This Sunday, May 15, in the Riga Art Space “Noass” his new album “Behold! The well-known Dutch composer Jozef van Wissem will perform during the I Make All Things New concert tour.
Joseph van Visem is a Dutch avant-garde composer and lute musician who has chosen Brooklyn, New York, USA as his home in recent years.
He studied lute in the 1990s in America, and his solo albums have been released under the auspices of Important Records, a record label that also works with musicians such as The Dresden Dolls, Acid Mothers Temple, and Keiji Haino. Merzbow ”,“ Xiu Xiu ”and others. And – Joseph van Visem is a long-time collaborator with cult director Jim Jarmus – in 2013 the composer received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Soundtrack for the film’s “Only Lovers Left Alive”.
In his new album, which saw the light of day two months ago, the musician returns to the minimalist and neoclassical style that characterizes his early works. “Behold! I Make All Things New is an instrumental album recorded in Warsaw and Rotterdam from 2019 to 2021.
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