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helixrider’s captures in sound

A study of repetition and variation. Electronic sketches captured live on synthesizers and samplers.

I focus on the tactile experience of electronic music, crafting every beat and texture directly at the source.

Hands-on, technoid, gritty.

Live from The HXR Lab

Latest Jam: MiniHouse – Sonicware Liven Bass&Beats

Blog entries

  • Test Drive Series 2020 Compilation

    Test Drive Series 2020 Compilation

    Two of my tracks are featured on Test Drive Series 2020 “A Golden Age” Compilation! DJ- and producer-duo HMND.SnB.Ens. (Instagram) chose my songs “Crawling Backwards” and “Entropy One” for their retrospective view on this very special year. The album features tracks of Phil Decker, Curtis Newton (Instagram), The Poti Orchestra (Instagram), To66l and the HMND.SnB.Ensemble.…

  • Entropy EP – Dark Synthwave

    Entropy EP – Dark Synthwave

    Entropy is a concept describing a state of randomness or disorder, e.g. in information theory it shows the amount of information hidden in the noise. Follow the entropy rising from lush cosyness to a barely bearable overflow. Dark. Deep. Emotional. Afraid. There is hope. New EP „Entropy“ has been released to stores on Dec. 23rd,…

  • Vote for “Ans Licht”

    Vote for “Ans Licht”

    Today is a very special day: My new track “Ans Licht”, a collab with Kay Emmess, has been released and is available in stores, now! If you like it, it would mean the world to us, if you pushed it on Distrokid’s Spotify Playlist – just follow this link and choose our track “Ans Licht”.…

  • Create a linktr.ee-like Instagram Bio landing page with WordPress

    I started a while ago, to use my WordPress blog to give further information on my musical projects to followers of my social media profiles by linking from my Instagram bio to the category “Music” of my blog. Well, this was ok, but in the end, I was not overwhelmed by the user experience, this…

  • Pre-Save Ans Licht on Spotify and Beatport

    My collab with Kay Emmess can be pre-saved on Spotify and Beatport now! So if you like to be one of the first to have the official release in your library or on your playlist, you can follow this link to presave it: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/helixrider/ans-licht-helixrider-back-to-darkness-edit

  • Spiraling Downwards

    He lost grip. Finally. Dark Melodic Ambient track, created in Ableton Live 10.