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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 13/12/2025

Something else I have been up to. Finally, I have found some time to mix the recordings we did with my other band "fuTunes" at our last concert/party in May 2025 in our rehearsal space: soundcloud.com/udo-gerhards... This is more Jazzrock/Funk, covering classics and standards, but in a weird way.

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fuTunes: Live 2025

fuTunes live im Mai 2025. fuTunes sind: Michael Bossen: tr Udo Gerhards: keys Helmuth Graf: dr Philippe Lanchès: g, b

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 13/12/2025

Well, here's what I have been up to in 2025.... #geoguessr

A picture with the title "GeoGuessr Wrapped 2025 "showing a list of the 20 most played maps by Udo on Geoguessr in the year 2025 plus the subheadline "1661 Games Played".

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Salvatore Pichireddu @uergsel.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

The "Christmas EP 2025" puts together last year's collaboration with @phaneronaut.com Holiday music that sheds light on the dark sides of the holiday season: Loneliness, isolation, toxic relations, consumerism and homelessness. I wish you all a pleasant first Advent. ffm.to/christmasep2...

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TIMT & Phaneronaut - Christmas EP 2025

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Amyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

just found out about elsa marie pade, an electronic music pioneer from denmark. this 1958 piece is WILD. imagine hearing this in 1958

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Else Marie Pade - "Syv Cirkler" (1958)

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 17/09/2025

Turns out - again - that I'm clueless about my own music. On the current album, the favorite of almost everybody who has given me feedback so far is absolutely not my favorite piece on the album. I'm absolutely fine with that, I'm just surprised. I guess I shouldn't be, as this has happened before.

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 05/01/2025

I fucking hate charts there's never been a chart I've seen and been like "life is better for having seen that chart" data should stay in a spreadsheet where it belongs

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 03/01/2025

Me in 2025. The goal is to get good enough to play a short solo in one of the new pieces we are working on with one of my bands right now.

A picture of a flute on a chair with a book on learning the flute next to it.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 24/12/2024

What better time than Christmas eve to talk about Easter eggs in creative strategy No. 9: phaneronaut.com/2024/12/24/9... Happy holidays, everbody!

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#9 Hide Easter Eggs

Starting with an idea for an “easter egg” might generate more ideas how to hide it and how to connect it to the concept of the piece.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 15/12/2024

It‘s been a while since I did in- depth analogue sound design. It is still fun.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 11/12/2024

Something cool happend today at work: I always use silly still images from obscure Science Fiction movies as MS Teams backgrounds for virtual meetings. On a whim I wanted my background to be holiday-themed for the next weeks, so I changed it to a still from "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians". (1/4)

A still from the movie "Santa Clause conquers the Martians", showing a roboe, Santa Clause, two green aliens and a few other characters from the movie.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 10/12/2024

bsky.app/profile/phan... Coming back to this: I found a Reddit discussion about this topic as well. www.reddit.com/r/classicalm... I listened to some of the recommendations there. I especially liked the "Contes Cruel" by Tristan Murail.

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From the classicalmusic community on Reddit: Any Classical Works that use Electric Guitar?

Explore this post and more from the classicalmusic community

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 06/12/2024

Yes, this is another annoying “It’s Bandcamp Friday, buy my stuff!” message. But let me convince you to spend just 3€ total for my whole discography on Bandcamp: phaneronaut.bandcamp.com/music ... (1/4)

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Phaneronaut

"By the phaneron I mean the collective total of all that is in any way or in any sense present to the mind, quite regardless of whether it corresponds to any real thing or not." (Charles Sanders Peirc...

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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Next year for #spotifywrapped, show us what music you discovered after canceling your streaming service subscriptions and how you directly supported it.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 04/12/2024

Hi classical music Bluesky: Are there any original symphonic works that prominently feature electric guitar?

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Megan Carnes 🎃👻 @magmacranes.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

This year my music got 96,000 streams on Spotify and had 46,000 listeners and I made… $185.61. Total. This is indefensible. Truly an evil company. I totally get why people enjoy using Spotify, but if you want to support musicians, please consider buying our stuff on Bandcamp once in awhile. 💚

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 20/11/2024

I've been a bit lazy with keeping up-to-date with my blog posts on creative strategies for musicians/ composers/ producers here, but there have been a few since the last time I mentioned them. Here's the latest: phaneronaut.com/2024/11/20/8...

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#8 Use “conceptional continuity”

Use recurring themes and motifs to create conceptual continuity within your composition.

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Salvatore Pichireddu @uergsel.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

My truth is not your truth Is not their truth, is not real Facts, they don't matter, they're all lies to me The only truth is the one I see The only truth is the one I feel The only truth is the one I see youtu.be/d0QyWZUoaJU Listen here: ffm.to/mytinyt

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My Truth Is Not Your Truth (Phaneronaut Remix)

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 03/09/2024

How to not be successfull at music, Part 4: "Art thrives in its limitations" or "creativity thrives with constraints" are more or less cliches. But a cliche is one for a reason. Most of the time there is a kernel of truth in it. phaneronaut.com/2024/09/03/4... #creativestrategies

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#4 Limit yourself

Creativity thrives with contraints.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 29/08/2024

The Phaneronaut bunny has hidden two easter eggs in the latest album “The Song of the Machine“. The first person to find both of them before I post a “behind the scenes” blog on phaneronaut.com in a few weeks will be shipped a free copy of the Nekropolis ’22 CD “Live ’23” (world-wide).

The cover for the Phaneronaut album "The Song of the Machine" with two illustrations of easter eggs overlayed.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 28/08/2024

Creative strategies for musicians, Part 3: Silence is music. Silence can be music in and of itself. A silent moment in a piece will highlight what’s happening before or after it. More about this, including some concrete ideas and examples: phaneronaut.com/2024/08/28/3... #creativestrategies

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#3 Silence is music, too

Use silence to highlight musical events.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 19/08/2024

Creative strategy #2: If you’re stuck for a connecting section or want to mix up your arrangements with something different, consider using the bass as a melodic instrument. 1/2 #creativestrategies #composers #musicians

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 13/08/2024

It's the same for musicians and recording artists, at least those far below the "star" level. So, please, people, preach about anything you love - to people who you think might enjoy it.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 12/08/2024

Over the 5 years, I've been creating and releasing lots of music. During that time I have found that there are certain creative strategies that have helped me along the way, to find inspiration and (hopefully) help keep my music interesting. I'll be posting about these in the next few months.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 06/08/2024

Here's some new music by me. “The Song of the Machine”is a concept album about a song that travels through time and turns up in different musical eras: ffm.to/n16nb2 The (pay-what-you-want) Bandcamp version also includes an exclusive Bonus download of a remix on one of the songs by Zinkl.

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Phaneronaut - The Song of the Machine

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 26/07/2024

In preparation for the release of the new album, I've finally started to build a Phaneronaut website: phaneronaut.com At the moment, there is mainly information about previous releases on there, but some fun stuff is planned for the days after August 6th, when the new album will be released.

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Phaneronaut

Adventures in (electronic) music

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 22/01/2024

One of the strange things that happens when I "create" music is that sometimes music just takes over. Yesterday, working on a track, I had a plan; but in the middle of the piece the plan was gently pushed aside by a seemingly random detail that took me by its hand to lead me down a different path.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 19/01/2024

I was not even planning on watching season 2 of The Traitors (UK) version, but now somehow I stumbled into it, and now im hooked. So far, S2 is even better than S1.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 16/01/2024

I've caught a bad cold, which forced me to stay home yesterday and lay in bed all day and listen to Brian Wilson and to Harry Nilsson the whole time. Could have been worse.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 03/01/2024

Chris Karrer of the legendary german band Amon Düül 2 died yesterday. I was lucky enough to play a few times with Chris in the early 2000s. He was an unassuming, kind person and a great musicion. R.I.P. #krautrock #rip www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/chr...

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München: zum Tod des Rockmusikers und Weltmusik-Pioniers Chris Karrer

Mit dem Gitarristen Chris Karrer stirbt ein Pionier der deutschen Rockmusik, der einst auch mit „Amon Düül II“ neuen Tönen den Weg ebnete.

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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 07/12/2023

People talk about the amazing amount of research my work involves. It's literally just this. Of *course* I've read up on the history of the Fluxus movement, the invention of the theremin, the AFM strike of the 1940s, and the first Black teacher in the LA school system. What else am I meant to do?

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 29/11/2023

Hey, I have a new music album out. It features some guests. All the pieces were written for these guests or based on their work. Stylistically, we're square in prog land, with some excursions to sleazy 70s Jazzrock and modern electronica. Download for free or stream: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

Cover of the Phaneronaut album "Tape Concerto". It shows part of a cassette tape and with the title written over it.

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[progrock-dt] 🦄 @progrock-dt.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

Hello Bluesky. Die [progrock-dt] verlässt bald TwiX und ist ab sofort hier, auf Bluesky, vertreten.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 26/10/2023

I took me nearly 40 years of seriously listening to music to stumble upon the incredible Yma Sumac. But now that I'm falling down a Space Age Bachelor Pad / Exotica shaped rabbit hole, it's finally happened. Scatting, Alto, Soprano, Coloratura shit, It's just amazing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuFu...

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Tumpa (Earthquake) (1999 Digital Remaster)

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupTumpa (Earthquake) (1999 Digital Remaster) · Yma SumacThe Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LL...

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Ethan Hein @ethanhein.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

Common and his band like to have the click displaced from the beats and loops on the track ever so slightly, for greater swing/groove/pocket. This is standard practice in the hip-hop world. Greg said that he and Common's music director put a lot of work into getting the displacement just right.

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Udo Gerhards @phaneronaut.com · 24/10/2023

With the uncertain future of Bandcamp after the takeover, I've started to upload my music to Artcore as well: artcore.com/phaneronaut Sadly, Artcore doesn't let me make the tracks free like they are on Bandcamp, but at least I've selected the lowest possible price.

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

There are many takeaways from this chart but all that I can say is “thank god for the disappearance of ringtone sales”. Source: www.visualcapitalist.com/music-indust...

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