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Hans van Eck

Blind Area (LP)

Label: Dead Mind Records

Format: LP

Genre: Electronic

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€18.90
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* 250 copies* Hans van Eck started composing music in 1976 and was trained in electronic music at the Institute of Sonology by Jaap Vink, Frits Weiland and Gottfried-Michael Koenig. He studied Musicology at the University of Amsterdam and received lessons in composition by Daan Manneke. His works are performed all over Europe by his own Schreck Ensemble and others.  The Blind Area cassette, released in 1987 by Decay International, compiles several of his early electronic compositions. They serve as an evocation of the blind areas of our minds where only fantasy, intuition and imagination can guide us. Music as a means to illuminate the hidden parts of our soul to discover the mythical world behind everyday life.  

For this reissue, 3 central pieces of the original tape are complemented by 2 more recent compositions of somber timbres. Industrial undertones, open spaces and slow waves of pure, refined sound are the key ingredients, but Van Eck adds a subtle, narrative structure for a hypnotic, haunting and elegant experience. A self-contained world with echoes of predecessors like Jean-Claude Risset or Guy Reibel.

Details
Cat. number: DMR45
Year: 2021
Notes:
A1: 1983 - studio Marcel Duchamps, Institute of Musicology, Amsterdam A2: 1995-2020 - home studio B1: 1985 - Institute of Sonology B2: 1984 - Institute of Sonology B3: 1995-2020 - home studio All music and photo front cover: Hans van Eck Mastering: Jos Smolders Layout: Johnny van de Koolwijk 50 copies with a signed and hand numbered print & extra inserts as part of a mailorder package deal from the label.