Circuitnoise (DE) aka Jens Rosenfeld erkundet das weite Feld der zufälligen Störsignale durch elektronische Geräte. Mathematische und physikalische Zufällen und Entscheidungsverhalten von komplexen Systemen beeinflussen die Soundgenerierung. Musikalisch bewegt das Projekt sich zwischen Noise, Sound Art und Live-Elektronik.

Corrupted Cloud Transmission beschäftigt sich mit den elektromagnetischen Störsignalen von Smartphones, Tablets und Computer. Die unterschiedlichen Sounds basieren zum einen aus den verschiedenen Devices an sich und zum anderen durch die Sonifikation der laufenden Programme auf selbigen. Durch die Bearbeitung und Verfremdung ergibt sich eine ungehörte kühle immersive technische Soundlandschaft.

The day when we shall know exactly what “electricity” is, will chronicle an event probably greater, more important than any other recorded in the history of the human race. The time will come when the comfort, the very existence, perhaps, of man will depend upon that wonderful agent.
— Nikola Tesla

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Original Release on attenuation circuit on February 27, 2016
Re-Released with new Artwork 24.02.2023

he aim of the Circuitnoise project is to discover the vast field of random noises through electronic devices. Nothing more nothing less... Circuitnoise is a random fluctuation in an electrical signal, a characteristic of all electronic circuits. Noise generated by electronic devices varies greatly, as it can be produced by several different effects. Thermal and shot noise are unavoidable and due to the laws of nature, rather than to the device exhibiting them, while other types depend mostly on manufacturing quality and semiconductor defects.

On this basis Jens Rosenfeld from Darmstadt, Germany, harnesses said signal fluctuations into musical structures that are surprisingly harmonious, a kind of materialistic drone/ambient music. While the raw material of Rosenfeld’s compositions is noise in the electrical sense, it is not noisy in an acoustical way. Using loopers, mixers, and various effects devices, Circuitnoise sculpts pure electricity into opulent dronescapes which acknowledge the fact that, like all other electronic music, they are totally dependent on electricity supply. Their tongue-in-cheek titles such as “Uploading Incomplete Data” or “Memory Leak Isolation” emphasise the potential noisiness (aka vulnerability) of our highly digitised lifeworld.