"Quellgeister" (roughly translated as ‘source-spirits’) is a long term research project into the unique character of derelict pipe-organs in Transylvania’s abandoned fortress churches, left obsolete by the exodus that followed the fall of Communism in Romania. My aim is to investigate the various transformations that human-built ritual machines undergo once left devoid of human presence, as they are slowly changing their interior material composition, developing a spirit and climate on their own. I am observing the sonic progress of things / organs being left behind. Since 2008 I am in the midst of the testing-phase. 

Each number of "Quellgeister" refers to a different deterriorated pipe-organ in a different transylvanian village. The instruments bear their very own characteristics, oddities and well-fermented tunings. So far i have realized three albums - investigated, recorded and performed at the chosen organs. A work observing the language of things in regard to it's current state and process.