Black Forest-born sound maker N. Müller (NM) has appeared live across the EU, UK and USA with the sound art project Ypsmael, involving solo sonic exploration, concert series, festivals, collaboration and multi-format recordings noted for "using the studio as an instrument, cooking up surrealistic pieces of music [with] a solid musical thread" (Vital Weekly, Netherlands) and "evocative soundscapes that are as unsettling as they are moving" (Loop Music, Chile). 

Between 2010 and 2020, NM's work focused primarily on experimental live performance akin to electroacoustic improvisation and harvesting of sounds for instant composition via autodidact use of live electronics, amplified objects, tape manipulation, radio waves, various media and broken instruments. Following an MA in Music Design from Furtwangen University (2018 - 2021) he worked four years as academic staff in musicological research and degree programme development (Master of Music Composition) at Trossingen University of Music's State Centre for Music-Design-Performance (2022 - 2025). 

Current work has included recording and production for experimental music labels in Europe, the UK and USA, composition for radio plays and sound collage summoning "moods and atmospheres of doubt / exploring the grains and textures of his materials [...] to create a very distinctive language of his own" (The Sound Projector, UK).  As a producer and sound designer of award-winning radio art, he runs a compact foley studio and workshop for experimental music named Soundindex in Meersburg. Here, he transforms texts by Berlin-based author Dominik Irtenkauf into audio drama produced under the moniker SmaelyP, shown at festivals in Santiago de Chile, The Hague, Glasgow and Cologne. 

Work

Projects

Ypsmael

NM Soundindex

Biography (long version)

CV (on request) 

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