R.I.P.

Jan Heinke

Dresden, Germany

European Union

Profile Information:

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 attracted by slowness, or call it laziness, that causes 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)

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

our audible environment contains 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.de: with micha antoni, peter andreas, alex fülle
aër-music.ch with ania losinger, mats eser
Inéz&Sammeltonium Wunderland
Junges Ensemble Dresden
JaSaMa

projects+projects+projects...

Karin Nakagava (Koto)
Arve Henriksen (Trumpet)
Michal Müller (Zither)
Mathis Stendike (Percussion)
Matthias Loibner (Hurdy Gurdy)
Olaf Katzer (Conductor)
Miranda Driessen (Composer)
Stefan Johansson (Singer Songwriter)
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
Homepage:
http://www.stahlquartett.de

Comment Wall:

  • Wolfgang Saus

    Hey Jan, my congratulations to your recent award "Dresdner Förderpreis 2008". Looking forward to our next jointly projects.

    Apr 10, 2008

  • Baird Hersey

    Thanks Jan, for your kind words. Looking forward to hearing your music!
    -Baird

    Apr 15, 2008


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    Tran Quang Hai

    Dear Jan ,
    Glad to meet you here . I am interested in your festival in Dresden .
    You wrote that you were in Paris until 2nd march (or may ?) . Please precise me about that matter because march is over. How can contact you ?
    You can call me at my office phone number : 01 4405 7352
    You can write to me at my email: tranquanghai@gmail.com for other details
    Hope to hear from you soon,
    Best,
    tran quang Hai
    PS : You can go to my discussion group on Jew's harp at this network . This group was just created last night

    Apr 15, 2008

  • Baird Hersey

    Lovely! Lovely! Lovely!

    Apr 16, 2008

  • Filip Rydlo

    Interesting instruments! And lovely voice.
    Your polyphony is good, reminds me Stuart Hinds.

    Apr 17, 2008

  • Paul Freh

    Hi Jan.
    The sounds you are making are astonishing strong and pure... I would not expect that, seeing the metallic force of the form of your instruments. Here is a Master at Work.
    Creating Sound and Form.
    Hihi - and spinning creativity to it's colourful but also weird (without borders) top. I love it.

    I am looking forward to hearing and seeing MORE.

    Gruß, Paul

    Apr 21, 2008

  • Stuart Hinds

    I am planning a trip to Germany and Czech Republic for August 2008. I would love to see you if possible while I am there. My current plans are to be in Prague 10-14.08, Aachen from 15-18.08, and Augsburg (Munich) on 19-20.08. I can still visit other places in the week or so before Prague. Please let me know soon if you are interested in arranging for me to come to your area at that time. I hope to be able to see you when I am in Europe this August. Thanks!!! Sh

    Apr 28, 2008

  • Anthar Kharana

    Hello Jan!
    Congratulations for your creativity, I'm really interested in your work and to know more about the logic of your instruments, just by looking at your photos I could just imagine how they may sound and it felt like when someone was giving us a strange toy when we were just little boys trying to find how to play with them! :o

    hope to meet you soon :)

    have a great sun,

    Anthar

    May 8, 2008

  • Detlef Sellenriek

    Hallo Jan,
    glaubst Du, es wäre möglich für Dich, auf dem Bad Essener Obertonfestival 2009 aufzutreten? Wie groß und schwer sind Deine Instrumente? Unser Steinbruch ist nicht groß, hat aber einen wunderbaren Klang.
    Grüße
    Detlef

    May 9, 2008

  • Mike Edgerton

    Hi Jan,
    thank you very much for listening to my music and your nice feedback! Yes, well perhaps a project focusing on overtones could be a possibility given the right context. I have done a few pieces with overtones within, but nothing focused on them - aside from a piece from the mid-90s...
    Let me know if you have an idea?

    Greetings from Berlin!

    all the best!
    Mike

    May 21, 2008

  • Christian Bollmann

    Hi Jan
    thanks for your friendship and introducing your wonderful music.
    Heavy metal light as a feather - slow and tender - high and low - joining heaven and earth your way. Colaboration could be interesting. - I do the Bad Schandau Fullmoonconcert on 18.6.08 with my partner Jutta. If you want to chilI in slow water - come and meet us there. All the best
    hope to meeting you soon on this planet Christian Bollmann

    May 21, 2008

  • Mike Edgerton

    Hi Jan,
    thanks! I went to your homepage - congratulations on the prize! Yes, well it could be a context. Hard to say. Kinda depends on what you and the other members could be interested in. If you'd care to try to explore this further, perhaps we should communicate via email? Mine is edgertonmichael@hotmail.com

    Are you ever in Berlin?

    tchuss,
    Mike

    May 21, 2008


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    Bruno Amstad

    hallo jan
    ich spiele am 23.01.09 in dresden im staatsschauspiel, mit asita hamidi, einer harfenistin aus iran. das dauert zwar noch eine zeit
    aber wenn du magst kannst du dir das ja trotzdem vormerken, währ schön dich da zu treffen.
    lieber gruss

    bruno

    May 22, 2008

  • Marco Tonini

    Hi Jan,
    thanks for your words.Your art is very deep. I prefer DER GARTEN...

    Jun 5, 2008

  • Karen Stackpole

    Greetings Jan,

    Beautiful! I love your sounds. I will come back and listen again. Thanks for your kind comment - I'm glad you like the gong music :) I'll be doing a new recording in the fall - I will keep you posted.

    All the best,
    ((((((((GONG))))))))
    Karen

    Jun 27, 2008

  • Radka Šindlerová

    Hallo Jan,
    hast du wirklich keine Möglichkeit zu kommen? Stimmhorn kommt am 13.9.-wir bringen die Jungs mit dem Auto von und nach Dresden. Vielleicht würde es auch für dich gehen?
    Liebe Grüsse
    Radka

    Jun 27, 2008

  • Radka Šindlerová

    Lieber Jan,
    ich werde mich freuen an unsere nächste Zusammentreffen. Vieleicht Weinachten? Das Festival in Juli war wunderschön, ich hoffe, dass auch Prag erlebt so viel schöne Energie.
    Liebe Grüsse
    Radka

    Jul 17, 2008

  • Dave Seidel

    Hi Jan, thanks for the comments. Yes, the music I present here is all synthesized (using Csound). The instruments I play (bass and guitar) are good for many things, but not for what I'm trying to do in this realm.

    Your piece "Orpheo's Angel" is very beautiful, first time I've heard that sort of counterpoint done using overtone singing. I would love you see and hear your metal work in performance one day.

    Jul 18, 2008

  • Steve Sklar

    Wow. Awesome instruments, great organic sounds, fine singing. Very nice all around. Kudos!

    Jul 25, 2008

  • Jonas Nondorf

    Hey Jan, danke für deinen Kommentar. Ich gebe weiterhin mein bestes mit der Stimme weiterzukommen. In nächster Zeit werde ich mal versuchen, mit dem Aufnehmen zu beginnen. Vielleicht ist ja was brauchbares dabei. Dann wird es hier bestimmt zu hören sein.
    Viele liebe Grüße und bis hoffentlich bald mal,
    jonas

    Sep 20, 2008

  • Silvia Gajdošíková

    Hello Jan! I would like to invite you on a vernissage of my art project in Dresden! It's an Site specific project - theatre created in a specific place /Alte Ziegelei in Prohlis/ and it's a mixture of a theatre, performance, installation, music and other ways of creating. By the way, I cooperate with Harald Schluttig from SAEK, he sayd you know each other! It's on Sunday 10th of May in Umweltzentrum in Prohlis /Am Anger 18/ from 18.30

    Apr 30, 2009

  • Detlef Sellenriek

    Hallo Jan,
    ich freue mich auf Deinen Auftritt mit Wolfgang Saus im Steinbruch an den Saurierspuren am 4.7. Das Programm steht schon mal im Netz unter www.myspace.com/Obertonfestival.
    Liebe Grüße aus Markendorf
    Detlef

    May 26, 2009

  • Kolja Simon

    Ja genau! Übrigens sehr geil, was Du so machst!!! In Freiheit und Mehrstimmigkeit Kolja

    Jul 9, 2009

  • Gösta Petersen

    Absolutely! We are looking forward to concert and workshop in Lund! That will be nice....

    Greetings from South Sweden

    Aug 31, 2009

  • Karel Kekesi

    Hello Jan,
    my name is Petr Jáchym from Czech republic and I am manager of Karel Kekeši, which is overtone singer from Czech rep.
    We are new on this site but I get the info, that you organizing overtone festivals. Is it any chance to visit your festival a let Karel sing there?

    Give me some infos in case of interest, please.

    Regards Petr

    Sep 18, 2009

  • Jens Mügge

    Hallo Jan! danke für deine Musik. Neulich ging mein CD Player mal und sie klang fantastisch ... haste diesen Beitrag gesehen bzw. gelesen? Viele Grüße, Jens

    Sep 28, 2009

  • Karel Kekesi

    hello Jan,
    thank you for your reply.
    We have all theatre project with overtones and now looking to record new music for Karel. Actually we need a bit time to have more money for it and we ll can start.
    Have a look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNsEQv8HEgA and there you can see more about the theatre project we doing.
    If you will be interesting and ll see any kind of cooperation or offer Karel on your home market I ll can send you his 2 CD, where you ll hear all what he have been done till now.
    Let me know please. All best to you as well.
    Petr

    Sep 29, 2009

  • Barbara Lübben

    Klingt gut!
    auch deine Musik natürlich..
    Grüße von mir und der Nordsee - Barbara

    Oct 1, 2009

  • Kadoing

    Danke der Nachfrage. Noch gibt's uns weder auf CD, noch live. Aber vielleicht lässt sich das 2010 ändern.
    Grüße aus Wien
    Robert

    Oct 6, 2009

  • wolfman


    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.

    Nov 9, 2009

  • Steve Sklar

    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.

    Dec 11, 2009


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    Karin Höghielm

    Hello Jan and thank you. Keep in touch .
    Best wishes Karin

    Jan 1, 2010

  • Barbara Lübben

    Moin Jan,
    ich wünsche euch wunderschöne Obertontage ind Dresden!
    Im Geiste schaue ich vorbei;-)
    Viele Grüße
    Barbara

    Sep 8, 2010

  • Julia Zech

    Hey ja cool, ich hab auch vorher schon mal was von dir gehört (Orpheus Angel) Wirklich sehr beeindruckend!! Liebe Grüße Julia

    Jan 28, 2011

  • Karen Grace

    Wow, your voice is amazing! Thanks for featuing my track Metamorphosis. :) Karen

    Mar 4, 2011

  • David Stuetzel

    Beautiful!

    Mar 4, 2011

  • Skye Løfvander

    Feb 23, 2013