BALDOWER

An Introduction to
Audio-Sketch-Notes

My name is Tobi Lessnow. This is my electronica project BALDOWER.
I've been playing at conferences in New York, San Francisco, Toronto, London, Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Munich, Frankfurt, Zurich, Linz. Here's the concept:

I bring along my compositions, drum-machines and MIDI controllers. During the talks I record each speaker, extracting snippets: informative ones, funny or philosophical ones. Some of them drive the message of the talk straight home, some present a different angle. While the crowd is returning to their seats for the next talk I remix one of my compositions live, incorporating the extracted quotes.

Here is the sequence of the audience’s reaction:

OK, he's adding some samples to the music. Cool.
Interesting: the samples are a perfect fit for this conference. I like it.
Wait a minute: these samples are really close to the subject of the last talk. Where did he get them? I really like it.
Now I get it: these ARE samples of the previous speaker. This is awesome!

It's a lot of fun for the attendees and the speakers - and for me too of course.

Additionally, there is the option of me composing a title song for the conference. Or playing a DJ-set at the after-show party consisting of my tracks combined with some amazing speaker-quotes. Or providing mixes of the tunes after the event via the web – turning a talk into a song. A great souvenir for everyone.

In any case: it gives me great pleasure to make a special event even more special.

Let The Music Play

Let's listen to some music.

Theme Songs

Speaker Songs

Instrumentals

<a href="http://baldower.bandcamp.com/album/twilight-traveller">Twilight Traveller by Baldower</a>

Visuals and Imagery

Here are some videos where I provided the music

Titles for the the BEYOND TELLERRAND conference in Düsseldorf

Titles for the BEYOND TELLERRAND conference in Berlin

Titles for the NIGHTLY BUILD conference in Cologne

Titles for the SCRIPT 19 conference in Linz

Recap for the BEYOND TELLERRAND conference in Düsseldorf

Who is Marc Thiele?

Recap for the BEYOND TELLERRAND conference in Düsseldorf

Titles for the BEYOND TELLERRAND conference in Düsseldorf

Titles for the BEYOND TELLERRAND conference in Berlin

What People Say

"Love it - very funny to hear myself in this way."
Jon Burgerman

"Tobi! You were a vital part of making the conference awesome and memorable."
Chris Coyier

"This man deserves a medal."
Dns Fgs

"The real star of Beyond Tellerrand is the live-mix DJ Baldower with his auditory sketch notes"
Una Kravets

"I love that he is sampling bits of the talk, remixing them and blasting the results. Better than the new Daft Punk Album."
Meagan Fisher

"Hahahahahahah! This is hilarious! Thank you! Wonderful!"
Stefan Sagmeister

"Its truly a unique and amazing creation!"
Josh Brewer

"It was cool & freaky"
Stacey Mulcahy

"Give it up for Tobi Lessnow!!!"
Oliver Lindberg

"Hero."
Micha Russ

"Mr Cool. He’s the MAN!"
Johnny Belmont

"The best DJ in the world"
Otso Lahti

"A conference doesn't need WIFI. A DJ for the breaks though is definitely a good idea. Tobi Lessnow did a fantastic Job!"
Martin Kohlhaas

"When you're a speaker and you get recorded by him and five weeks later you get the song, you're like: this is awesome!"
Chris Heilmann

"...nebst genialem DJ Tobi Lessnow..."
Susanne Studt

"Hinter den Turntables stand Tobi Lessnow. Er generierte während der Vorträge aus live mitgeschnittenen Sound-Samples der Sprecher und Loops jeweils einen Soundtrack, den er im Anschluss live performte, sehr toll!"
Markus Breuer/Kathrin Schiebler

"The DJ Tobi Lessnow records snippets of every talk and remixes them into individual songs that play during the breaks. Also, he created the theme song; a terrific ear worm that will be stuck in your head forever once you hear it."
Christoph Rauscher