Hessel Veldman

Hessel Veldman (1956), musician, composer and radio-producer, started his search for uncomfortable music during his teens. An early fascination for electronic noise and dissonance, from the beginning of the 1970s, in combination with a preference for writing and performing extremely idiosyncratic music, has created a wide range of experimental compositions and radio productions. For the Dutch broadcasting company VPRO, Hessel produced his first experimental solo work '[r=9732457]' (1980). During the Holland Festival of 1983 in Amsterdam, '[a=Portable Vaudeville]' with [a=Willem De Ridder] was created. Four nights in a row this sound-poetry show was presented in the Schouwburg in Amsterdam. Under the name [a=FNTC] many experimental radio plays were made during the 80s and 90s and broadcasted worldwide. Via his private cassette label [l=Exart] (1982-1995), music albums and video productions were released under all kinds of artists-names (including [a=Y Create] [electro-psych-pop], Forbidden Photographs [noise], [a=Gorgonzola Legs] [impro industrial-jazz; a live on stage experience], Austin & Kelly [plunderphonics]). And since the last few years, after the release of the CD '[r=412103]' in 2004 on EE Tapes, Hessel regularly performs solo or together with other like-minded artists on special request. In 2004 Hessel Veldman started producing for Concertzender public-radio in The Netherlands.