We Collide, We Shatter, We Grow, by Hainbach & Simon Spiess

We Collide, We Shatter, We Grow

by Hainbach & Simon Spiess

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Douglas_Alvey Sounds for the 2020s, built on the 1960s!

lac63 Right now I'm on the tightrope
like a good trapeze artist with my
pole balanced, below me I have
the tank, I'm suspended,
the adrenaline rises and at the same time
calms my spirit in resonance
As always, masterful Hainbach & Simon Spiess Favorite track: Inside the String.

endpop This is such a wonderful experiment of an album. I have several abandoned water tanks to visit here in California now... Congrats on this! Favorite track: We Collide, We Shatter, We Grow.

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1.	Concrete and Brass 02:32	buy track
2.	From Loss We Came 05:08	buy track
3.	Glass and Steel 00:48	buy track
4.	We Collide, We Shatter, We Grow 07:44	buy track
5.	Trails in Sand 02:14	buy track
6.	Beyond the Steady 02:48	buy track
7.	Sounds From Light, Still in Darkness 03:22	buy track
8.	A Thought Through Wires 01:58	buy track
9.	Inside the String 02:16	buy track

about

There is a third contributor to this record, but it’s not a human, it’s a space. In one of the stranger live sessions I've ever had, I broadcast music from my studio to an abandoned water tank on the outskirts of Colorado. The goal was to test its resonance before conducting an actual session inside “The Tank.”

With my phone zoomed in on the crew in the control room and my studio computer connected to the interior of this metal monster, I experimented with no-input feedback, test equipment, piano, and many other instruments — playing and waiting for the sounds to return. And I was captivated. My sounds folded into phasing fractals, bouncing from top to bottom.

After recording, I assembled the pieces by simply following the movement of the echoes. An accidental album took shape, but something was missing.The next day, I was playing basketball at a nearby playground with my kids. In a typical Neukölln moment — where you can’t throw a stone without hitting a musician — Simon was there with his family, too. We started chatting about music while shooting hoops, and that same evening, we did a session together.

A few weeks later, as I sent Simon’s live saxophone performance into the tank, he became the voice that had been missing on the record. We Collide, We Shatter, We Grow is an album that embraces both accident and experience. It’s about the random encounters that shape our lives, enrich them, and help us grow as artists and as humans. Abstract pings and drones flirt with wafts of jazz, as electricity and breath float through cosmic emptiness. Yet, there’s a sense of gravity that keeps it emotionally grounded, even in its freest moments of improvisation.

credits

released September 5, 2025

Music by Hainbach & Simon Spiess except 3,5,8 by Hainbach
Recorded in Berlin and The TANK Center for Sonic Arts, Colorado
Recording Engineers at The TANK: Michael Van Wagoner and Samantha Wade
Mixed by Hainbach
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu for Schwebung Mastering
Photography by Bruce Odland and James Paul
Cover Art and Design by Aaron Taylor-Waldman
Supported by Swisslos-Fonds des Kantons Solothurn

Instruments used:
Bruel & Kjaer 5612 Spectrum Shaper
Hologram Electronics Chroma Console
The Wall of Test Equipment
Bechstein Model 10
Hohner Electronium
Quilter Labs Panoptigon
Tenor Saxophone

Learn more about The Tank at:
tanksounds.org

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Hainbach Berlin, Germany

Based out of Berlin, Germany, electronic music composer and perfomer Hainbach creates shifting audio landscapes THE WIRE called "One hell of a trip". His music has been released on Opal Tapes, Seil Records, Spring Break Tapes, Limited Interest and Marionette. ... more

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