Philipp Hülsenbeck is a Berlin-based artist moving between electroacoustic sensibilities, electronic production, and a persistent willingness to step into unfamiliar territory and initiate new forms of collaboration.
He has released solo works under his own name and as Uxile
on labels such as TraTraTrax, Altin Village & Mine, Präsens Editionen, and his own Unguarded imprint, and has contributed as a composer and producer to the work of artists such as Florentina Holzinger and Peaches.
Commissioned works and contributions include collaborations with the Gewandhaus Leipzig and the Schauspielhaus Zürich.
Hülsenbeck has performed at festivals such as CTM, Berliner Festspiele, Mahler Festival Leipzig, Iceland Airwaves, SXSW Austin Texas, Sónar Festival Barcelona, and Kampnagel Int. Summer Festival, and at venues such as Berghain, Bauhaus, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Volksbühne Berlin, ICC Berlin, and Nikolaikirche, with shows across Europe as well as in Mexico and the USA.
He is co-founder of the Unguarded label and art platform, the Spydergum ensemble, and the NEST space for research & experimentation.
His work is as much about the people it draws together as the music itself,
always informed by encounters, interactions and the resulting introspection.
Vapours Unfold · Uxile
Everything He Touches Burns · Spydergum
Re/Dis Tribute · The Ring Orchestra
Reaping From The Conflux · Philipp Hülsenbeck & Michael Schönheit
Garden Of Stone · Philipp Hülsenbeck
No Pare, Sigue, Sigue · V.A. TraTraTrax
Other Listening
A Berlin-based record label and art platform with a globally-minded appreciation of sound, representing an exciting community of artists invested in showcasing a broad array of sonics. Unguarded curate releases, concerts and performances at venues such as Berliner Festspiele, Silent Green, Trauma Bar und Kino, and OHM, consistently bringing together artists at the forefront of Berlin's experimental scene and beyond.
Founded by Tim Roth and Philipp Hülsenbeck, Unguarded is currently led by Dounia Biedermann and Tim Roth.
⊹ moreA Berlin-based electroacoustic ensemble ⊹ an ever-shifting group of contributors focusing on musical spontaneity and the practice of mutual listening. Recorded during a six-day residency at Morphine Raum Berlin in October / November 2024, its debut will be released in fall 2026 via Unguarded, alongside a concert at Volksbühne Berlin. Spydergum is part of the Bauhaus 100 Festival program in Dessau.
Founded by Agnese Menguzzato, Diane Esnault, Andrea Bambini and Philipp Hülsenbeck.
⊹ moreA residency program for artistic research and experimentation, nestled among the vineyards of Edesheim ⊹ a village on the edge of the Pfälzer Wald in southwestern Germany. At its heart: cross-generational collaboration and a continuous exchange between local roots and international perspectives. NEST brings artists from all over the world to focus on their work outside the city, surrounded by nature, with opportunities to collaborate, hold workshops, and participate in concerts, exhibitions, and works-in-progress showings.
⊹ moreFrom 2018–2021, Amplify Berlin supported emerging artists during residencies, working alongside established mentors such as Caterina Barbieri, Laurel Halo, Lucrecia Dalt, Ziúr, Blck Crckr, Khyam Allami, Pan Daijing, Jochen Arbeit (Einstürzende Neubauten), and Colin Self.
Philipp was Head of Sound and ran the program's studio.
Philipp Hülsenbeck
Potsdamer Straße 116
10785 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 1771984506
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Vapours Unfold
Uxile
Vapours Unfold presents itself as an all-encompassing confluence between off-kilter post-club and electro-acoustic sensitivities. Oscillating between Berlin and Mexico, accumulated impressions from both locales are deftly composed and fully felt on this 8-track LP — Hülsenbeck's debut album under the Uxile moniker and his most electronic release to date. Premiered live at Berghain for CTM Festival in February 2024.
Released 24 ⊹ Nov ⊹ 2023
on Unguarded
Everything He Touches Burns
Spydergum
Everything He Touches Burns is the debut release of a string of EPs from the Spydergum ensemble — an ever-shifting group of contributors focusing on musical spontaneity and the practice of mutual listening. Recorded during a six-day residency at Morphine Raum Berlin in October / November 2024, to be released in fall 2026 via Unguarded, alongside a concert at Volksbühne Berlin.
Spydergum was founded by Agnese Menguzzato, Diane Esnault, Andrea Bambini and Philipp Hülsenbeck.
Reaping From The Conflux
Philipp Hülsenbeck & Michael Schönheit
Philipp Hülsenbeck and Michael Schönheit entered their collaborative space, the Great Hall of Gewandhaus Leipzig, in spring 2019, to explore the sonic potential of the Schuke organ juxtaposed with unrestrained electronic synthesis and otherworldly digital processing. Condensed in a synergy of opposing musical aesthetics, teetering between acoustic instrumentation and digital manipulation — a push and pull between discordance and tranquility. Hülsenbeck and Schönheit created a dense work shifting from sombre to celestial, leaving enough space in the room to allow sound to breathe.
A commissioned work of Gewandhaus Leipzig.
30 ⊹ Oct ⊹ 2020
on Altin Village & Mine
2× LP / CD / Digital
Garden Of Stone
Philipp Hülsenbeck
At first glance »Garden Of Stone«, the inaugural solo record by Philipp Hülsenbeck, seems to ripple serpentine. Scales over flesh topple softly as a snake piles high in the dim. A texture nearly like an overcoat, a shape almost like a huddled body. Almost, until Hülsenbeck's hand beckons you into the reality that this is no snake, this is P.A. himself. »Garden Of Stone« is a molt, a shedding of one old thing to reveal something new.
30 ⊹ Nov ⊹ 2018
on Altin Village & Mine
LP / CD / Digital
No Pare, Sigue, Sigue
V.A. TraTraTrax
From TraTraTrax Bandcamp:
"no pare, sigue sigue" our annual and favorite popurrí is back. If you remember what we did in 2022, you will know that there is not much to explain here. It is pure boom boom boom, 18 explosive cuts, club-ready, certified-bang-bangs, at different tempos and rhythmic structures but with one thing in common: hi-tech design, lots of sonic adventures by new and old acquaintances de la casa.
There is something for everyone here: cult legends like Siete Catorce, 3Phaz, Doctor Jeep or Maoupa Mazzocchetti share the lineup with exciting new talents like Surusinghe, Entrañas, Atrice or WOST.
All NRG programmed by sound designers from Latino América, África and Europa.
Released 09 ⊹ Feb ⊹ 2024
on TraTraTrax
Artwork __ Julián Guzman
Mastering __ Seph
Catalogue No. __ TRA017
Re/Dis Tribute
The Ring Orchestra
The Ring Orchestra is an eight-person effort, a collective coming together to tackle opera and one of the genre's controversial poster boys.
18 compositions, the artists Born in Flamez, Gil Schneider, Simonne Jones, Leo Luchini, Legion Seven, P.A. Hülsenbeck, Isa GT, and Ixa create a collaborative musical score that uses Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen as the point of departure.
Originally, the music was created for a staging of Der Ring des Nibelungen at Schauspielhaus Zürich, directed by Christopher Rüping and written by Necati Öziri.
Far from being an affirmative tribute, the orchestra sets out to deconstruct and break down what Wagner and his opus magnum represent: collaboration over singularity and openness instead of conservative rigidity. The resulting score doesn't shy away from ambivalence by decentralizing authorship and encompassing everything from ambient to pop, reggaeton, and a wider variety of non-western musical influences.
Released 26 ⊹ Apr ⊹ 2022
on Präsens Editionen & Schauspielhaus Zürich
Catalogue No. __ PE028