Core Practice
Music and sound direction in collaborative projects across fashion, choreography, performance, contemporary art, and moving image contexts, with a focus on sonic dramaturgy.
DJ / CLUB PRACTICE (Background)
Amsterdam-based DJ and curator working within underground club culture, experimental electronic music and interdisciplinary club contexts. This practice forms the foundation of my current work in fashion, performance and interdisciplinary sound production. Founder / curator: Club Lederhosen, interdisciplinary club nights combining music, performance and visual art.
Selected Club Performances
Paradiso & Melkweg (Radio Soulwax context — David & Stephen Dewaele / 2manydjs)
OCCII / Trouw (Verdieping) / Sugar Factory (Amsterdam club circuit)
HÖR Berlin (live stream performance)
Melkweg (supporting international acts, 2004–2014)
Electronation — (2002-2003) resident DJ for the Electronation club nights, performing at various venues throughout the Netherlands
International DJ Contexts
Brussels — Wax Club
Berlin — B-Lage
HÖR
Berlin
Paris — fashion show context
Cultural Frameworks & Festivals
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE)
SOTU Festival (Sounds of the Underground)
N8 (Museum Night editions incl. FOAM / Rocket Cinema, Oude Kerk)
5 Days Off (dj support LCD Soundsystem)
Curatorial Practice
Club Lederhosen — interdisciplinary club nights (Amsterdam)
Fashion Rave — Club Lederhosen (Doka, OT301)
Dance programming — SOTU Festival (OT301, OCCII)
FASHION / COUTURE & RUNWAY PRACTICE
Music and sound contributions for fashion shows, runway presentations and interdisciplinary fashion contexts.
Amsterdam Fashion Week
Copenhagen Fashion Week
Paris Fashion week contexts
Selected fashion collaborations:
Tess van Zalinge
Natan Couture
Duran Lantink
Zyanya Keizer
Marlou Breuls
Ting Gong
Liselore Frowijn
Jan Cerny
Verena Michels
Marianna Ladreyt
Additional fashion context:
Iris van Herpen — music research assistance for Salvador Breed (Crystallization and various collections)
Institutional contexts
Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Fashion Department)
ArtEZ University of the Arts (Fashion Design)
Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) — Individuals series (A/W & S/S collections)
INTERDISCIPLINARY / PERFORMANCE / INSTALLATION & MOVING IMAGE
Selected collaborative works providing sound and music for choreography, performance, fashion, installation and moving image contexts.
Acid Obsession — audiovisual work
Tess van Zalinge — Momentum (Copenhagen Fashion Week)
Hope Is a Muscle That Allows Us to Connect — De Nijverheid, Utrecht (2024)
Ting Gong — Holocube (installation / performance)
We Are Muze — Hotel d’Avaray, Paris
Fashion Rave – Club Lederhosen (OT301)
Begehrlich — Club Lederhosen (Doka)
Conny Groenewegen (Electric Co) — moving image work
Surim Kim — Mahura (short film)
Exhibitions & Projects
2024
Hope is a Muscle That Allows Us to Connect / Midnight Masquerade — sound art, concept and interdisciplinary installation, in collaboration with scenographer Eleni Palogou.
2022
Niet Meer Normaal — photography, collaborative art project by Anouk Kruithof (online exhibition, Kunstkerk Dordrecht).
2019
New Order of Fashion — music for video by Karin Vlug / Unseam (Dutch Design Week).
2019
Individuals, Gen 26 — sound and performance contribution (Mediamatic, Amsterdam).
2017
Holocube — sound design for installation by Ting Gong (WOW Amsterdam).
2017
Holocube — sound design for installation by Ting Gong (Amsterdam Fashion Week, Westerliefde, Amsterdam).
2013
Seduction Pt. 1 — concept for pop-up art exhibition, music composition for fashion performance, exhibition photography (DOKA, Amsterdam).
2013
Wunderkammer — editorial photography for art newspaper (Museum Katharinenhof Kranenburg, Germany).
2009
The Moi Non Plus Remixed — music remix (CD publication in book format), released via Subbacultcha (W139, Amsterdam).
2008
Unknown Pleasures — installation (The No, one-person disco), secret music remix (Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen), curated by artist Lutz Baumann.
EARLY PERFORMANCE WORKS
The No — Live audiovisual performance (Paradiso & Melkweg — Radio Soulwax context)
The No — Dance Performance (with Michele Rizzo – choreography, Tommy & Fernando)
Paradiso — ErrorKrew (2008)
The No — Allegro for Kate Moss (with Renée Keuken – visuals)
FOAM — The Kate Show, Museum Night (2006)
RADIO / BROADCAST
Red Light Radio (2016–2017)
Intergalactic FM (2025)
Radio-Activity (SALTO) (2005)
DFM Radio (2004–2006)
MUSIC & SOUND PROJECTS
The No (electronic music project – early works)
Experimental compositions, sound works and independent releases.
Independent releases and collaborations across labels and compilations
Selected works:
“Acid Obsession” (2023) — Intellitronic Bubble
“The Hours” — Hunter Complex Remix
“Scrumptious Monster” (2013)
“I Lie” (2009) – The Moi Non Plus Remixed
“Machinefabriek Remixed” (2007)
“Radio In My Head” (2006)
“Pleasant Malfunctions” (2006)
EDUCATION / INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
Gerrit Rietveld Academie — Fashion Department (2013–2019)
— music direction, DJ sets, student coaching
ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem — Fashion Design (2014, 2015, 2024, 2025)
— musical consultancy, DJ sets
Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) — Individual collections (2014–2024)
— original composition, sound design, music direction, DJ sets
Lectures & workshop
Buma Music In Motion (2024)
Sandberg Instituut (2018)
Gerrit Rietveld Academie (2018)
Club FOAM (2006)