BIO - Henk Bakker

when I first started making music there was only sound and rhythm that was important, that spoke directly to me, strings on a guitar, (african) drumming and selfmade woodwind instruments (the calebas things with reeds) asian flutes and khenes. I was only concerned with what I was doing, I, we, in the moment. later when jamming with other people when I played bassclarinet early on, I am getting curious as to what these melodic changes are, also people telling me I don’t know what I am doing. It’s all good, it’s all learning and I did learn in bands, workshops and conservatory. I can play difficult notes, but I return to the sound, the texture, the layers and the rhythms and breath, the strange beautiful in betweens, be with the spirits. possibly looking for my roots, a city dweller dreaming of islands. Is it possible not to refer to other musics and cosmossss.

I envy the cool and courageous that just lay it down, with a beautiful beat and simple melody and embrace and revive all that came before, hail to those.

H S Bakker

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a musician operating & moving in electro-accoustic, improvised and chamber musics. & over the years has been involved in numerous musical activities (sound forms and concepts and products) in many styles and concepts, autonomous musics and applied forms for other arts.

living in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

plays

Bass Clarinet, Alto and B-Flat Clarinet. And work with Software applications in PD, MAxMsp, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Superlooper, Ardour, Logic.
Hardware Devices I use to construct and develope soundscapes are currently: Mikro Modular, MachineDrum, Sherman Filterbank, Waldorf Q, Emu 4000 and 5000, Ensonic.

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dutch improv , conservatory. // rotterdam, worm, klangendum. between 1997 and 2012 studio and radio producer & currently as part of Dr Klangendum w/ dr L Simonis

currently working as sound conceptualist and cosmic-henk in instinctive neighbourhoods w/ dr. G Miotto

H S Bakker

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