Gert-Jan Prins

Born 1961 in Ijmuiden, the Netherlands, Gert-Jan Prins has been known for twenty years as one of the most challenging sound artists in the Netherlands and established himself as one of the central electronic performers in improvised music. His unique self-developed live-electronics make use of radio and transmitter technology, and create sounds with great physical energy. Prins focuses on percussive and environmental noise creating a music that's characterized by pure rawness in volume and sound, but also utilizing subtlety in color through specific use of scraping, rasping and other noise sounds.
Prins collaborates with Keith Rowe, Thomas Lehn, Thomas Ankersmit, Cor Fuhler (The Flirts), Pita and Fennesz. He has performed throughout Europe and the Americas.