
In this collaboration, Radboud Mens and I explore the tension between stasis and movement. Operating within the realm of drone and electroacoustic music, we construct a sonic landscape where sustained tones and microscopic events constantly shape and reshape each other. What initially appears static reveals itself to be rich with detail: tiny acoustic shifts breathe life into apparent stillness, inviting focused and attentive listening.

The album emerged from a process where sound research, improvisation, and sound design merge. Self-built instruments, the search for timbre and texture, and recordings of the learning process itself form the foundation of these compositions. Rather than following a traditional musical structure, the result is a sonic field in which the minimal continually transforms depending on the listener’s perspective. This is a layered and handcrafted album that doesn’t narrate, but questions. Marking A Boundary With The Turning Point is not a boundary. It’s an invitation to listen differently.


released June 9, 2025

All music by Ard Janssen & Radboud Mens
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu at Schwebung
Artwork & design by Ard Janssen

Manufactured by Record Industry
Distributed by Clone Distribution

Ard Bit & Radboud Mens - Marking A Boundary With The Turning Point

'Projection' is taken from the album 'Marking A Boundary With The Turning Point' 

Marking A Boundary With The Turning Point, my collab with Radboud Mens, was first released as a limited CD on Shimmering Moods (50 copies, sold out during pre-order).

Now it’s back in the format it truly deserves: a double vinyl edition, remastered by Stephan Mathieu, pressed at Record Industry, and limited to 200 hand-numbered copies.

We explore the tension between stasis and movement; drones, textures, and acoustic details shifting in and out of focus.

Purchase via Bandcamp: https://ardbit.bandcamp.com/album/marking-a-boundary-with-the-turning-point


All music by Ard Janssen & Radboud Mens
Mastered by Schwebung Mastering
Artwork & design by Ard Janssen

Manufactured by Record Industry
Distributed by Clone Distribution

Marking A Boundary With The Turning Point

Out Now

Projection

'Orientatation' is taken from the album 'Marking A Boundary With The Turning Point'

Marking A Boundary With The Turning Point, my collab with Radboud Mens, was first released as a limited CD on Shimmering Moods (50 copies, sold out during pre-order).

Now it’s back in the format it truly deserves: a double vinyl edition, remastered by Stephan Mathieu, pressed at Record Industry, and limited to 200 hand-numbered copies.

We explore the tension between stasis and movement; drones, textures, and acoustic details shifting in and out of focus.

Purchase via Bandcamp: https://ardbit.bandcamp.com/album/marking-a-boundary-with-the-turning-point

All music by Ard Janssen & Radboud Mens
Mastered by Schwebung Mastering
Artwork & design by Ard Janssen

Manufactured by Record Industry
Distributed by Clone Distribution

Orientation

'Perpendicular' is taken from the album 'Marking A Boundary With The Turning Point'

Marking A Boundary With The Turning Point, my collab with Radboud Mens, was first released as a limited CD on Shimmering Moods (50 copies, sold out during pre-order).

Now it’s back in the format it truly deserves: a double vinyl edition, remastered by Stephan Mathieu, pressed at Record Industry, and limited to 200 hand-numbered copies.

We explore the tension between stasis and movement; drones, textures, and acoustic details shifting in and out of focus.

Purchase via Bandcamp: ardbit.bandcamp.com/album/marking-a…e-turning-point

All music by Ard Janssen & Radboud Mens
Mastered by Schwebung Mastering
Artwork & design by Ard Janssen

Manufactured by Record Industry
Distributed by Clone Distribution

Perpendicular

Spirit Level I

Displacement

Field Recordings – 06 Vietnam is out now.

Available on my Bandcamp:
https://ardbit.bandcamp.com/album/field-recordings-06-vietnam

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Ard Bit is the artist project of Ard Janssen, a composer, sound designer and field recordist who creates audio sculptures which are subtle, layered and characterized with great detail.

His musical forms come about through free improvisation and systematic composition with a focus on minimalism.

https://ardbit.bandcamp.com/follow_me