stefaan| Composer/SwEng
@shiihs.eurosky.social
Classical music composer, choral singer, electronic music composer using piano, synths, and supercollider using traditional and algorithmic music composition (no AI/no NFT). Software engineer, problem solver, FOSS, wikiloops.com. Curious about many things
The Roland Integra-7 synth officially is discontinued. Long live Integra-7! To celebrate its long life, here's a new cross-platform editor (tested on windows & linux, but should support MacOs) providing support for everything you could ever want to do with the Integra-7.
github.com/shimpe/Integ...
github.com/shimpe/Integ...
Releases · shimpe/Integra7AuralAlchemist
Cross-platform tool to edit ROLAND Integra-7 parameters (trying to learn something about CSharp, .net10.0, AvaloniaUI 12.x and Roland Integra-7 at the same time - developing on linux/windows in rid...
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August 1, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The Roland Integra-7 synth officially is discontinued. Long live Integra-7! To celebrate its long life, here's a new cross-platform editor (tested on windows & linux, but should support MacOs) providing support for everything you could ever want to do with the Integra-7.
github.com/shimpe/Integ...
github.com/shimpe/Integ...
Random thought of the day: Anthropic urged the world to press pause on AI model development, subsequently was forced to turn off its latest and greatest AI model citing "national security" concerns (possibly after a call from a competitor to Trump admin?). Anyway, be careful what you wish for ... :)
June 15, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Random thought of the day: Anthropic urged the world to press pause on AI model development, subsequently was forced to turn off its latest and greatest AI model citing "national security" concerns (possibly after a call from a competitor to Trump admin?). Anyway, be careful what you wish for ... :)
Works generated by generative AI that are not thoroughly remixed/rearranged/modified by humans cannot be copyrighted. So is all vibe coded software automatically in public domain then?
June 2, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Works generated by generative AI that are not thoroughly remixed/rearranged/modified by humans cannot be copyrighted. So is all vibe coded software automatically in public domain then?
Trump cannot attend his son's wedding because of his "responsibilities"? Yeah sure... as if that ever stopped him from golfing. The fact that he stresses in interviews how much his son would love for him to attend makes me suspect he was explicitly told he's not welcome.
May 25, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Trump cannot attend his son's wedding because of his "responsibilities"? Yeah sure... as if that ever stopped him from golfing. The fact that he stresses in interviews how much his son would love for him to attend makes me suspect he was explicitly told he's not welcome.
Seems like many similarities exist between emperor Calligula and emperor Trump. 4-5 years into his reign, things didn't end well for the former one.
January 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Seems like many similarities exist between emperor Calligula and emperor Trump. 4-5 years into his reign, things didn't end well for the former one.
A collaboration with bsky writer @stacebot.bsky.social.
youtu.be/QkH_JwfjYrY
#choir #satb #musicsky #choral #poem #collaboration #music
youtu.be/QkH_JwfjYrY
#choir #satb #musicsky #choral #poem #collaboration #music
Come Close
YouTube video by Stefaan Himpe
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December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A collaboration with bsky writer @stacebot.bsky.social.
youtu.be/QkH_JwfjYrY
#choir #satb #musicsky #choral #poem #collaboration #music
youtu.be/QkH_JwfjYrY
#choir #satb #musicsky #choral #poem #collaboration #music
The real reason Trumpkin is sending the military to Venezuela? Revenge because they got "his" Nobel peace prize. That, and the largest known oil reserves in the world of course.
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The real reason Trumpkin is sending the military to Venezuela? Revenge because they got "his" Nobel peace prize. That, and the largest known oil reserves in the world of course.
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Everything to do with AI is making me wonder if perhaps we do live in a simulation after all, one that tries to find out if AI could be prevented by installing a religion that forbids biting an apple of knowledge. I guess that idea didn't work. Now we have both AI and proud ignorance. #AI #ignorance
July 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Everything to do with AI is making me wonder if perhaps we do live in a simulation after all, one that tries to find out if AI could be prevented by installing a religion that forbids biting an apple of knowledge. I guess that idea didn't work. Now we have both AI and proud ignorance. #AI #ignorance
As a teenager, I had this fantasy: "when I retire, I will come to the library every day and read the complete Encyclopedia Brittannica end to end". At no point did it occur to me that by the time I will actually retire, paper encyclopedias might not even exist in libraries anymore. #nostalgia
June 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
As a teenager, I had this fantasy: "when I retire, I will come to the library every day and read the complete Encyclopedia Brittannica end to end". At no point did it occur to me that by the time I will actually retire, paper encyclopedias might not even exist in libraries anymore. #nostalgia
CBM choir from Tienen, Belgium singing my composition "I wandered lonely as a cloud" on a poem of William Wordsworth. #choir #musicsky #cbmchoir #williamwordsworth #poem #music #choral #satb #originalmusic #originalcomposition
youtu.be/cEFftO-oOTg?...
youtu.be/cEFftO-oOTg?...
Himpe: I wandered lonely as a cloud
YouTube video by CBM Koor
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June 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
CBM choir from Tienen, Belgium singing my composition "I wandered lonely as a cloud" on a poem of William Wordsworth. #choir #musicsky #cbmchoir #williamwordsworth #poem #music #choral #satb #originalmusic #originalcomposition
youtu.be/cEFftO-oOTg?...
youtu.be/cEFftO-oOTg?...
A song made by long covid and chronic fatigue syndrome patients, looking to increase awareness of these "hidden" diseases.
#longcovid #cfs #cvs
#longcovid #cfs #cvs
🎶💔 "Vergeten speelgoed"
Help ons deze boodschap te verspreiden en de impact te vergroten door onze video te liken en te delen🙏🏻🩷
Muziek: Sas - ME/CVS
Tekst: Carmen & Krista - Long Covid
Montage: Guy De Schepper
youtu.be/BgIjEVH7yeM?...
youtu.be/BgIjEVH7yeM?...
Help ons deze boodschap te verspreiden en de impact te vergroten door onze video te liken en te delen🙏🏻🩷
Muziek: Sas - ME/CVS
Tekst: Carmen & Krista - Long Covid
Montage: Guy De Schepper
youtu.be/BgIjEVH7yeM?...
youtu.be/BgIjEVH7yeM?...
Vergeten speelgoed
YouTube video by Not Recovered Belgium
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June 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A song made by long covid and chronic fatigue syndrome patients, looking to increase awareness of these "hidden" diseases.
#longcovid #cfs #cvs
#longcovid #cfs #cvs
Would you like to improvise on my ominous sequential prophet rev2 arpeggios? Head over to wikiloops and just do it :)
#synthsky #musicsky #synthwave #electronicmusic #synthesizer #originalcomposition #ominous #ambientmusic #arpeggios #bluesky #klausschulze #rev2
www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack...
#synthsky #musicsky #synthwave #electronicmusic #synthesizer #originalcomposition #ominous #ambientmusic #arpeggios #bluesky #klausschulze #rev2
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Tension Rising
Electronic backing track in A minor #315991 | Line-up: Sequencer | Tempo: 80BPM. Feel free to download & remix!
www.wikiloops.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Would you like to improvise on my ominous sequential prophet rev2 arpeggios? Head over to wikiloops and just do it :)
#synthsky #musicsky #synthwave #electronicmusic #synthesizer #originalcomposition #ominous #ambientmusic #arpeggios #bluesky #klausschulze #rev2
www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack...
#synthsky #musicsky #synthwave #electronicmusic #synthesizer #originalcomposition #ominous #ambientmusic #arpeggios #bluesky #klausschulze #rev2
www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack...
An anonymous Puerto Rican poem set to music for SATB choir. Quite challenging... #musicsky #originalmusic #satb #choir #musiccomposition #score #scorevideo #music
youtu.be/ddLPV4M5hoE
youtu.be/ddLPV4M5hoE
How sad a lone dove and the tone (score choir satb)
YouTube video by Stefaan Himpe
youtu.be
April 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
An anonymous Puerto Rican poem set to music for SATB choir. Quite challenging... #musicsky #originalmusic #satb #choir #musiccomposition #score #scorevideo #music
youtu.be/ddLPV4M5hoE
youtu.be/ddLPV4M5hoE
SATB diatonic interval canon in D minor (bass at tonic, alto at third, tenor at tonic and soprano at fifth, each voice separated from the previous by one beat). Writing it melted my brain (fun!) at times 😂.
#musicsky #originalcomposition #satb #choir #canon #musiccomposition
youtu.be/TlRHeFzT41I
#musicsky #originalcomposition #satb #choir #canon #musiccomposition
youtu.be/TlRHeFzT41I
Dear President (interval canon - SATB)
YouTube video by Stefaan Himpe
youtu.be
March 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
SATB diatonic interval canon in D minor (bass at tonic, alto at third, tenor at tonic and soprano at fifth, each voice separated from the previous by one beat). Writing it melted my brain (fun!) at times 😂.
#musicsky #originalcomposition #satb #choir #canon #musiccomposition
youtu.be/TlRHeFzT41I
#musicsky #originalcomposition #satb #choir #canon #musiccomposition
youtu.be/TlRHeFzT41I
My quirky piano line added to a flute player at wikiloops to create a spontaneous, ephemeral and experimental track... I kind of like how this one turned out :) no AI - 100% human playing.
#musicsky #improvisation #piano #flute #contemporaryclassical
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#musicsky #improvisation #piano #flute #contemporaryclassical
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Spontaneous combustion
Unplugged backing track in B minor #310841 | Line-up: Flute and Keys | Tempo: 0BPM. Feel free to download & remix!
www.wikiloops.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My quirky piano line added to a flute player at wikiloops to create a spontaneous, ephemeral and experimental track... I kind of like how this one turned out :) no AI - 100% human playing.
#musicsky #improvisation #piano #flute #contemporaryclassical
www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack...
#musicsky #improvisation #piano #flute #contemporaryclassical
www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack...
ICAROS prelude - for synthesizer. Based on a randomly generated 12-tone row (but you prob. wouldn't have guessed that if I didn't tell you here!). Executed on a Roland Integra-7 with a dash of BigSky reverb sauce. #synthsky #Integra7 #bigsky #prelude #synth #musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9x7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9x7...
ICAROS Prelude for Synthesizer (Integra-7, Strymon BigSky).
YouTube video by Stefaan Himpe
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February 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Composer Tom Johnson died recently, and since I have just finished reading his book "Other Harmony" I decided to write a little choir piece starting from his list of Forte 5-27 chords (p. 90, fig. 5). Let it be clear that those chords were just a starting point...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qegi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qegi...
The Dark Unknown (choir SATB)
YouTube video by Stefaan Himpe
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January 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Composer Tom Johnson died recently, and since I have just finished reading his book "Other Harmony" I decided to write a little choir piece starting from his list of Forte 5-27 chords (p. 90, fig. 5). Let it be clear that those chords were just a starting point...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qegi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qegi...
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I sang in The Four-Note Opera! (Lala-la-la, lala-la-la)
RIP Tom Johnson
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/a...
RIP Tom Johnson
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/a...
Tom Johnson, Minimalist Composer and Village Voice Critic, Dies at 85
He charted the rise of musical minimalism on New York’s downtown scene in the 1970s. He later gained notice for abstract works of his own.
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I sang in The Four-Note Opera! (Lala-la-la, lala-la-la)
RIP Tom Johnson
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/a...
RIP Tom Johnson
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/a...
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callahan
@IRCAM_official
RIP tom johnson, composer of rational music, critic at the village voice & essential documenter of downtown nyc scene in the 70s/80s, student of morty feldman pre suny buffalo and much like him and cage and ives, a rugged american iconoclast
@IRCAM_official
RIP tom johnson, composer of rational music, critic at the village voice & essential documenter of downtown nyc scene in the 70s/80s, student of morty feldman pre suny buffalo and much like him and cage and ives, a rugged american iconoclast
January 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
callahan
@IRCAM_official
RIP tom johnson, composer of rational music, critic at the village voice & essential documenter of downtown nyc scene in the 70s/80s, student of morty feldman pre suny buffalo and much like him and cage and ives, a rugged american iconoclast
@IRCAM_official
RIP tom johnson, composer of rational music, critic at the village voice & essential documenter of downtown nyc scene in the 70s/80s, student of morty feldman pre suny buffalo and much like him and cage and ives, a rugged american iconoclast
If you want to join my Prophet Rev2 with BigSky jam (or any other for that matter) - head over to wikiloops :)
#synthsky #collaboration #onlinejam #wikiloops #musicsky #music #synth #prophet #bigsky
www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack...
#synthsky #collaboration #onlinejam #wikiloops #musicsky #music #synth #prophet #bigsky
www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack...
Plea for 2025
Electronic backing track in A minor #308151 | Line-up: Keys | Tempo: 80BPM. Feel free to download & remix!
www.wikiloops.com
January 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
If you want to join my Prophet Rev2 with BigSky jam (or any other for that matter) - head over to wikiloops :)
#synthsky #collaboration #onlinejam #wikiloops #musicsky #music #synth #prophet #bigsky
www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack...
#synthsky #collaboration #onlinejam #wikiloops #musicsky #music #synth #prophet #bigsky
www.wikiloops.com/backingtrack...
Happy New Year to everyone who celebrates it!
December 31, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Happy New Year to everyone who celebrates it!
Final christmas song for this year...
#satb #xmas #christmas #music #choir #acapella
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0fI...
#satb #xmas #christmas #music #choir #acapella
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0fI...
Verbum caro factum est (Cancionero de Upsala) - CBM Koor
YouTube video by CBM Koor
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December 24, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Final christmas song for this year...
#satb #xmas #christmas #music #choir #acapella
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0fI...
#satb #xmas #christmas #music #choir #acapella
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0fI...
An experimental composition I made for a local experimental music festival at the beginning of 2024. The piece was made for 8 speakers surrounding the audience, but here is remixed in a binaural version (use headphones!). It starts very sober but descends into absolute madness.
youtu.be/dPfbnsBphWQ
youtu.be/dPfbnsBphWQ
[Experimental] Choratorium Spatialis - choir, field recordings and synths
YouTube video by Stefaan Himpe
youtu.be
December 23, 2024 at 8:06 AM
An experimental composition I made for a local experimental music festival at the beginning of 2024. The piece was made for 8 speakers surrounding the audience, but here is remixed in a binaural version (use headphones!). It starts very sober but descends into absolute madness.
youtu.be/dPfbnsBphWQ
youtu.be/dPfbnsBphWQ
"Gaudete", an uplifting Christmas song by the CBM choir.
#SATB #choir #music #xmas #christmas #acapella
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#SATB #choir #music #xmas #christmas #acapella
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Gaudete (arr. Brian Kay) - CBM Koor | Vandaag delen we met plezier de tweede opname uit onze mini kerstserie! 🎄✨
Deze keer presenteren we graag 'Gaudete' (arr. Brian Kay). | By CBM koor | Facebook
Vandaag delen we met plezier de tweede opname uit onze mini kerstserie! 🎄✨
Deze keer presenteren we graag 'Gaudete' (arr. Brian Kay).
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December 22, 2024 at 2:49 PM
"Gaudete", an uplifting Christmas song by the CBM choir.
#SATB #choir #music #xmas #christmas #acapella
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#SATB #choir #music #xmas #christmas #acapella
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