a one octave micro keyboard with transpose up/down buttons and 8 rotary controllers. the travel controller uses a junxion board to translate controller data to a junxion software patch which generates midi. it is connected to a powerbook via usb. the travel controller was contrived by jan st werner and built by jorgen brinkmann at […]

„Mit Vorgemischte Welt legen Klaus Sander und Jan St. Werner die anregendsten Gedanken zum Thema Musik und deren ästhetische Bedingungen seit Jahren vor. Wer sich auch nur ein wenig über Musik als traditionelles Beruhigungsmedium hinaus für tatsächlich auch soziologische, biologische, ökonomische oder ästhetische Fragen des Kunstschaffens interessiert, darf an diesem Buch nicht vorbeigehen. Pflichtlektüre!“ (Der […]

concert series in steim’s studio3 presenting old and new electronic experimentalists. after the concerts the steim foyer turned into a bar. steim concert archive 2005 steim concert archive 2006

The NOISEROOM is an autonomous surround sound installation built for pre-recorded musical works and sonic experiments. It is a musical deconstruction of a room-within-a-room as much as it is a sound studio sculpture. Each musical work which is performed in the NOISEROOM has been selected, edited and arranged for a listening situation in which the […]

Wichtel und die Wuchteln: Hämchen Hämchen Wuchtel und die Wichteln: Wunderschöner junger Mann CD-Single featuring Ingrid & Oswald Wiener, Rosa Barba, Anja Theismann, Klaus Sander & Jan St. Werner ISBN: 978-3-932513-67-1 Euro 12,00 suppose

Starting from the idea of producing a remix album of Mouse on Mars in book-form, Jan St.Werner and Andi Toma, in conjunction with the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, asked over 30 artists, musicians, designers and scientists to document their imaginative responses to and associations with Mouse on Mars. They were invited to contribute works for the project […]

A Journal for the creative act of listening.

Otto E. Rössler: Descartes’ Traum “Der Chaosforscher Otto E. Rössler (geboren 1940), Professor für Theoretische Chemie und Spezialist für Nichtspezialisiertheit, ist ein hinreißender Erzähler, der seine Hörer mit Begeisterung anzustecken versteht. Der Entdecker des nach ihm benannten Rössler-Attraktors hält die Wissenschaft für eine wichtige Aufgabe und gleichzeitig für ein Spiel, er schätzt Gehirngleichungen und die […]

Sound for films and installations Outwardly from Earth’s Center Somnium Definition Landfill Subconcious Society The Empirical Effect Who can tell if I’m inveting? The Long Road Time as Perspective Vertiginous Mapping The Color from out of Space Fosse d’Orchestre Vertigenous Mapping Bending to Earth a.o. “The work of Rosa Barba points towards a future cinema […]

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doku/fiction publication edited by Kunsthalle Düsseldorf 160 pages & CD 16.8 x 24 cm released: April 2004 ISBN: 3-89955-03-8 Softcover, incl. CD with 9 audio tracks by Mouse on Mars. Design by Frieda Luczak, Icon Communications Design, Cologne Using Mouse on Mars’ songs, albums and concerts as inspiration, 37 artists, musicians, designers and academics have […]

Musical Reading & Workshop by Jan St Werner October 11th – 23rd 2005 DasArts, Mauritskade 56, 1092 Amsterdam “By learning with others you can get instant feedback from other creative minds (each bringing to the table different experiences and insights) DURING the learning process. This enables a kind of collective experience that can be drawn […]

The meshbox is a real-time sample-based drum sequencer designed for live performances. It allows the sampling of any soundsource on the fly and is syncable to midi. It’s using a junxion board to send controller data to a junxion software patch which translates the controller events into midi. A mac powerbook running LISA is used […]