Listening to “Ten Times” by Ludwig Bauer is like stepping into an alternate reality of sound design where a clock tower rings endlessly and counts down the time all around you, steam bursts in the near distance and harmonic drones and electronic blips cycle through somewhere in the dark as you wander down a hazy late night street. The clock’s bells resonate eerily and sometimes double on each other and somehow both establish a deep mood and sense of place while disorienting you from familiar reality. It is an anchoring, mechanical mantra that guides you through the song with its unignorable yet steady presence. The song is sort of a soundtrack to after hours in an old industrial city in Europe and calming in a settled and slightly haunted way that such places seem to possess. Listen to “Ten Times” on Bandcamp and follow Dresden, Germany-based artist Ludwig Bauer on Instagram. Bauer’s new album 18 Studies was released on November 18, 2025.
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