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esther venrooy

esthervenrooy

About Me


More music on www.esthervenrooy.com and http://www.entracte.co.uk
Esther Venrooy (°1974, Rosmalen, The Netherlands) is a composer and sound artist working in the field of electronic music.
After completing studies in classical saxophone, Venrooy attended the European Dance Development Center (Arnhem) as a composer in residence, where she began employing electronic and digital techniques in pieces aimed at choreography and stage performance. Gradually her music evolved into an independent means of expression and she continued her work with electronica at the IPEM (Institute for Psycho-acoustics and Electronic Music) in Ghent, Belgium where she still resides. At this time she started utilizing film editing paradigms as a foundation for her personal composition methods.
Her works range from purely electronic composed music to improvised combinations of electronica with traditional or ethnic instruments. She has created site-specific works as well as multimedia performances and installations. Much of her music has been released on CD or vinyl and has received good critical response.
Esther Venrooy has performed her music extensively for audiences in cities such as Antwerp, Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin, Madrid, Hamburg, Cologne, The Hague, New York and Washington DC.
Apart from her artistic activities, Venrooy is a lecturer on 20th century music and experimental arts at the Ghent school of fine arts, where she also runs an audio workshop. Together with her husband she runs Odradek - an organization that curates events, releases and concerts dedicated to sound art and innovative or experimental music. Venrooy also presides the board of the (k-raa-k)3 organization.
OUT NOW: the spiral staircase lp (entr'acte E50) // video: lieve d'hondt

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/24/2006
Band Website: esthervenrooy.com
Influences: Vaclav Nelhybel, Raymond Roussel, Louis and Bebe Barron, Mechthild von Leusch, Murray Fontana, Ditterich Von Euler-Donnersperg, Eliane Radigue, Clara Rockmore, Raymond Dijkstra, Asmus Tietchens, MSBR, Joji Yuasa, Oskar Sala, Akin Fernandez, Tina Tuschemess, Raymond Scott, Ain Soph, Otto Luening, Adolf Wölfli, Anestis Logothetis, Edmond De Deyster, Milton Babbitt, Werkbund , Delia Debyshire, the True Hedonists, Bernard Parmegiani, Af Ursin, Max E. Keller, Edgard Varèse, Metgumbnerbone, Morton Feldman, Dr. E. Molenbeek, John Cage and Babs Santini
Sounds Like: a leaky faucet in the appartment above yours at 3 am.

The Spiral Staircase LP , 2008
Entr’acte E50

shift coordinate points LP , 2006
Entr’acte E30

Hout CD (with Frederic Croene, piano) , 2005
roborecords robo008

to shape volumes, repeat CD , 2004
roborecords robo002


Record Label: Entr'acte and Robo Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New tracks!

I added 3 fragments from the Spiral Staircase and 3 fragments from my collaboration project with pianist Heleen Van Haegenborgh. Enjoy!...
Posted by esther venrooy on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:28:00 PST

No real nuts, no apples, no garlic

Hosted By: Entr'acte / Odradek / NetwerkWhen: Saturday Oct 20, 2007 at 8:30 PMWhere: Netwerk/center for contemporary art Houtkaai z/n Aalst, BelgiumDescription:an Entr'acte label night feat. Marc Beh...
Posted by esther venrooy on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:30:00 PST

"The Spiral Staircase" nearing completion

The lacquer master of "The Spiral Staircase" (courtesy of the notorious Rashad at D&B, Berlin) has been shipped off to the record pressing plant, so now there's little left to do but wait for the test...
Posted by esther venrooy on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:59:00 PST

two newish pieces

two new(ish) tracks on my profile page:* "untitled (with heleen van haegenborgh)" is a first attempt from an as yet unnamed project with pianist heleen van haegenborgh* "untitled (with min xiao-fen)" ...
Posted by esther venrooy on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:22:00 PST

New audio posted

I've posted three excerpts from "The Spiral Staircase".Enjoy!
Posted by esther venrooy on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:33:00 PST