As long as I remember there has always been music in my head.
Melodies and chord progressions unfolded like little blossoms on my way to school or while waiting at the checkout.
While I never quite figured out where it all comes from, over the years I´ve acquired some tools to get the music out of my head and make it audible for others.
On this site you can find some of my recent work as a composer, producer, arranger and pianist.
If you want to get in touch feel free to drop me a line.
I´m looking forward to hearing from you!
Bünger - Schatten
Production, Songwriting, Arrangement, Mix
Büngers new album 'Schatten' is here now.
I had the big honour of producing the whole thing and it was an exciting and liberating experience.
We took all the freedom to make unconventional, bold and rough choices, used strange sounds and instruments - never taking the pleasant route, but trying to create something that really matters.
I was able to play some of my favourite instruments, like my Ondomo, handpan, bowed electric guitars and an old zither I inherited from my grandfather.
The song you´re hearing was written by Sebastian Madsen, I played an oddly tuned acoustic guitar and wrote the woodwind arrangement.
But the whole album is full of dark stories, weird details and organic sounds like that.
If you have a little time and ears go and have a listen!
A new instrument...
Ondomo
I have a new and very special instrument!
It´s an Ondomo, a modern recreation of the original Ondes Martenot, one of the first ever electronic instruments from the 1920s.
The instrument was hand built by Naoyuki Omo in Japan and it was quite an adventure to get it over to Europe, but now it´s here and I´m officially in love.
This is me accompanying myself with a small Ondomo ensemble. More to come.
KLINGER - Mosaik
Piano, Composition, Production
Big news!!! My album 'Mosaik' is out now. You can find it wherever you listen to music.
This video shows me playing the opener 'A' on my old Bluethner piano.
The studio version features a beautiful string quartet. Check it out!
And if you want to play the song on your own piano, you can find sheet music here.
KAII - Shine On
Production, Arrangement
Check out Kaii and her new single 'Shine On'.
It contains everything I like about pop music:
A beautiful melody, dreamy vocals, a relaxed groove, real instruments played by real people, a lush arrangement and a sky full of strings. Produced by yours truly.
JULES - May
Production
Recently I had the honour of co-producing this extraordinary voice.
Many thanks to Sven Bünger for bringing me on board."
RABEA - Kingdom
Production
Rabea has played the cello on many of my string arrangements.
Now she released a song of her own and I had the great plesure of producing it. Enjoy!
ALIN COEN - Du bist so schön
Recording
I´ve been a fan of Alin Coen for many years now.
So when she asked me to record a song for her I didn´t think twice.
It´s the opener of her new album "Nah". Enjoy!
BÜNGER - Alles
Piano, Sax-Arrangement & Production
This is a song from Büngers third studio album 'Angst ist nur ne Illusion'.
Most of the abum is just his deep, raspy voice and me playing the piano. But for this one I wrote a whispered saxophone arrangement, beautifully performed by Paulo Pereira.
I love that sound! Play any instrument at the edge of audibility and pure magic happens.
FYNN KLIEMANN - NUR
Arrangement, Piano
Fynn Kliemanns new album 'NUR' is out and it went straight to No. 1 of the official German album charts.
I contributed five piano reworks and some string arrangments.
This is me playing one of the songs in my studio.
The album is available on vinyl via Fynns online store.
But of course you can also listen on your favourite streaming service.
And for all the passionate pianists out there we´ve even sheet music - for free.
LINDA RUM - Whisper of the Sleeping Trees
Production
Linda Rum's debut EP 'Ten Feet Tall I' is finally out. I produced three of the songs, including this beautiful piece.
PERSONA °1: Horst
Piano, Composition & Production
I´ve started a new project called 'Persona : Perseverance'. The idea is to create musical portraits.
The first collection will be about people who are affected by Covid-19 and its consequences in a special way.
Horst is an innkeeper from Hamburg, St. Pauli. He opened his pub 'Crazy Horst' almost 50 years ago.
It´s the work of his lifetime and to close it down due to the pandemic is more than painful for him.
There are so many people struggling with the current situation in very different ways.
I hope this project can make some of these stories visable and raise awareness and understanding for a better post-covid world.
I really love this beautiful movie by Iliès Terki. I´m not surprised it was picked for the official selection of Around International Film Festival Berlin.
There will be many more films in Iliès' Lost Pleasures series and I´m excited to contribute more music.
VIVIE ANN - Loverboy (Live with strings)
String Arrangement
Vivie Ann's song 'Loverboy' in a stripped down acoustic version with a string quartet.
Writing the string arrangements was great fun - with a hint of heavenly chaos in the end.
KLINGER - Dust
Composition & Production
What a beautiful video by M.R. Knox for my piano piece 'Dust'.
It reminds me of childhood days, when I was staring at the wooden ceiling over my bed.
I could find so many strange creatures in the abstract patterns of grain and knotholes - monsters and animals and witches - and I would make up their stories in my head.
I love how this tickles my imagination.