New EP ready for release
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About me
I produce genres like dubstep that were born in the digital realm — but I play them by hand on analog instruments like drums, bass, keyboards, guitar, melodica, and flute. Some of them are pretty heavy to carry around, so I’ve sampled and digitalized many of them to make my setup more portable. I also love working with digital versions of analog hardware when producing and mixing.
Following the tradition of dub music, I arrange my tracks live from loops — recorded digitally from analog instruments — and dub them in real-time using a MIDI controller that acts like an analog mixing desk, to get what I just played into my hands again. That blend of analog feeling and digital tools is what I call Arnology — an analogy to my real name, Arne.
While I play many instruments, I’ve spent even way more time producing music than practicing scales — so I wouldn’t call myself a virtuoso, but I know how to use them creatively. I’ve always dreamed of a setup where I could just switch everything on and start making music instantly, like picking up an instrument and jamming. For years, I struggled with technical friction — ideas got lost in menus, cables, and crashes and the best stuff never got recorded.
That’s why I’ve spent the last years optimising my system to let me improvise freely: I loop one instrument after the other, then dub my own loops live — adding space, FX, and structure on the fly. That’s how most of my songs are born — through hands-on play, improvisation, and a bit of magic.
I am happy to share my knowledge and hard earned experiences through one on one lessons and workshops.
Biography
I was surrounded by music since I came to life.
My mother was working as a radio DJ and music analyst, so she was listening to a lot of music at home.
I learned to play the piano from the age of 6 and drums from age 10.
Since the year 2000 I am recording and producing music on mixing consoles and computers.
- I studied music therapy in 2006 and was trained in piano, guitar, percussion, music theory and music psychology (among a lot of psychology and therapy specific things)
- In 2008 I was elected head of Villa Nachttanz, a club in Heidelberg. There I organized concerts and festivals, also working as a stagehand, sound technician and live mixer
- In 2012 I was doing an internship at Ballsaal Studios in Berlin. I worked on a few songs with Peter and got good feedback on my ears, workflow and ideas
- 2013-2017 I was freelancing for sinnwerkstatt media agency as a composer and sound designer.
- 2018 I started the interactive multi-media project “project-earth”
- 2015 I am DJing on private and public events
- 2021 I started co-organizing and playing music on ecstatic dances around Heidelberg
- All this on the side, since 2017 I mainly helped organizations with their agile self-organization on S3lf.Org
Bands
- Enter No Plane [Ska-Punk] (Drums) 2002 – 2004
- Goja [Songwriter] (Drums) 2006
- Buddha Sentenza [Psychedelic Stoner Rock] (Bass) 2007 – 2009
- Aether Exploration [Psychedelic Funk] (Drums) 2010
- Rasayana [Psychedelic Stoner Rock] (Drums) 2012 – 2014
- Black Sadhu [Stoner-Doom] (Bass, Synth, 2nd Guitar) 2015 – 2020
- Zündung [Psychedelic Stoner Garage Rock] (Bass) 2024 – present
Soundsystem
I am hopefully going to play with my neighbour Man a Lion Soundsystem