For sound artist, composer, and instrument maker Hendrik Herchenbach, the chimeric fusion of electronic and acoustic components and the creation of original sound concepts are at the center of his work. Specially created sound objects and a wide variety of sound generators, such as synthesizers, tape recorders, scrap metal, turntables, effects devices, and historical or traditional instruments, provide input for ad hoc manipulation using filters, resonators, effects devices, or loop machines. Sound design, microtonal sound concepts, playing instructions, and improvisation are essential forms of musical interaction.

Herchenbach conducts active sound research based on musicological studies, acoustic measurements and experiments, organological and musical instrument-making expertise, and the use of current music electronics. In collaboration with universities, museums, and other instrument makers, he develops novel instruments and sound concepts for contemporary music. His instruments are based on the idea of non-linear systems that lend sound materiality and a special imprint – they create space for personal creation, imagination, and intuitive sound research.

To reproduce electronic sounds, Herchenbach uses electroacoustic resonators, which, as real sound bodies, spatially reproduce the sound and lend it distinctive timbres. They enable excellent interaction between electronic sound generation and acoustic instruments – both in ensemble playing and in consonance. Contemporary electronic chamber music is performed in a mixed acoustic-electronic ensemble.

Hendrik Herchenbach studied philosophy, cultural studies, and musicology in Leipzig, as well as instrument making in Markneukirchen. His bachelor's thesis, “Acoustic Sound Bodies for Electronic Instruments,” examines Maurice Martenot’s diffusers. His prize-winning master’s thesis, “Exciters as Sound Generators for Acoustic Musical Instruments,” investigates the sound of different plate geometries and their excitation by exciter devices. The topics examined are related to the construction of acoustic resonators and experimental musical instruments for the acoustic-mechanical modification of electronic sounds.
He also works as a lecturer in the field of media art—music production, sound design, and audio technology at the Leipzig Academy of Technology, Economics, and Culture, the University of Leipzig, and Neue Musik Leipzig, among others. He runs the recording studio and record label Transport Music and works as a music producer and sound engineer. He has toured throughout Germany and made international guest appearances with a wide variety of music projects and exhibitions in countries including Lithuania, Israel, France, and Finland.