Radboud Mens

Radboud Mens has been a sound-artist since the mid-eighties and is now living & working in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In 1988 he started creating audio-installations and noise-machines. In 1994 he started out releasing noise using the project-names "Hyware" and "Technoise", Hyware being very harsh noise and Technoise being rhythmic noise. As Hyware and Technoise he has done numerous noise-performances, standing-wave performances and concerts. Since 1997 he also started making music using his own name and has released a lot of vinyl and CD albums on many different labels like Staalplaat, Mutek and Touch. His music varies from electronic to conceptual music, sometimes almost ambient-drone-like and rhytmically often quite minimal. On labels like Audio-NL and Vynalogica he did a series of minimal-techno 12 inches. In live situations he also collaborates with video-artists like Remco Schuurbiers and Jpech. Together with Dan Armstrong he is the founder of the ERS label. As if it is not enough, he also was a dj for the Amsterdam free radio station Radio 100, where he did a show entitled "Earbitten", for 16 years; between 1986 and 2003.