hollywood

Marais (Original Mix)

Marais

Flaminio (Original Mix)

Flaminio

Kolonaki (Original Mix)

Kolonaki

Soho (Original Mix)

Soho

Spiegelwartier (Original Mix)

Spiegelwartier

Livre des étoiles fixes 

Kuroi Ginga

Delta ursae minoris (Original Mix)

Delta ursae minoris

28 tauri (Original Mix)

28 tauri

Mekbuda (Original Mix)

Mekbuda

Zozma (Original Mix)

Zozma

Other Side of BLOK 3

Justin Dolan

Sine Saber

Mind of Space

Neoom

Paul Rochester

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BLOK

Trippy (Original Mix)

Trippy

Letting Go (Original Mix)

Letting Go

The Landing (Original Mix)

The Landing(Original Mix) by Mind of Space

The Landing

Ecstatic Calm (Original Mix)

Ecstatic Calm

Arachnid (Original Mix)

Arachnid

Flute Riddim ft. Nasty Boyz

Azfor

Flute Riddim (Original Mix)

Flute Riddim

Killerz ft. BRX

Killerz (Original Mix)

Killerz

Chot!s

Chot!s (Original Mix)

Tajin Drumerz

Tajin Drumerz (Original Mix)

Origin

avs state

Musik der Zeit

SIN / Stranger In The Night

Was 1951 the actual birth year of electronic music? And if so, of which one? The experimental techno album ‚Musik der Zeit‘ by SIN / Stranger In The Night is exploring these questions. It is based on the early work of the ‚Studio für elektronische Musik des WDR‘ (The Studio for Electronic Music of the West German Radio), which was founded in that year - the first of its kind in the world.

With ‚Musik der Zeit‘, SIN / Stranger In The Night has put the ideas, methods and techniques of the earliest days of pure and radical electronic music into a techno context.  The album returns to the past to explore future manifestations of electronic (dance) music, where not instruments and their specific sound characteristics (303, 909, ARP Odyssey, Korg MS-20...) determine the results, but ideas. Self-confident as always, Stockhausen summed it up in his British Lectures: "New methods change the experience".

80% of the sounds used on the album originate from sound generators used in the WDR studio, including the drums. The remaining 20ish % are samples, which are then manipulated in a contemporary DAW context. Serial composition techniques based on number matrices were applied to the sequence of single notes and patterns. Of course, aleatoric techniques, which were undesirable at the time as well as repetition, which is not only unavoidable in techno but its very foundation, have also left their mark on the tracks. Despite the rigorous ‚serial’ methods used, it was less a matter of rebuilding, than of re-experimenting something that extremely broadened the sound horizon. The individual tracks are therefore not so much separate units, but rather different plateaus of a unified album concept which can be experienced in the 'Stream of Consciousness Mix (no. 10). It is here, that the straightforward sequenced patterns of contemporary dance rituals are rewound to a place of more intricate movement, conceived in a universe which was recorded on tape long since decayed.

Was 1951 the actual birth year of electronic music? And if so, of which one? The experimental techno album ‚Musik der Zeit‘ by SIN / Stranger In The Night is exploring these questions. It is based on the early work of the ‚Studio für elektronische Musik des WDR‘ (The Studio for Electronic Music of the West German Radio), which was founded in that year - the first of its kind in the world.
With ‚Musik der Zeit‘, SIN / Stranger In The Night has put the ideas, methods and techniques of the earliest days of pure and radical electronic music into a techno context. The album returns to the past to explore future manifestations of electronic (dance) music, where not instruments and their specific sound characteristics (303, 909, ARP Odyssey, Korg MS-20...) determine the results, but ideas. Self-confident as always, Stockhausen summed it up in his British Lectures: "New methods change the experience".
80% of the sounds used on the album originate from sound generators used in the WDR studio, including the drums. The remaining 20ish % are samples, which are then manipulated in a contemporary DAW context. Serial composition techniques based on number matrices were applied to the sequence of single notes and patterns. Of course, aleatoric techniques, which were undesirable at the time as well as repetition, which is not only unavoidable in techno but its very foundation, have also left their mark on the tracks. Despite the rigorous ‚serial’ methods used, it was less a matter of rebuilding, than of re-experimenting something that extremely broadened the sound horizon. The individual tracks are therefore not so much separate units, but rather different plateaus of a unified album concept which can be experienced in the 'Stream of Consciousness Mix (no. 10). It is here, that the straightforward sequenced patterns of contemporary dance rituals are rewound to a place of more intricate movement, conceived in a universe which was recorded on tape long since decayed.

Musik der Zeit by SIN / Stranger In The Night

S(f)m (Original Mix)

S(f)m

Barbican, blooming (Remix)

Barbican, blooming(Remix) by SIN / Stranger In The Night

Barbican, blooming

X 7 3 hcnYl (Original Mix)

X 7 3 hcnYl by SIN / Stranger In The Night

X 7 3 hcnYl

Gagarinos Neue Musik (feat. Jueri Gagarino)

Gagarinos Neue Musik(feat. Jueri Gagarino) by SIN / Stranger In The Night

Gagarinos Neue Musik

reGular-IrregulAr (Original Mix)

reGular-IrregulAr by SIN / Stranger In The Night

reGular-IrregulAr

Xi polyvalent Pinks (Original Mix)

Xi polyvalent Pinks by SIN / Stranger In The Night

Xi polyvalent Pinks

Change_Schichten (Original Mix)

Change_Schichten by SIN / Stranger In The Night

Change_Schichten

Klavierstück XX (Original Mix)

Klavierstück XX by SIN / Stranger In The Night

Klavierstück XX

Coldwaves (Original Mix)

Coldwaves

Musik der Zeit (Stream of Conciousness Album  Mix)

Musik der Zeit(Stream of Conciousness Album  Mix) by SIN / Stranger In The Night

There are Three Noises Inside Each of Us

object-a

modular and software synths, tape, field recordings, found sounds, etc.

“There are Three Noises Inside Each of Us” marks seven years of object-a, a project to track my learning about field recording, acoustic experimentation, sound design, recording techniques, etc. From the beginning, it has been public, mostly because I've been asking students to try new stuff in classes without being embarrassed or worrying about failing and it feels only fair and useful to have my own “trying” to point to. Things I’m learning from this project have had the added benefit of helping me talk better with colleagues in other disciplines. And, of course, as with so many folks, making noises became more important to me during the lockdowns (hence the funny, self-help title of this album). Anyway, it has been seven years and I’ve learned a ton. This new thing is the best thing I’ve made so far. There’s a little less noise, a few more beats, lots of field recordings, analog synths, found sounds, and at one point even my voice. I hope you find something to enjoy here.

modular and software synths, tape, field recordings, found sounds, etc.
“There are Three Noises Inside Each of Us” marks seven years of object-a, a project to track my learning about field recording, acoustic experimentation, sound design, recording techniques, etc. From the beginning, it has been public, mostly because I've been asking students to try new stuff in classes without being embarrassed or worrying about failing and it feels only fair and useful to have my own “trying” to point to. Things I’m learning from this project have had the added benefit of helping me talk better with colleagues in other disciplines. And, of course, as with so many folks, making noises became more important to me during the lockdowns (hence the funny, self-help title of this album). Anyway, it has been seven years and I’ve learned a ton. This new thing is the best thing I’ve made so far. There’s a little less noise, a few more beats, lots of field recordings, analog synths, found sounds, and at one point even my voice. I hope you find something to enjoy here.

There are Three Noises Inside Each of Us by object-a

01 Our Solstice was Mostly Nice 0 (Original Mix)

01 Our Solstice was Mostly Nice 0 by object-a

01 Our Solstice was Mostly Nice 0

02 Anemoia 0 (Original Mix)

02 Anemoia 0

03 Where 0 (Original Mix)

03 Where 0

04 Starcom 0 (Original Mix)

04 Starcom 0

05 The Tallest Kid on the Playground 0 (Original Mix)

05 The Tallest Kid on the Playground 0 by object-a

05 The Tallest Kid on the Playground 0

06 Start the Phantom 0 (Original Mix)

06 Start the Phantom 0

07 Giant Empty 0 (Original Mix)

07 Giant Empty 0

08 The Three Noises 0 (Original Mix)

08 The Three Noises 0

09 Tomorrow Is the Last Day 0 (Original Mix)

09 Tomorrow Is the Last Day 0 by object-a

09 Tomorrow Is the Last Day 0

Neues Licht an unbestimmtem Morgen 

Cellarkalt

„Neues Licht an unbestimmtem Morgen“ marks the beginning of a series of Cellarkalt releases on the new label „Jetztwelt“. 


„Neues Licht an unbestimmtem Morgen“ marks the beginning of a series of Cellarkalt releases on the new label „Jetztwelt“.

experimentalelectronics