Music and artwork crafted by squishy fleshy human beings.
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This music expresses the joy of weaving sounds, textures and rhythms together.
Some older artwork made by models, when they were still silly.

T.D.

Hi there. I'm Jonas Ruchenhever. Between 2005 and 2013 I created audio collages, soundscapes, radio art, ambient, noise and drone music. Some of my work has been self-released, some has been published by labels such as Nostalgie de la boue, Pocket Fields, Industrial Culture, suRRism-Phonoethics, A.M.P.-RECS and Smeraldina-Rima. ~ After a very long hiatus, I'm sort of back, occasionally putting out stuff from the archives. ☺︎ ~ Thank you for listening. ♡ Much appreciated. — Peace

Antifesto is a creative alias of Bert-Jan Zuiderduin, a Dutch composer and sound-designer who doubles as a psychotherapist in private practice and at a human rights charity in London.

Bert-Jan originally studied Art and Media Technology at the University of Utrecht before going on to study composition at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. As greatest influences he cites Conlon Nancarrow and Morton Feldman. 

Through his later psychotherapy studies and practice, Bert-Jan stumbled across Carl Jung’s theory of the Transcendent Function, which describes a dialectic transformative process very much akin to his own way of writing. In essence, this theory describes two opposing forces joining to create a third. 

Bert-Jan’s work juxtaposes often contrasting ideas or even techniques. Makes use of extremely structured as well as completely improvised or accidental material. Another characteristic is the simultaneous occurrence of repetition and continuous change as has also been explored in minimalist music.

Previously, Bert-Jan worked more conceptually, for example his work ‘Beauty Sleepers’ existing of field recording made in Teylers Museum, Haarlem, where the composer attempted to bring back to life the ‘sleeping’ scientific instruments from bygone ages. There was even an electronic homage to Frank Zappa (‘20.000.000 False Moustaches Can’t be Wrong’).


Album:
https://antifesto.bandcamp.com/album/the-hearsayologist

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