Rinus Van Alebeek
Rinus Van Alebeek is an electronic musician and performer born in Holland in 1956. He comes to music relatively late, having published two books in his home country under the pseudonym of Philip Markus, the first of which, published in 1991 in the Netherlands received the prize for best first novel.
His approach to musical improvisation is radical, and often based on sounds captured on their many trips through the U.S., Europe and the Maghreb countries. Rinus Van Alebeek using simple sound capturing systems like microphones connected to old Walkmans and dictaphones. During its concerts he mixes and processes many of its tapes with the help of a mixer and an effects pedal, creating powerful lo-fi sound collages between noise and pure poetry.
The artistic biography of Rinus Van Alebeek is divided by himself in two periods: prehistoric and historic The prehistoric period goes from the birth of Christ until the year 1989 a.c. The historic period begins in 1989 and it is divided in three categories: literature, visual arts and sound art.
Literature
1991 – 2000 (Amsterdam – Florence – Barcelona)
Publication of the novels “The Ancient Path to God” (pseudonym Philip Markus) (Geertjan Lubberhuizen Prize in 1991) and “The Word rescued (pseudonym Philip Markus) (AKO Prize nomination 1995). Mysterious disappearance of Philip Markus’ third book “The Invisible Book” in a phone booth somewhere in the south of Portugal. He is banned from the Dutch literary scene following a dispute over the publication of “Aisha.” Artist in Residence in Venice, Turin, Valle d’Alcantara and Castiglione del Terziere.
Visual Arts
1989 – 2000 (Florence – Cecina – Carrara)
Collaboration with Gianni Melotti, Massimo Bartolini, Frank Breidenbruch and Christophe Ghislain. Exhibitions in Rome, Milan and Castiglione del Terziere.
Sound Art
From 2000 (Barcelona – Amsterdam – Louisville – Málaga – Morocco – Castiglione del Terziere – Berlin)
An introduction to the wonderful world of sounds by the pioneers in the use of homemade tapes, Zan Hoffman and Jeff Surak. Sound works published on ZH27, Zeromoon, Foreign Lands, White Tapes, conv.net and Palustre.
Since 2005
Public appearances and participation in different festivals throughout 11 EU countries. Resident Artist in Ricadi (Calabria) and Ragusa (Sicily).
Since 2006
Promoter and curator of “Das Kleine Field Recordings Festival” in Berlin.
Most of Rinus’ noise compositions are designed to be presented live, facing the audience, using tape recorders and (mainly) pre-recorded environmental sounds. This component of Rinus Van Alebeek’s sound career is the one that deserves his biggest attention, in part by his belief that field recordings come from and are part of the aural tradition.
http://www.zeromoon.com/rinus/
In the very same place (Texas Bar, now Music Box Lisbon) where Wim Wenders shot a scene of his “The State of Things” movie (with Samuel Fuller), here are the sounds of Rinus’ great concert in Music Box, Lisbon (June, 13th 2007), organized by Binaural:
