June

Spanning the entire month of June, I have made at least one recording per day. I have set this goal to increase my productivity as I was feeling I was not recording as much as I would like to. This album is curated from 95 recordings, some of them different takes on the same concept or different versions of the same recording, resulting in 14 tracks that clock in at 54 minutes total.

On average, the track lengths are shorter than most of my work in recent years, which makes the album feel more like a story unfolding, expressively narrated in my own musical language.

https://arjenschat.nl/album/june

Plugged 2017

Though most of 2017 was spent recording and releasing the “Spectrum” LP under my real name, there were a few ‘plugged’ Minute Of Arc jams. Two variations of an eclectic burst of electronica, and one classic jungle session with Elektron’s Octatrack serving as a center piece to break the beats.

https://minuteofarc.bandcamp.com/album/plugged-2017

SiO2

A year after setting up my smaller studio, I’ve settled in quite nicely and try to be as prolific as I can, continuing my quarterly releases per project. The name of the studio derives from the chemical formula of the name of the street we live on, which is named after a form of quartz. At its core, the studio is still based around a set of analog synthesizers and sequencers with a touch of digital synthesis and signal processing, but it’s less expandable due to its spatial limitations. Despite these limitations, I try to broaden my horizon by adding more diverse elements and exploring non-western scales, as can be heard on this album.

https://arjenschat.nl/album/sio2

Lifecrushed Podcast

Recently I was asked to record a podcast for the Lifecrushed mix series. It turned out in a 77 minute mix of exclusively Ohrwert material featuring some of my latest releases, as well as releases of the past few years.


A constant thumping, Ohrwert’s mix summons a thick, nebulous fog – the snares and high-hats serving as brief glimmers of lucidness. It’s an hour of deep rumination, with a consistent theme and ambience making time hurtle by. A set to help you mull something over.

https://soundcloud.com/lifecrushedblog/lcm067-ohrwert

Intrim

A set of three intrinsic hardware sessions. Though melodically structured, they pack punchy bass lines and have analog drums to match.

https://music.ohrwert.com/album/intrim

GiH 010 “Persecution”

Out now , split EP on Grounded In Humanity with David Hausdorf: “Persecution”. In stock at Decks.de and Grounded in Humanity’s Bandcamp.

“Welcome to a new reality. Things have turned around for humanity. In a bad way. Now the clones are the ones in power and searching for the last hideouts of human survivors in order to exterminate them for good. With the exception of only a few, musically talented specimens, whom the clones want to keep alive so they can produce and play music for their listening pleasure. Lets see how this is going to end. This is chapter 10 out of 12. Not much time left for the grand final.”

https://groundedinhumanity.bandcamp.com/album/persecution

Greyscale Special 002

Here’s a special podcast I recorded for Greyscale, tune in and zone out.

Tracklist :

1. Abdulla Rashim – Moral 
2. Roberto Bosco – Sonorous Waves Part 2
3. Luigi Tozzi – Hierophant
4. BLNDR – Movement Strobe (Interpreted By Evigt Mörker)
5. Deepchord – Electromagnatic Downsing: The Lost D Side
6. Rod Modell – Lama Temple (Tokyo REEQ Remix)
7. Thomas Rubeck – The Blueprint
8. XDB – Descap
9. Van Bonn – On Land
10. Ohrwert – Blavus (Grad_u Remix)
11. Grad_u – Surface I (Ohrwert Alter)
12. Ohrwert – Fidelis
13. Techniker – M-3

Recorded at SiO2, 2019.

http://bit.ly/GreyscaleMix_002_Ohrwert