The last century was about the creation of electronic music. This century is about performance.

2010 March 27 Monolake Live Vietnam, Hanoi, Green Space Festival
2010 April 3 Robert Henke: Intersection Vietnam, Hanoi, The Temple of Literature
2010 April 10 Monolake Live Surround France, Paris, Cite de la Musique
2010 October 19 Monolake Live Surround Austria, Vienna, Flakturm Arenbergpark

Most computer generated music is created in a constructive non-realtime fashion and not by playing any instrument. Performance of such music needs special concepts. I wrote an essay about this topic, Live Performance in the Age of Super Computing. I provide the audience with an experience it cannot get at home or when listening to a DJ set. I make use of multiple channels of audio, I place the listener in a deep, wide field of sound that is much bigger than the physical room defined by the speakers and the walls. I constantly interact with my instruments, and no performance is like another. I make use of sophisticated technologies, like the Monodeck II in conjunction with self-written software, which enables me to react to the audience, and to shape and actually play the music in a concert situation.

Monolake Live Surround

Monolake Live is walls of pulsating sound, made danceable by lots of percussions and deep, low and massive bass pulses. Monolake Live is clearly aimed towards a concert situation where people can dance. However, Monolake Live is a concert, and not background music. Monolake Live Surround is expanding the usual club sound experience by using four or more discrete channels of audio. Monolake Live Surround is an immersive experience way beyond the usual club and DJ setup. More about Monolake Live Surround...

Layering Buddha Live

From the material of the Layering Buddha album we derived a very cool and deep six channel sourround ambient / drone set. Works very well in a focused atmosphere with people sitting and listening, preferable in complete darkness. Previously shown in Mexico City, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sophia, Madrid and other locations.

Atom

A performance for a matrix of 64 floating gas balloons, lights, and sound. Atom has been performed at the Centre Pompidou, Paris and at Tesla, Berlin, at the MUTEK festival Montreal, and the STRP Festival in Eindhoven. The music for Atom is available as Atom_Document on CD and vinyl.

Atlantic Waves

Atlantic Waves is one of the technically most ambitious projects so far. A performance for two players located in two different places, syncronized with each other and the interface is displayed for the audience. Atalntic Waves has been performed numerous times at verious locations including the Tate Modern Gallery, London.

Intersection

Intersection, a post musique concrete homage to Hanoi.

Intersection can be performed as individual piece or in combination with a newer version of Studies for Thunder.

Studies for Thunder

Studies for Thunder 8 Channels is a 30 minute piece that recreates the impressive atmosphere of a huge thunder storm without the usage of any field recordings. A complete artifical sonic world. Studies for Thunders is 'serious' listening sound art and needs a focused atmosphere with people sitting. The piece has been realised at the Elektronic Studio of the Technical University Berlin.