Pictures from Elektronengehirn Berlin concert

The Elektronengehirn concert 19. April 2025 at Noiseberg, Berlin (DE). Pictures by Orange 'Ear.

Equipment was Linux computer with custom Pure Data patch for sound, custom software created with the Godot game engine for visuals, a digital synthesizer Malte Steiner developed 2 years ago and the new modular synthesizer he developed in the last couple of months.

concerts spring 2025

The next live concerts of Malte Steiner's soloprojects:

Elektronengehirn will play 19. April at Noiseberg Berlin, Germany

Notstandskomitee will play 17. May Object Permanence Festival at Caisa Culture Centre Helsinki, Finland

The Tradwives

Last year Malte Steiner learned that there is an antifeminist movement. Female antifeminists. Further research lead to the art installation The Tradwives: Three color e-paper screens generate and show unsupervised and uncensored collages of material which was data-scraped from Tradwife influencer profiles on Instagram. The material was first decomposed with Machine Learning into smaller bits which within the installation are rearranged to ever changing collages.
First shown at Oksasenkatu 11 Helsinki (FI) last September. Part of Steiner's art project Absolute Power.

Microwave XT knob replacements

From the desk of Malte Steiner:

"Had to replace the knob caps of my beloved Waldorf Microwave XT synthesizer . The original ones started to disintegrate a while ago which is well known. Using knobs with indicators on endless rotary encoders is a bit silly (which didn’t stopped Kodamo on their Essence FM synth), but I am happy with the look. Good that I don’t have children, the old knobs look like sugar coated drops, dangerous."

new Notstandskomitee album this year

Seems that Malte Steiners Industrial / IDM project Notstandskomitee has enough tracks together for a new album. block 4 suggests a CD this year. Not sure if we make it before the summer. Notstandskomitee is now focusing on the creation of the technical platform for upcoming audiovisual concerts.

Meanwhile check out the backcatalog:

https://notstandskomitee.bandcamp.com

b4DigiMatrix synthesizer

pictured here between the French Kodamo Essence FM synthesizer and the DBX compressor, is the digital synthesizer b4DigiMatrix in white which Malte Steiner built 2023. It is based on a STM32 Arm Microcontroller and has three wavetable oscillators going in a multimode filter with several configurations. The routing inclusive the 2 function generators are all done digitally with toggle switches. It mainly lives in the studio but for local concerts or jam sessions Steiner dragged it out the rack.
Firmware is open sourced: https://github.com/HerrSteiner/b4DigiMatrix

synth in a suitcase

 From the desk of Malte Steiner:

"The current state of my DIY electronics modular synthesizer I developed in the past months, my take on a portable instrument in a suitcase for concerts and jam sessions. Before I develop a Midi interface I first revise the Clockworks gate module with a more flexible second version with variable gate lengths and random mode, based on Arduino. Second half of March I will be in Helsinki and I am open for concerts of my projects Elektronengehirn or Notstandskomitee, or jam sessions."