I am a maker who lives somewhere between art, metal and coding. I have a background in music technology spending most of my time in the workshop now. I enjoy making objects that move (you). Please contact me for crazy ideas or collaborations, I am constantly looking for roles that connect both of my worlds.

A more in-depth description of many of my projects can be found on my MCT blog page.

Screamscape(2024)
an interactive music system which is gesture controlled, designed to manipulate extreme vocal effects live on stage. Uses motion capture to map hand movement to the timbre of screams and growls. Built in Max/MSP with ESP32-based hardware and it's really about bridging the gap between vocal technique and digital signal processing.

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Xyborg 2.0 (2023)

a hand-based gesture-controlled music instrument built with capacitive touch sensors, accelerometers, and a Bela embedded system running Pure Data, enabling real-time, body-driven control of audio effects such as filter cutoff, distortion, and vibrato. Maps hand motion and position to sonic parameters. Inspired by Michel Waiswisz’ The Hands.

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PD Cellular Automaton (2024)
Pure Data patch based on the idea of John Conway's Game of Life determining the structure of the music.

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Endlager (2022)
live performance processed in Max/MSP, using a larynx microphone as the primary audio source. Reflections on the lasting legacy of human-made structures like nuclear waste storage. Poem is “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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Wespe/Blüte(2022)

a reactive sound installation using live environmental recordings processed in Max/MSP, where frequency bands are routed to independent effect chains and additive synthesis modules Paired with Blüte, a plant-based haptic sound instrument using piezo pickups and Max-based synthesis.

Sheet metal experiments and workshop machine builds. 

Etchings (2026 -ongoing)
Test plates to find suitable parameters for photochemical etching with ferric chloride. Cold bluing applied to bring the motive out.

Publications

• (2024) Eicke, Kristian. "Screamscape: Gestural Vocal Manipulation Based on Sonic Properties of Extreme Vocal Effects".
• (2024) Eicke, Kristian, Stefano Fasciani, and Çağrı Erdem. "Xyborg: A Wearable Hand-based Instrument for Musical Expression." Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression.
• (2023) Baba, Aysima, Kristian Eicke, Jack Hardwick, Nino Jakeli, and Alexander Wastnidge. "MUZZIBALL APPLIED PROJECT REPORT.".
• (2022) Eicke, Kristian. "The Connection of Sound and Image in Alien".

I'm always open to collaboration and creative partnerships. I'd love to hear from you.

Email: info@kristianeicke.de