UXsuite

Starting-up: Product experience analytics. UXsuite offers a cutting-edge tool for makers of innovative connected products, services and applications. Based-on research at TU Eindhoven, this software allows for observation of remote products in the field. [more]

Namena.me

Designing: Three friends, all overcommitted and eager to go for quality and great expression in design of corporate identity, websites and web applications, print, and interior. Although we might even do more things, above might suffice for a general overview. The design studio was founded in summer 2009. It is based in Berlin and Eindhoven. Apart from that there is a cosy, secret hideout on the German country side. (Designstudio.Creation.Creative communication.)

Laserconcerts

Creating laser arts: Laser concerts are a collaboration of NachtmannSilies (laser) and Bassfrucht (electronic live music). The performances mostly span between 30 and 60 minutes and especially the laser works interact extensively with location and setting. Together with the music performance a unique experience is created that is both fascinating and immersive. Unlike common laser shows, we take an abstract, minimal approach to work with the capabilities of laser technology. [more]

Bassfrucht

Creating art and music: Bassfrucht is a playground for all kinds of artistic ideas and spleens. Founded together with Ansgar Silies, Bassfrucht evolved from being started as a jazz band to experimental electronic music to a web design company. Most recently, we divided the professional and artistic parts of this project, for organizational and aesthetic reasons.

• Bassfrucht art – music, performance and art related activities
• Bassfrucht media – professional activities: web design, programming, sound design –> this has been shifted to Namename.me since summer 2009

The Bassfrucht GbR is based in Lingen(Ems) / Germany.

Smokey Joe

Playing live music: Live music from Cologne, performed by 7 musicians (voc, 2 x tr, tb, git, bs, dr). This band started in the late nineties as a school project and continued from then on with almost the same set of members until now. The music can be described as a mixture between punk, ska and rock influences. I play the drums. Find it here.

Foramel

Releasing music albums: Some years ago, the Bassfrucht collective decided to start a net label, Foramel. For those who do not know about net labels, this is basically a website that provides access to (free) music, released in the mp3 format (only). There might be better definitions of what net audio is about, but this one matches our ideas. Foramel features dreamy, story-telling music, often with a twist. So far, there are about 11 releases to enjoy.

WordPress CiteULike Plugin

Integrating citations: wpciteulike enables to add a bibliography maintained with CiteULike formatted as HTML to wordpress pages and posts. It is as simple as that, find an example is here.

avocoda

Programming: avocoda hosts experimental web applications that fulfill different needs of the digital age. The two most mature projects are a portfolio sharing tools and a personal informatics tool, called “tricklelist”.

Gelegentliche Öffnungen in der Nachtmaschine

Writing: Since I have been in Japan and found joy in writing a diary about the exciting things that happened there, I decided to continue. Both diaries have been written in German, for stylistic reasons and to cater an audience of mostly friends and family.

Past projects

Below you find a selection of past projects, if you miss something or would like to propose a future past project, go ahead (and contact me)!

Music

• VisuMuskel – midi controller based on charming little monsters being moved around in their playground
• La Resonateuse – Max/MSP fx plugin, eq’ed band echo
• LiveRemixing – conceptual musical remixing tool based on Max/MSP
• Float**** – concept for a video installation interacting with singers performing in reasonably sized roman church
• LoopLanguage – language concept for sonification of samples and composition of loop-based music (tbc.)

Art and Writing

• Klapperschrank – sound installation at Kunstverein Dortmund (September 2007)
• Die Sonde – sound installation at Apel-Höch Dortmund (April 2007)
• Mission Control – for Livesocks Space Academy
• AlchimistenLabor – sound installation and opening performance at KulturMagazin Bochum (Fall 2006)
• The Psst Spy Automatic – interactive system for Livesocks Touristenversteck

Applications and Web

• CSBMT – intranet for musical collaboration
• IdeaStore – hierarchical personal database for small items, ideas in a special formatting which represents the activity of single items
• SubliminalLearning – desktop-based learning system, fading vocabulary synced to slow breathing rhythm