straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026As of right now, the #creativeretreat #kanban has offically been disbanded. Tomorrow the same time, I'll most probably already descending towards homebase. That was an experience. 010
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How's the creative retreat going you ask? Well, mostly... 100
Reposted by straschillMusic Weeklies Challenge @musicweeklies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Sitting in your armchair, surrounded by a thick cloud of smoke, you’re deep in thought, staring into space, when suddenly an idea pops into your head : it’s elementary! Well, musically speaking, how does that sound? New theme is #SherlockHolmes 🔎 077
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026For the upcoming #minmax album, I found that the sensible choice for the track "MaxTec" (as in "Maximal Techno") is a speedcore musique concrete arrangement of the third movement of Beethoven's Mondscheinsonate. For which there is now a logo ;). 100
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Live example of AI performing "Schmendrik as a Service". #schmendrikasaservice #saas 010
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026AI interaction: (AI does something silly like "unexpected error"). Me: "Dear Mr. (head of said AI), you're a schmendrik". AI: "This is what we do. Schmendrik as a Service". It's official. Mainstream AI does Yiddish jokes. 000
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I'm leaving for a creative retreat this Sunday. Some AI (I called them "McCoy") made a logo for me! 000
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026"Chat GPT" sounds like the stage name of an 80s hiphop artist. 010
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Already pretty late to start this...but this might be fun? 050
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Dave Lombaordo's drumming on Slayer's "South of Heaven" album was, and continues to be all these decades later, a pinnacle of thrash metal drumming. A combo of brutal force, technical ability and top-level musicality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j28B...youtube.comDave Lombardo Performing Ghost of War LiveYouTube video by Slayergumbo 000
Reposted by straschillMusic Weeklies Challenge @musicweeklies.bsky.social · 22/06/2026This year's #Pride challenge is #OpenMinded! Digital: Find two new plugins and use them in your music. Acoustic: find two new approaches to your instrument and use them in your piece. Tell us what you did, and don't forget to spread the love by listening to and feedbacking each other. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 1106
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026There'll be two more albums by me later that year. (At least two). moinlabs.de/words/two-al...moinlabs.deTwo Albums in the PipelineTwo release dates have been decided: you’ll get Drei Karten next, and minmax later – both still within 2026. 000
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 14/06/2026It's so great to watch normal house cats solving game theory puzzles in realtime in a way that most senior managers don't even come close to. 030
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Discussing a potential gig for next weekend, I had a Groucho Marx epiphany: "I don't want to play a gig where I would not absolutely want to be in the audience". As a result: no gig next weekend for me. I might do a Blechtrommel mob, though, because I might like that if I was in the audience. 000
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 12/06/2026What makes me feel good? Summer rain. And heavy metal. Like, really heavy. "Sommerregen", for @musicweeklies.bsky.social #feelgood moinlabs.bandcamp.com/track/sommer...moinlabs.bandcamp.comSommerregen, by Rainer Straschillfrom the album Wooczyk Meeklies 243
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Recording some doom metal Messiaen-style guitar parts for "Sommerregen" (which is what I do for @musicweeklies.bsky.social #feelgood) 032
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026"Atlas" is live! moinlabs.de/words/atlas-... #abum #release #ambient #no #technomoinlabs.deAtlas – Ambient Techno for Corpus ChristiThe new album is here! Is kinda odd. As usual. 000
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Discussing a performance at some publicly founded (meaning: our money) community arts event. Organization is a nightmare, so I angrily went Cage. Here's the core of the artistic concept we settled on: "the Cat does not care". 000
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 02/06/2026"Fluxus gegen alles". Something that came to mind as a project title candidate. Now, how would that feel? 000
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 31/05/2026"Atlas" (my upcoming album) now has a release date. It's Corpus Christi, i.e. next Thursday on the lead platform. moinlabs.de/words/atlas-...moinlabs.deATLAS – Release AnnouncementAtlas shall have its release on Corpus Christi this year. 010
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Doing field recordings is kinda nice. If you pick the right field, that is. 000
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026It had somehow escaped me (or I had repressed the memory) that Ralph Towner had died in January. Listening to a silent candle for/by this great musician youtu.be/A48MEhnGKUU?...youtu.beThe Silence Of A CandleYouTube video by Ralph Towner - Topic 110
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Remember those games that you started long ago and somehow never finished? And for some reason decided to give them another spin, starting at #FirstLevel ? As part of this week's @musicweeklies.bsky.social challenge, my game was the Korg Gadget for Switch moinlabs.bandcamp.com/track/tried-...moinlabs.bandcamp.comTried again, by Rainer Straschillfrom the album Wooczyk Meeklies 465
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Mid-work had to resolve a hiccup in the audio setup, and tested it by firing up some album. Now work is on hiatus, as I need to listen to Jack DeJohnette: Works. 000
Reposted by straschillScowsh @scowsh.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Musicians, get involved! A chance to be involved in music making in a super supportive community. WIP, trying things out, seeing what you can come up with in a week is a joy (I need to post more wips 😅 as I rarely ‘finish’ a track these days!) 0117
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026This new @musicweeklies.bsky.social looks great #FirstLevel. What's your inspiration? PacMan or Space Invaders? Hack? Or the opening/tutorial of a huge modern game? Or no VGM at all? 041
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Recording piano parts in Flat Four Harmonic to slice for an abstract hiphop track that goes onto an ambient techno album. #ambient #hiphop #atlas. 120
Reposted by straschill𝔠𝔩𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 @clementpanchout.bsky.social · 23/04/2026You’re lying there in bed, feeling really cosy… but there’s this... thing in your head, you’re not quite sure what it is, but it’s really annoying and it’s got no business being there right now. Made for @musicweeklies.bsky.social (theme Out of Place) 2126
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Some youtube video claimed cats purr at 25Hz. Which would be around G. Now Dr. Emmy Noether did not know this, and prefers to purr Dorian. I like Dorian. I like Emmy. 000
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 16/04/2026"18 years ago". Reyn Ouewehand's performance of "Green Beret" produly stood the test of time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8UB...youtube.comReyn vs Martin Galway - Green BeretYouTube video by Reyn Ouwehand 100
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Yesterday, #maxialbum saw its double vinyl release. Which closes the project. Of which I'm hugely proud. moinlabs.de/words/max-on...moinlabs.deMAX. On Vinyl.April 15th of 2026 is the official release date for the vinyl version of #maxialbum. Formally closing what, in many ways, was my biggest album project to date. It’s beautiful! 000
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 31/03/2026For @musicweeklies.bsky.social #backback, here's "A dawless Hike". moinlabs.bandcamp.com/track/a-dawl...moinlabs.bandcamp.comA dawless Hike, by Rainer Straschillfrom the album Wooczyk Meeklies 041
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Yesterday, I went to some pressing plant and picked up a few boxes...yes, the vinyl version is here! #maxialbum 001
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 11/03/2026This is fun: once respectable newspaper FAZ interviews Deutsche Bank's chief investment strategist on what to do. Llokjng at this banks performance, it might be advisable to do the opposite www.faz.net/aktuell/fina...faz.netUlrich Stephan: Wie sollen Anleger auf teure Energiepreise reagieren?Ulrich Stephan, den Chefanlagestrategen der Deutschen Bank für Privat- und Firmenkunden, spricht über die angespannte Lage an den Märkten durch den Irankireg – und worauf Anleger nun achten sollten. 000
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 27/02/2026More than 20 years after it was made, the knobs on my OG Waldorf Q had literally turned to dust. Fortunately, in an age of 3D printing, the new version looks much cooler! Thanks, Rolando, for the prints! 010
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Pressing plant announced assembly for 2-23 - which is next Monday. Which means on Tuesday I'll pick up the #maxialbum double vinyl in Augsburg. 000
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 09/02/2026@musicweeklies.bsky.social #3TimeSignatures "Death and Bass". I thought this up not having read the challenge (but after it had been started, so it's ok?), while thinking about a technical death metal album. D 'n' B production approach. Death metal sounds. moinlabs.bandcamp.com/track/death-...moinlabs.bandcamp.comDeath and Bass (prototype), by Rainer Straschillfrom the album Wooczyk Meeklies 042
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 09/02/2026@musicweeklies.bsky.social #3TimeSignatures "Is there one? (One)". Is there a "one". Answer: at least not without the limits of this track. Or there's a lot of them - you choose! moinlabs.bandcamp.com/track/is-the...moinlabs.bandcamp.comIs there one? (One), by Rainer Straschillfrom the album Wooczyk Meeklies 052
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 09/02/2026@musicweeklies.bsky.social #3TimeSignatures "Where is it? (One)" is what happens if you just play piano. Or, more accurately, I do it. moinlabs.bandcamp.com/track/where-...moinlabs.bandcamp.comWhere is it? (One), by Rainer Straschillfrom the album Wooczyk Meeklies 042
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 09/02/2026@musicweeklies.bsky.social #3TimeSignatures "Metermaß" is a tumbao inspired by Bavarian folk music. There's also a guitar with changing delay, and a fake EDM drumbeat that changes its mind midway. moinlabs.bandcamp.com/track/metermamoinlabs.bandcamp.comMetermaß, by Rainer Straschillfrom the album Wooczyk Meeklies 042
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 05/02/2026For many of you, this might just be part of another day in the office, but I'm currently excited and happy as a small child. #maxialbum 010
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 30/01/2026For those that wonder what I'm doing here, reallly...I mostly joined because @musicweeklies.bsky.social is here. So I haven't done anything except for responding to their challenges so far. This might change. Or not. 020
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 29/01/2026...and: done! Here's my contribution for @musicweeklies.bsky.social #minimal aptly titled "Nicht. Zu. Viel." moinlabs.bandcamp.com/track/nicht-...moinlabs.bandcamp.comNicht. Zu. Viel., by Rainer Straschillfrom the album Wooczyk Meeklies 252
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Just completed my @musicweeklies.bsky.social #minimal contribution - there's stil time until Monday (Feb 2nd) though! 020
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Hehe, with that new challenge, I could do what I did last week over again ;) 020
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 19/01/2026So what's my #obsession @musicweeklies.bsky.social asks? "Gratuitous Complexity" I'd say. Like having polymetric/polyrhythmic/polytonal stuff, analogue processors and whatnot for no good (artistic) reason. Enjoy! moinlabs.bandcamp.com/track/gratui...moinlabs.bandcamp.comGratuitous Complexity, by Rainer Straschillfrom the album Wooczyk Meeklies 243
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 11/01/2026A Schneemaß, anyone? My choice for #snowyday moinlabs.bandcamp.com/track/schneema @musicweeklies.bsky.socialmoinlabs.bandcamp.comSchneemaß, by Rainer Straschillfrom the album Wooczyk Meeklies 032
straschill @moinlabs.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Let's say you'd like to do a double vinyl record with printed innersleeves etc., and you're talking to two suppliers for the physical (master, duplication, printed matter etc.). Which one would you pick - the one that seems more mature in printed stuff - or the one that does DMM? 100
