Jun 16th, 2010
Unofficial (School assignment) composition for Audi Commercial
My take on Audi. Epic, high-tech, and powerful. Influenced by Hans Zimmer, (film music), Philip Glass (minimal music), Flying Lotus (hip-hop) and Alva Noto (glitch).
Jun 16th, 2010
Future Ballet (2008)
Dark but soothing experimental electronica with piano and cello. Satie was my inspiration for the piano. The grand noises are influenced by Sigur Rós and other post-rock bands. The main effect I used was the crazy little freeware VST plug-in called Crazy Ivan.
Feb 21st, 2010
Minimal Music Study June 2009
This is a minimal music piece in which a wind instrument and a piano together create polyrhythmic patterns, which means for example that the piano can play a small 3 counts loop and the wind instrument a 20 counts loop. The harmonies and melody slowly evolve. There’s also a focus on volume dynamics. There’s some [...]
Feb 16th, 2010
Rain Steam And Speed
Inspired by J. M. W. Turner’s painting Rain, Steam And Speed – The Great Western Railway I made this collage of processed and edited samples from classical instruments. The deep drones are influenced by Sunn O))) and Murcof. I only used a couple of samples: 1) a part of ‘Cello Fundamentals’ by richtcello via freesound.org: [...]
Jan 15th, 2010
Live laptop versus cello improvisation with Dianne Verdonk @ Zaal 100
Last night Dianne and I presented our partly improvised 10 minute work for cello and electronics. Influences range from beat driven electronica like Murcof, Burial to ambient like Fennesz to classical music. Click to listen and download recordings, and read a review.
May 15th, 2009
Sound Design / Music for short film ‘Zure Melk’
I composed eery drones, ambient music and sound effects for this dark, picturesque, Dutch, short film.
Mar 15th, 2009
Music/Sound for ‘Vals Alarm’ (HKU Student film assignment)
As a first year music student I worked with first year video students who were making this short film. It was an experiment of tension and suspense. Vals Alarm (2009) from Rutger Muller on Vimeo.