Left Engelmann’s Sound Journey – Between Vision, Technology and Emotion

When a seven-year-old child holds a small Casio keyboard in their hands and recognizes it not just as a toy, but as the beginning of a lifelong journey, something must be burning inside them. Thus began the story of Left Engelmann, born in Dresden in 1980, in a world of synthesizer sounds and childlike curiosity. What began as initial musical wonder quickly became an obsession: understanding, creating, and living music.

At twelve, he taught himself to play the drums and guitar. His passion was unstoppable, and a school friend opened the door to digital music production – on the Commodore Amiga. Instead of playing computer games, Left composed beats, soundscapes, and small masterpieces, pixel by pixel, tone by tone.

In 1996 – while other teenagers were dreaming of their first band – Left, with the help of his father, built his first recording studio. Three years later, it had become Left Style Domizil: a creative refuge, a recording studio, a laboratory for ideas – right in the heart of Dresden. It was the beginning of a life in production, at the mixing desk, and behind the glass.

What began with electronic music grew organically into a creative space for handcrafted sounds: rock, pop, folk, a cappella, acoustic music, but also EBM and synth-pop. Left has produced over 60 albums since then—not as a service provider, but as a musical companion.

At the same time, he developed his second passion: composing music for images, stories, and atmospheres. He wrote jingles for well-known commercials, composed music for films, short films, corporate image productions, and documentaries – and increasingly took on sound design and mixing for cinema. His ability to think of sound not just as music, but as an emotional narrative, also led him into the world of dubbing and voiceovers. His voice became a narrator – for advertisements, trailers, and documentaries.

Music has always remained his focus—including his own expression. Between 2017 and 2023, he released three solo albums: ME, AND, and WhoAmI?_—the latter a homage to his musical roots in the 1980s. His new album, The Journey, will be released on September 5, 2025—a deeply personal, cinematic work that reflects his development as a composer, producer, and storyteller. It marks not only a musical milestone but also a turning point in his artistic path. And as if that weren't enough: In 2011, he and a school friend founded the company Posterspot.de, which specializes in animated explainer videos. His mission? Anything that sounds.

Driven by curiosity, Left never stopped learning. In 2013, he studied media composition at the SET in Erding, where he deepened his craft in orchestration, arrangement, and the emotional architecture of sound. Today, he writes for agencies, artists, and film studios—from pop songs to symphonic scores. Another creative chapter followed in 2022: With actress Gisa Bergmann, he founded CYHM-Productions – a company for sound post-production, dialogue scripts and dubbing that specializes in quality and artistic sensitivity.

But Left wouldn't be Left if he didn't also dedicate himself to passing on his knowledge: For years, he has worked as a consultant for recording technology, acoustics, dramaturgy, and composition. And as a passionate expert on keyboard instruments—through his many years of working with Yamaha, Steinway, C. Bechstein, and more—he inspires children with workshops on the piano: how it sounds, how it lives, how it tells stories.

Left Engelmann is more than a producer, more than a musician, more than a composer. He is a storyteller—with sound, with technique, with emotion. His story is proof that passion and dedication not only form the foundation for an artistic life, but can also be a path that sustains for decades.