Otto Krummel

Otto Krummel is a musical researcher and time traveler. His passion for exploring uncharted territory is boundless, yet at the core of all his pursuits lies music — the true compass of his expeditions. His creative output is an audio-teleport that erases the boundaries between time and space. Otto Krummel's music compels the listener to ask, "Where am I now?" evoking both nostalgia and the anticipation of the new.

Every composition by Otto Krummel is a leap through time, uniting the rhythms of the past with the technologies of the future. His creations are not merely sound, but a cinematic reality imbued with archival recordings, analog artifacts, and hypnotic electronics.

Otto Krummel releases his works on his own label, Ozeanographie, which he describes as a personal diary of a time traveler. Each recording serves as an acoustic landmark — a point on the map through which the listener can step into another dimension: into memory, fantasy, or the anticipation of the future.

Living in the 19th century, Otto Krummel finds a channel of communication with the modern world via Instagram. In his feed, you can see retro footage from public archives, old films, and documentary fragments that come alive under his music, merging the past with the present. This symbiosis of sound and image transforms his Instagram into an atlas of sonic journeys, where every video unveils a new route on the map of historical expeditions.