Composer and sound artist

I magnify the atmosphere of lost and found sounds in my compositions; I am looking for beautiful little details that will flourish in a new sound world. Rich, layered and organic patterns contrast in my music with minimal and bare structures. I have composed music for ensembles, dance- en theatre performances, television, film and new media/installation work. I have developed a live sampling and synthesis instrument using LiSa and various game controllers, such as the Wii Remote, to trigger, sample and manipulate sounds in an intuitive and playful way.

I studied history and I played bass guitar in different experimental bands (such as Soom) since high school. One thing that inspired me to compose was a visit to a hiphop producer, I was intrigued by the way he could build musical structures with his sampler. I became increasingly interested in sampling, electronic music, electroacoustic music and sound design. I did a Sonology course at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag and I have participated in workshops at STEIM, Dogtroep and with Han Bennink and Magpie Dance Music Company. Together with Marije Nie and Hilary Jeffrey I organise the Auxxx performance series in OT 301 in Amsterdam. I use the cinematic and dramatic qualities of my music when working with theatre makers, choreographers, filmmakers and visual artists. I have worked with choreographers Kenzo Kusuda, Pere Faura, Martin Butler, Ivana Muller, Maria Ines Villasmil, Jose Navas, Luis Lara Malvacias and the Guangdong Modern Dance Company. I have performed throughout Europe, in China, the United States and Venezuela.

The Guangdong Modern Dance Company from China invited me in the spring of 2007 to compose the score for their piece "Forward For Forward" from choreographer Liu Qi. I have worked with choreographer / multi-talent Luis Lara Malvacias in Danspace/St. Marks Church, Dance Theatre Workshop and The Kitchen in New York. "The Gasometer Universe" is the title of my winning composition for the MONO competition organised by the German Association for Electroacoustic Music. Algorithmic composition techniques and live performance were combined in this piece that was inspired by ideas about the origin of the universe. I performed the duet "Concau" with choreographer / dancer Roser Lopez Espinosa at various festivals in Spain and the Netherlands since 2007. In the summer of 2008 I was invited to the OMI International Musicians Residency in Ghent, New York State. I am part of alchemistic sound duo Wrikken and electroacoustic impro duo BolMoll with Udo Moll. My musical alter ego Vinkepeezer has released a split LP together with Morsanek, at the Kazemat label in January 2009.

"The Bailout" is a new composition written together with Ties Mellema, for a Saxophone quartet and live electronics. The composition is inspired by the history of the auto industry in Detroit and the "auto bailout" by the US government. The première was at March 20th in a concert with the Amstel Quartet in the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Links:
More about "The Gasometer Universe"
More about "The Bailout"
BolMoll Live at OT 301 Oct 7, 2009 at OT301, Amsterdam/NL
Excerpts from "Honey Crypto", choregraphy by Kenzo Kusuda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLFo1I1HtTQ
Excerpts from "Concau", choregraphy by Roser Lopez Espinosa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJRXoDFUuL8
Excerpt from "Do you have a cigarette?" from Pere Faura http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifYChk984vg&feature=player_embedded
Review of my split lp with Morsanek: http://www.ivobol.nl/blog/2009/01/20/kazemat-001/
http://www.myspace.com/vinkepeezer
http://www.myspace.com/wrikken
I am also blogging here: http://salzomania-sceneitallbefore.blogspot.com/
My webradiostation: http://www.radiointerference.nl/ (a little...nineties...but still good stuff)
New York Times review of Badman (performance with Luis Lara Malvacias)
Click here for info about my workshop "Making music with game controllers"