Singer and YouTuber Hainbach on ‘Breath of the Wild’ by Swiss Army Knives

Stefan Paul Goetsch, better known as Hainbach, is a German experimental artist, artist, and YouTuber who is perhaps best known for creating music with laboratory equipment and scientific instruments. He describes it as “Dark Spirits of synthesis.” Although they use “hard mode” manufacturing methods that often rely on telemetry equipment and equipment removed from nuclear testing facilities, Hainbach is also surprisingly sophisticated. abundantreleasing six albums in 2025 alone, along with a few singles and EPs. As a result, Gentle Humand agreement with Ah! Cosmos (Turkish composer, Başak Günak). The album is a collection of random vocals, droning analog synths, modified vocals, and, of course, experimental instruments.

His award-winning career and frequent music collaborations may be enough to keep most people busy 24/7, but Hainbach is also a successful YouTuber. His way he investigates methods of musical experimentation, unknown ancient weaponsand modern oddities if Bastl Kalimba. As if that wasn’t enough, he often collaborates with companies like AudioThing to bring his arcane music production basics to modern DAWs. (I personally have several of them, including the amazing ones Wires extension program.)

With so much work going on all the time, we wanted to know what Hainbach is most proud of and the glue that holds his horror studio together.

What is your most important tool?

Nagra reel-to-reel tape recorder. I use this for my live shows, in the studio, for music production and sound production. A technical marvel, a true culmination of its time, it still sounds amazing decades later.

What’s the first app you install on a new phone or computer?

Gauss Field Recorder. It’s an app I made with Bram Bos to solve a problem I always have: I made a lot of drawings with my phone, I think I’ll use it next time. I never did, and I ended up with a huge library of unsorted and anonymous memos. With Gauss, I can turn any recording into music and save and share that session.

How many tabs do you have open right now?

Since this morning, my only two Gmail accounts are these questions. Later in the day, it can be 20-plus, especially when I search.

Which social media sites do you use the most (if any)?

It is divided equally, as I write to all. But mostly it’s work, I’m not there for fun.

What’s your favorite place on the internet?

My Patreon. I loved the community and the security it brought me. I would not have started my amazing musical journey without them.

What’s your favorite piece of equipment you’ve owned?

Definitely a Swiss Army Knife. Both as a child and as a father now, it has come in very handy. Even on stage, I use it to fix my Swiss Nagras, as it works perfectly together. I forgot I had them on the plane, however, I had to send them to airports around the world. That’s why it’s sad that I don’t carry it on me anymore, for fear that I might lose it.

What was the biggest disappointment?

Everything that tried to replace the Swiss Army Knife. Like stupid credit card devices.

Which game do you remember?

To play Breath of the Wild for my children during the plague. They were disgusted, and we struggled to feel joy throughout the game. When it was over, they shed tears, and I had to promise that we would do it again. What we did, this time we get a complete ending. After that, my boss played it, and completed 100 percent of the temple on master mode. In the end, he was doing things like switching weapons between hits to max damage, which was cruel to me.

Which tech trend do you want to see go away?

AI music and voice generators. A slop machine for technocrats who have never felt the joy of being good at something.

What creation are you most proud of?

My list of Destruction Loops. A piece of installation music that destroys itself over time, which I love to stream online hate commentsthe grief of the spectators and listeners, and to talk far away.

What is the best advice you have ever received?

Stop it. My wife was watching one of my first shows as Hainbach, and I had all the moves in me that I learned from rock and electronic music over the years. That movement didn’t fit my music at all, it was just a habit. Now I control every movement, not a single thing I do on stage.

What is your passion?

Passive Bandpass Filters. I’m about to go to East Germany to pick up a set of what used to be the Deutsche Reichsbahn, the GDR’s railroad. These filters usually sound great, and I have quite a collection now. Just me he turned one of them into a plug and Irish company AudioThing.

What do you do when you want to focus?

Not a lot, just a little time. I can take a quick look, what I taught myself in the short time I had while working my official government job, and I still feel the need to make music in the spare time I have.

What do you do when you’re stuck?

I go for a walk to recharge. Back in the studio, I challenge my thoughts on what I’m working on. Usually, the culprit is the part that I build the rail around, and take care of it by providing all the support tools. But then it’s all playing together, and it’s not happening, not producing a feeling, a world, or a story. Maybe the part has been useful, and it can go back, or just disappear. Maybe it was just a museum, not the only thing.

If killing loved ones was a crime, I could be in prison for life.

When was the last time you went somewhere without your phone?

A spa in a hotel in Karlsbad during the Easter Holidays.

When was the last piece of screen you bought?

Daniela Mars Emotional on vinyl on Bandcamp, from the artist himself. A few songs and surprisingly beautiful.

What do you think should be confusing?

A comfortable bed, with a good mattress and pillow. Important for long-term health, especially as a touring musician.

What would be the tagline of your biopic?

In Germany, we tend to add superscripts to the title, even for American movies. Top Gun – He’s not afraid of death or the devil (“They fear neither Death nor the Devil”). So maybe: Hainbach – The Secret of the Cold War. I use Soviet military wire recorders and American nuclear research and military equipment to make music, so there is some truth to that.

What was the last GIF or meme you used?

I don’t think I’ve ever used a meme, although I’ve seen it myself. And now it’s eight tabs, and you have to buy my new album Ah! Cosmos which is playing in one of them.