Hoving: Recent Episodes
Hoving
I make ambient music in the tensor field between downtempo and postrock.
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For any inquiries, including booking, contact hovingmusic@gmail.com
Dez 04 2021 // Hoving x LÆR // Kulturzentrum Dieselstraße // Esslingen DE Nov 17 2021 // Hoving Vinyl DJ Set // Neue Oper e.V. // Stuttgart DE Sep 11 2021 // Shedhalle e.V. Summer Festival 2021 // Shedhalle // Tübingen DE Sep 5 2021 // Hoving x Thomas Bieniek x Abdalhade Deb x Goat in the Shell // Kultur Kiosk // Stuttgart DE [cancelled] Mar 19 2021 // Tiny Window Concert (Tiny Window Sessions, recorded in Jan ‘21 at Kultur Kiosk // Stream*, global Oct 30 2020 // Das Ende der Musik // Kultur Kiosk // Stuttgart DE Oct 17 2020 // Unter Beobachtung (STR Metro Art Festival Finissage) // Kunstverein Wagenhalle e.V. // Stuttgart DE Sep 19 2020 // Art-YOYO (an ArtWalk Stuttgart Vernissage) // Café YOYO // Stuttgart DE Sep 16 2020 // Map & Fold Concerts Ep. 3 (Visuals by timodufner) // Schlachthaus // Tübingen DE Sep 3 2020 // AUSKLANG x Hoving Live Ambient/Postrock // Zionskirche Prenzlauer Berg // Berlin DE Aug 6 2020 // Stuttgart am Meer 2020 (Live vor den Treppen Series) // Stadtpalais // Stuttgart DE Aug 2 2020 // Inter:Genre No. 1 // Kultur Kiosk // Stuttgart DE Jul 25 2020 // Art-YOYO (an ArtWalk Stuttgart Vernissage) // Café YOYO // Stuttgart DE Jan 17 2020 // The Art of Noise (Hoving meets Korb) // Stadtpalais // Stuttgart DE Nov 30 2019 // Meet & Beep No. 3 // AKK Club // Karlsruhe DE Aug 28 2019 // Ambient Garden Edition 1 // Secret Location (courtesy of Michael Fiedler) // Kornwestheim DE Jul 10 2019 // Division of the LOST PLACE SOUNDSYSTEM (incl. Hoving) // Romantica // Stuttgart DE
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Hoving is the ambient and postrock project of Stuttgart based artist Thomas Kiefer. Although he has played the guitar since his youth, he has always had an affinity for electronic music. The shift in his tastes towards ambient music some ten years ago eventually lead to the conception of Hoving in mid-2017. Interwoven with his music is a continuing passion for photography, visible in his track and album artwork.
With an explorative approach in mind, Hoving's goal is to musically map the field between electronic, acoustic, and organic sounds. In doing so, he almost exclusively uses hardware synths and grooveboxes in addition to conventional and unconventional instruments. This hands-on way of making music allows him to mostly work away from the confines of computer screens and to let his creativity flow naturally. The result is an often somber, intricate, and complex sound, but one which is always calm.
The first EP "A Primer on the Properties of Air" serves as a musical introduction to Hoving, mimicking the atmospheric changes of differing altitudes and offering a journey through wide soundscapes and uncanny valleys. All four tracks were produced without the use of a computer and recorded live, partially in his home, but also on trains.
Since then, Hoving has collaborated with other producers from Berlin and the Stuttgart area, and has performed live at Stuttgart's Stadtpalais, Zionskirche church in Berlin, and at Schlachthaus Tübingen amongst others.
Profile and banner photo by Dominique Brewing
Thank you @jyocho_jp for the opportunity to do a remix of your track 惜春 (Lament the Passing of Spring)!It is my interpretation of a song by one of my absolute favorite bands - an ambient post-rock rendition of their excellent work.#remixJYOCHO #copyJYOCHOMy remix is not commercialized or monetized.All rights remain with JYOCHO and No Big Deal Records/Nippon Columbia._________________________JYOCHOさん、「惜春」のリミックスを担当させていただきありがとうございます！これは私の絶対的なお気に入りバンドの曲の私なりの解釈で、彼らの素晴らしい作品をアンビエントなポストロックで表現したものです。私のリミックスは商品化も収益化もされていません。すべての権利はJYOCHOとNo Big Deal Records/日本コロムビアにあります。
"Upward" is a post-rock track at heart. However, it is not bound to the genre's tropes: It slowly and gradually crescendos, layer by layer, from an ambient soundscape and electric beats into a full blown almost shoegazy sound with overdriven guitar and drums. This way, it evokes a sense of hope, a new beginning after tough times, hence its name.Hoving's Socials: https://linktr.ee/hoving
linktr.ee/hovinglinktr.ee/laniakeasoundDowntempo producer @Laniakeasound's electronic soundscapes and beats blend seamlessly with Ambient Post-Rock artist @Hoving’s ethereal guitar melodies and drones, creating a sonic tapestry that is both expansive and intricate.
https://linktr.ee/hovinghttps://linktr.ee/laniakeasoundDowntempo producer @Laniakeasound's electronic soundscapes and beats blend seamlessly with Ambient Post-Rock artist @Hoving’s ethereal guitar melodies and drones, creating a sonic tapestry that is both expansive and intricate.
Recorded in 1 sitting at Indigo Hotels // Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany
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Produced on a plane from Frankfurt to Reykjavik, which lends the background drone sound. Finalized and recorded in the Icelandic cityscape and wilderness. Everything was made on a Teenage Engineering OP-1.
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Improvisational live session recording featuring Joscha on vibraphone and Hoving on ambient guitar.
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Unedited (mastered only) recording from Zionskirche church in Berlin. Thanks to everyone who showed up or watched the livestream. This was really something special 🌌✨
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I played a 2-note-chord into an EHX Freeze and thusly created a basic drone sound. Afterwards, I set my guitar aside. Everything you hear is coming from my pedalboard and its components, no other sound sources. 1 stereo track in Ableton, compressor and EQ. Done (maybe).
Happy for feedback as always!
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Playing on the stairs of Stuttgart's Stadtpalais has been a dream for me since its reopening. It's one of my favorite places in the city and I thoroughly enjoyed playing my second live set there.
Gear/instruments used include: - Electric guitar and pedalboard - Keith McMillan K-Mix - Teenage Engineering OP-1 - Novation Circuit - KORG NTS-1 - KORG Monotron - Bastl Instruments SoftPop - iPad running Tardigrain and ROLI NOISE - ROLI Lightblock - Hokema Kalimba - LeafAudio Microphonic Soundbox - Neunaber Immerse MkII - Recorded through the K-Mix using Ableton Live 10 on a Surface Laptop
If you have any questions or inquiries, don't hesitate to contact me via hovingmusic@gmail.com or my social profiles at linktr.ee/hoving
Thanks for listening! -Thomas
Improvisational Live Session recorded during InterGenre #1 at KULTUR KIOSK Stuttgart.
Friedrich Hensen (@friedrich.hensen): Nord Stage Piano, Vocals Adam Marullo (@marulloadam): Drums Thomas Kiefer (@hovingr): Guitar, Synthesizers
Cover photo: @dominique__brewing KULTUR KIOSK: https://fb.com/kulturkiosk.stuttgart
A live set for the art opening of Artwalk Stuttgart at Cafe YOYO on 25 July 2020. I had the opportunity to perform in front of the fantastic works of Daniel Kilgus and Rosa.
It was the first time I (also) performed with a guitar and I played a lot of unreleased and improvised material. Please disregard the few times I messed up - first time playing this setup live 🙃
Gear/instruments used include: - Electric guitar and pedalboard - Keith McMillan K-Mix - Teenage Engineering OP-1 - Novation Circuit - KORG NTS-1 - KORG Monotron - Bastl Instruments SoftPop - iPad running Tardigrain and ROLI NOISE - ROLI Lightblock - Hokema Kalimba - LeafAudio Microphonic Soundbox - Neunaber Immerse MkII - Recorded through the K-Mix using Ableton Live 10 on a Surface Laptop
If you have any questions or inquiries, don't hesitate to contact me via hovingmusic@gmail.com or my social profiles at linktr.ee/hoving
Thanks for listening!
Produced on a Novation Circuit in Sweden in 2018. Recorded with a Novation Circuit and a Korg Monotron Delay into a Teenage Engineering OP-1 in Iceland in 2019.
Subsequent Cycles is a split EP by Berlin based sci-fi ambient producer EMME and Stuttgart based ambient and downtempo producer Hoving. The tracks were mastered by Copilco Productions in Berlin.
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Produced on a Novation Circuit in Sweden in 2018. Recorded with a Novation Circuit and a Korg Monotron Delay into a Teenage Engineering OP-1 in Iceland in 2019.
Subsequent Cycles is a split EP by Berlin based sci-fi ambient producer EMME and Stuttgart based ambient and downtempo producer Hoving. The tracks were mastered by Copilco Productions in Berlin.
www.emmemoises.com
www.hovingmusic.com
www.copilco-productions.com
This is an ambient / downtempo live composition. Ralph Pambor and Hoving made use of synths, grooveboxes and the electric guitar to come up with what you hear. The whole track was recorded live in one sitting.
You can find more here: www.hovingmusic.com
Mastering by Aldo M.
Some background info on the title and inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS1ibDImAYU
This is my first ambient live set. Everything you hear comes from a Novation Circuit, a Teenage Engineering OP-1 and a Korg Monotron Delay. A few of the tracks are unreleased. Enjoy :)
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The performance video is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72TddIwn9T8
IG: www.instagram.com/hovingr FB: www.facebook.com/hovingr SC: www. soundcloud.com/hoving TW: www.twitter.com/hovingr
My inspiration for this song was the landscape where it was produced; the Swedish coast. That's where I sat down with a Teenage Engineering OP-1 and a Hokema Kalimba and started recording the waves washing up against the shore. I added a somber but relaxing Kalimba melody and finished the track up with synth lines and beats. The end result is an ambient/downtempo composition produced and recorded entirely without the use of a computer in the Scandinavian outdoors.
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An attempt in granular synthesis and ....jazz? Yeah no, it's still ambient music.
I hope you enjoy it at least a bit and if you do, feel free to share far and wide! :)
Recorded live using a Bastl Microgranny 2.5, a Novation Circuit, a Teenage Engineering OP-1, a Korg Monotron Delay and Meng Qi's Little Karp.
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My second track is trying to explore the downtempo side of ambient music. It was produced and recorded entirely on Teenage Engineering's OP-1. Thanks for listening and feel free to express your feelings about the track by liking, sharing and critiquing.
-Thomas
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This is my very first track. I hope you enjoy listening! If you do, like and share as you please :)
-Thomas
This track was produced and recorded in its entirety with a Teenage Engineering OP-1 on a train ride from Stuttgart to Berlin.
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