
Artist
"Performing live and taking the audience on a journey has always been my dream".
59 Perlen is a Music Artist, Performer and Mentor living based im Zurich, Switzerland. He plays house and ambient sets with various hardware setups for diverse audiences. The often minimalist tracks tell a story with combining dubhouse elements and ambient atmospheres while they still remain danceable.
Latest Releases
Labels
Selected Reviews
Review "Moods (Album)" - On the fringe of Sound
Interview MinimalMag Berlin
Single Premiere "Luna Nova" / Come Here Floyd
Interview / IOYK Magazine, Brasil
Performances
Studio Gear
Roland TB-03
Novation Peak
Dreadbox Typhon
Different Effect Pedals
Tascam Model 12
Ableton Live 11
Art & Scoring
In addition to dance and house music, 59 Perlen performed soundtracks and scores for contemporaty dance projects and installations. Request a booking here.

Education
I love to share my knowledge with other artists. On the one hand, this happens on my blog, my podcast and in the YouTube Live Sessions that I stream regularly.
On the other hand, I offer personal coaching sessions and video courses for purchase on my website.
Pictures
Photos Pablo Tys.






Bio
Producer 59 Perlen aka Matthias Rosenkranz was born in 1975. He grew up in the deepest countryside in the middle of Germany where his passion for electronic music awoke when he was gifted the very first consumer computer ever, the Commodore 64, with it's sophisticated Sound Chip that significantly influenced his entire artistical process.
After many years of occasional music creation, he decided in 2018 to take his production to the next level with the foundation of his project "59 Perlen". Several singles were released, until a decisive step was taken in early 2020 during the Corona Pandemic: 59 Perlen bought his first hardware groovebox, the Elektron Digitakt.
This machine changed his entire workflow towards "Dawless" music production. 59 Perlen saw the long term future of his project in performing music live for audiences rather than classical music productions. Nevertheless, quite a few dawless releases followed, produced with his growing hardware park, as gigs were not possible due to the pandemic.
Parallel to dance music production, another leg in his process developed more and more: creating music for urban dance projects. In 2022 this development took a first peak when 59 Perlen performed togehter with 6 dancers the 1-hour installation "Shopping Bag".
In November 2022, another highlight follows. 59 Perlen will headline "Sonic Playground", an electronic music festival hosted by Petite Victory Collective / Copenhagen, one of the labels he releases music with. It will be the first time that 59 Perlen is so close to his goal of performing in front of larger audiences.
59 Perlen is also active in many areas connected to music production. He shares his knowledge in a variety of ways through video courses, private coaching sessions and on his blog. Furthermore, he co-hosts the monthly podcast "Strom" with his friend and musician Atlas Castle.