koen holtkamp

Koen Holtkamp co-founded the apestaartje collective/label in 1998 while studying at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Since then the label has relocated to Brooklyn and released CDs from artists from Japan, Germany, Austria, Australia, France, and the US. Holtkamp has released two solo albums as Aero and two albums as Mountains, a duo project with Brendon Anderegg. He has toured throughout the US and Europe performing everywhere from festivals, art galleries, and museums to basements, hippie communes, churches, and rock clubs. Holtkamp has performed with Fennesz, Tony Conrad, James Blackshaw, Tape, Nicholas Collins, Carsten Nicolai, Lichens, Supersilent, Alog, etc. His current solo performances utilize acoustic instruments and objects played through a series of both analog and digital electronics to create an extremely gradual and hypnotic listening experience. 'Field Rituals', his first solo album under his own name was released by UK based Type records in Oct 2008.