September Tour

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Not only that we have landed on Mars again, discovered the Higgs Boson and found out that a flimsy optical cable can speed up Neutrinos. There also has been written an article about my album artwork which features the stylish TJ Evolette A display font:

Fonts In Use: Interstellar Getaway (photos © Timo Titzmann & Jakob Runge)

And I got a lot of nice reviews for the music: Jazz-House-Schule on alternativenation.de, Der Einsame Reisende im Weltraum on regioactive.de and even Noisy Neighbours seem to really like the album in their #36 edition.

In September, I will finally start for another short but exciting Germany Tour. If you’re interested in a hands-on explanation of my setup, come to my Remix Lab Session at #a2n_werkstatt during the Berlin Music Week. I will play an experimental setup together with Steve Pfaff on bass and Bernhard Range on Samples.

New Album: Interstellar Getaway

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Today is not only Towel Day, but also the release of my third album “Interstellar Getaway”. It’s supposed to be an astronaut’s soundtrack, travelling in his spaceship between the Planets of nearby solar systems.

It was recorded at Tricone Studios located in Funkhaus Berlin and mixed by Guy Sternberg in his analog Low Swing Studio. I’m very proud of the result and the fact that this is my first album to be available on Vinyl LP!

Sebastian Arnold’s new album “Interstellar Getaway” tells the story of a lonesome space voyager. By no coincidence this relates to Seb’s live show, which may actually feel like watching someone playing the drum kit and driving a spaceship at the same time. Still focusing on the beats, his recent sound developed to a more consolidated and song-oriented form, channeling a wide palette of styles from electronica, jazz and post-rock to dubstep. This time, the great escape into the galaxy features interplanetar travelling, bitchy computer games and fast-paced flights through the stratosphere accompanied by thrilling synth basslines, 8-bit sounds and impulsive drumming with a hint of wanderlust.

You can get the CD or LP+Download on the beeah–music Shop page. The Album is also available for download at iTunes, Amazon and Musicload.

See you tonight at the release party!

Sebastian Arnold – Molecular Shower by sebastianarnold

Spring Concerts and a Free Download

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I have been up to a lot of things lately. In the last months I recorded and produced a new album, which will be released on May 25. It will be available as digital download, CD and Vinyl LP. You can listen to one of the new songs right here! This seems to be another drum-controlled computer game where you have to collect strange purple raspberries. Feel free to download and share it.

Sebastian Arnold – Fruit Mountain (Level 2) FREE DOWNLOAD by sebastianarnold

Right now I am preparing for the upcoming concerts, workshops and some video performances. Check the tour dates on the right for more information about times and venues as well as Facebook events.

Concert in Cluj

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At the end of my tour in October, I went to Cluj, Romania. I was invited by Deutsches Kulturzentrum Klausenburg to play a solo concert at Boiler Club, which is located in the basement of the Fabrica de Pensule, a nice place with lots of studios and galleries in one old factory bulding. The night was called mad scientist drummer and featured The Origin Project, 7th Sphere and Sebastian Arnold.

For the flight I had to downsize my setup to just the Nord Modular G2, Nord Rack and the trigger pad. I took a netbook with me to handle the Loopdeck stuff and used a stage mixer the venue provided. While rearranging the devices, I realized how many problems I have solved over time in my normal setup. For example, I was missing the mixer light (essential on dark stages with video projection) and my DBX master compressor (makes it more easy to provide a steady master level), had to recreate multiple mixer busses for my own monitoring and also couldn’t take the MIDI router with me. It has some logic build inside to handle some things the Nord Modular is not able to do, e.g. starting and stopping its own master clock.

Finally, I was really excited and had a great show with lots of people coming to Boiler. The setup was unusual to play, but everything went well and sounded pretty good, with me freaking out totally on Low Flight and people dancing all night! Many German-speaking people live in Cluj, so they really liked the song Mnemesys with the German lyrics. The image on the left was taken from Laura’s blog post on that night at Boiler Club. Her post includes many pictures of the show and seems to be really enthusiastic if the Google translation was right – I really enjoy getting such a feedback!

After my own show, I joined Florin and Lu from 7th Spere on stage, a local club music project with DJ and visuals. The set was totally improvised and we played another hour and put up some really inspiring grooves in a moderate club tempo. I’m really thankful they asked me to do a video interview and produced a documentary about our collaboration which you can see here:

(Update: this is now the video about my solo concert, you can find the documentation about 7th Sphere feat. Sebastian Arnold here and the full live set on SoundCloud.)

I met a lot of nice people on the following day in Cluj. We were jamming in the rehearsal space of Norbert, who was so kind to lend me his cymbals for the concert. His band is currently working on new songs that base on electronic productions and I was asked to bring in some of my ideas and experiences in that area. Finally, we met 7th Sphere Project again for the interview at a teahouse.

I want to thank Fabian and Ildikó for the invitation and their great support. These were some impressive days in Cluj and I’ll try to come back as soon as possible.

http://www.kulturzentrum-klausenburg.ro/