Jan Heinke's Connections

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Oct 2, 2017

About me:: (or what i am looking for in music)

to work with iron, sometimes in a forge, otherwise as a musician and composer

the difference between click, tock and bing (i am addicted by slowness, or call it laziness, causing a microscopical view (not only) on sounds and noises)

the visible/tactile aspect of distinct sounds or the audible aspect of shape and material (means also that strange theater of abstract numbers called music and how it touches our imagination, senses or moods, how it creates visible forms)

the mathematical view on music or the musical view on numbers (helps me to find the "scapes", sounds, rhythms and harmonies wich i desire to listen)

some place or point in time has anything distinctive, each landscape or situation is represented by remarkable sounds, often they are showing a musical quality (how to approach such moments?)

our audible environment contents information about structure, nature, culture (how to explore and integrate this in musical concepts?)

the full range of different sounds we are able to produce with our voice(s)
(we are living in an age/place of abundance) esp. the hidden treasure in polyphonic or contrapuntal overtone singing

As a band we are:: stahlquartett: with micha antoni, peter andreas, alex fülle
the blechner: duo with bertram quosdorf (saxophones)
alchimie: duo with doreen saidowski-faust
projects+projects+projects...

Instruments:: voice, steel cello, iron sound sculptures, saxophones, ethnic wind instruments (didgeridoo, conchtrumpet, bukkehorn, duduk, long horn e. a.), mostly non-electrical sounds

Influences:: schläft ein lied in allen dingen...
the birds in my garden, the various sounds of cities and landscapes, music from any time and culture

Bob Rutman

At 12:03pm on March 4, 2011, Karen Grace said…: Wow, your voice is amazing! Thanks for featuing my track Metamorphosis. :) Karen

At 8:29pm on January 28, 2011, Julia Zech said…: Hey ja cool, ich hab auch vorher schon mal was von dir gehört (Orpheus Angel) Wirklich sehr beeindruckend!! Liebe Grüße Julia

At 1:39pm on September 8, 2010, Barbara Lübben said…: Moin Jan,
ich wünsche euch wunderschöne Obertontage ind Dresden!
Im Geiste schaue ich vorbei;-)
Viele Grüße
Barbara

At 7:43am on February 15, 2010, Jens Mügge said…: Hallo Jan,

wir beide sind hier erwähnt worden. Ich hatte in einer Ausstellung zu vimissima gesungen und gespielt ... und wo bist du hier zu sehen?

Liebe Grüße,
Jens

At 10:49am on January 1, 2010, Karin Höghielm said…: Hello Jan and thank you. Keep in touch .
Best wishes Karin

At 3:13am on December 11, 2009, Steve Sklar said…: Not classical, but classic. Perhaps it doesn't translate well. But here Footprints is considered a "jazz standard"; in other words a great old piece respected and performed by many jazz musicians. Wayne Shorter is a very great master of sax and music, and a very important composer and bandleader.

At 11:45pm on November 10, 2009, Luis Anibal Araya Rojas said…: Hallo lieber Jan!
dich vergessen zu haben? aber niemals!
Ist eine riesige Freude wieder von dir was zu erfahren, es tut mir auch Leid das ich so spät mich zurück melde, deswegen Entschuldigung bitte.
Also: Ick wohne jetzt in Berlin, wenn du mal nach Berlin kommst hier ist also immer ein leckeren Kaffe mit Spekulatius zum Schnaken und quatschen.
Hasta Pronto!
Luis
PS: Ich habe immer noch ein paar Fotos von unserem Konzert am Peters schmiede, und die Stahl Quartett auch im Geist ist, unvergesslich!

At 12:33am on November 9, 2009, wolfman said…: hi jan,

was ich von deinem sound halte, ist dir ja bekannt, aber für alle comment-leser hier nochmals: "hammer"!!!

wie sieht es aus? was machst du an freitag abenden? vielleicht hast du ja lust an einer fryday-session teil zu haben.

mit schwingenden grüßen

wolfman

p.s. sieh dir doch bitte mal mein foto-album "the four sins" an und gib deinen senf dazu. danke.