Hessel Veldman

<p>Today’s guest deejay is <a href="https://stroomtv.bandcamp.com/album/eigen-boezem" title="Hessel Veldman">Hessel Veldman</a>.</p> <p>I met Hessel through Soundwave guest deejay <a href="http://www.harroldroeland.nl/?lang=nl" title="Harrold Roeland">Harrold Roeland</a> (listen to Harrold’s mix <a href="http://josephaleo.com/blog/soundwave-38-harrold-roeland/" title="SOUNDWAVE : 38 : HARROLD ROELAND">here</a> and <a href="http://josephaleo.com/blog/soundwave-96-harrold-roeland/" title="SOUNDWAVE : 96 : HARROLD ROELAND">here</a>). I asked Harrold who he thought would share a mix on Soundwave, and he recommended Hessel. I would have extended an invitation to Hessel based solely on Harrold’s word. However, listening to Hessel’s albums on his Bandcamp page merely confirmed Harrold’s regard for Hessel’s music.</p> <p>Hessel is a musician, composer, and producer. In the 60s, Hessel’s fascination with electronic audio devices, in combination with a preference for writing and performing extremely idiosyncratic music, created a wide range of experimental electro-acoustic music, sound-poetry, and contemporary music radio productions.</p> <p>Hessel ran a private cassette label <a href="https://www.discogs.com/label/99574-Exart" title="Exart">Exart</a> from 1982 to 1995 and released work under various pseudonyms such as Y Create, Forbidden Photographs, and Gorgonzola Legs. More recently, he has released <em><a href="https://winter-light.bandcamp.com/album/ymuiden" title="Ymuiden">Ymuiden</a></em>, <em><a href="https://bedouinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/epox" title="EPoX">EPoX</a></em> with <a href="https://martijncomes.bandcamp.com" title="Martijn Comes">Martijn Comes</a>, and has a track featured in the <em><a href="https://halmcgee.bandcamp.com/album/daredevil-meditations" title="Daredevil Meditations">Daredevil Meditations</a></em> compilation album.</p> <p>Join us next weekend when our guest deejay will be <a href="https://surveychannel.bandcamp.com" title="Survey Channel">Survey Channel</a>.</p> <p>See you then.</p