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De Haan

About Me


My full name is Michiel de Haan. I am an electro-acoustic composer with an interest in the cohesion between electronic and acoustic sound. I strongly believe that all sound is one. The raw quality of my music is perhaps best reflected by the world that surrounds me; coming from above the famous Dutch light with its almost silver like quality, around me a country that is for 99 percent cultivated.
The very open society that Holland is. The ever present (over)flow of information with yet always a possibility to consciously shut of from this obtrusive outside world is something that is always present in my work. The constant exchange between public and private, between nature and culture, between acoustic and electronic. In such a world in flux it’s essential to “know yourself”. So my voice, and the words I use, is very important to me.
I do not try to comment on or to describe the world around me with my music. That world is part of who I am and what I do and thus automatically a part of my music.
The music I make is my expression of lucidity.

I am also a member of De Haan/Spruit , where I play guitar and create the occasional mix-track for Marc (turntables) to mix with. We do play live now and then. So if you want to hear, meet or greet be invited! .


De Haan/Spruit are experimental musicians and long-time friends Marc Spruit and Michiel de Haan from Alphen a/d Rijn (NL) whose guitar and turntablism work results in dynamic and intense improvisations with carefully-placed silence playing a vital role.

My Interests

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Member Since: 7/25/2007
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Releases I have been involved with:


Michiel de Haan:

Crania Draft Massif



With my work “True Dreams”

Upcoming releases:
De Haan/Spruit:

Radical Improvisations



Track listing: Take 33/34/36/37/38/21/28/40/43

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Radical Improvisations 2nd Pressing



Track listing: Take 33/34/37/28/40

Buy a copy for the price of 7,50 Euro (ex p&p)
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Upcoming releases:

Schoonhoven



Sounds Like: True Dreams
Record Label: Unsigned

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To get all this text of the site but to keep it available for those interested I'm posting it here in this blog. About my track "True Dreams" for the Fourier Transform release CRANIA DRAFT MASS...
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