About this episode
This episode features a live performance by Karlheinz Essl and Gerhard Eckel, exploring the intersection of electrodynamic feedback and modular electronics.
Gerhard Eckel: electro-dynamic feedback system Karlheinz Essl: modular electronics with resonators Recorded live at Studio kHz on March 31, 2026 https://www.essl.at/div/rhibozom.html YouTube video: https://youtu.be/EhgA_eu_92E rhibozom is a duo of Karlheinz Essl and Gerhard Eckel working at the intersection of electrodynamic feedback, analog synthesis, and shared physical instrument-making. Gerhard Eckel performs on an electrodynamic instrument played with ferromagnetic objects that act as resonators, modulators, and sound sources within the instrument's pickup and speaker field. Karlheinz Essl performs on a compact modular synthesizer, its sounds projected through a separate loudspeaker on the shared table. Both performers place, move, dampen, and excite the resonating objects — the handling of physical material is a joint practice, not divided by instrument.
People in this episode
Host: Karlheinz Essl
Guest: Gerhard Eckel
Topics covered
- electrodynamic feedback
- modular electronics
- live performance
- sound synthesis
- collaborative instrument-making
Keywords
- electrodynamic feedback
- modular synthesizer
- live recording
- resonators
- analog synthesis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Studio kHz
Books & works: rhibozom, rhibozom No. 1
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