Blog: Cycfi pickups on S8 model with multichannel pickups

It does not matter if you never heard of multichannel pickups. It is pretty rare but an amazing way to process each string separately.  The Nu Multi pickups are made by a company called Cycfi research. Joel is an amazing guy and he realized a breathtaking setup for an S8 instrument. In the following video […]

Release: Anchor and Burden – Kosmonautic Pilgrimage

Anchor and Burden – the genre transcending progressive avant-garde doom-jazz post-metal group comes back with their most intense release so far: KOSMONAUTIK PILGRIMAGE. The album is a bold artistic statement and features the band’s unique style of uncompromising instant compositions. The 9 pieces shift seamlessly from atmospheric scifi phases, over cerebral virtuous guitar work to […]

S8 – walnut, flamed maple, plumwood greyburst

“Can you build everything crazy in one guitar?”We are so happy that Alexander Paul Dowerk came to us with this request. As one of the early players he is an undisputed master of the 8-string Touch Guitar and with Anchor and Burden he also recorded the first album with this instrument some days ago.What is […]

Alexander Dowerk

Alexander Paul Dowerk is a music producer, composer and touch guitarist from Germany. The Berlin-based musician combines the sound and energy of modern, progressive metal with the compositorial depth of contempory classical music. The result is a complex and powerful interplay of body and mind. The Touch Guitar is Alexander’s weapon of choice in mastering […]

Blast Unicorn – Van Halo

releases 01 April 2015 | Blast Unicorn is the joint project of touch guitarist Alexander Paul Dowerk and electronic musician Tobias Reber.

Zweiton – Form

released 01 May 2012 alexander dowerk: touch guitar, electronics, programming