Artist Gerard Herman sets Antwerp based producer Hiele's track “Brain” to a video montage of buzzing wildlife
“...Absurd is a good word for it”, says Belgian producer Roman Hiele, discussing his music with writer Louis Pattison in The Wire 444. “It’s not meant to make you laugh, but there’s a controlled unease there.”
Hiele, who also runs Antwerp bar and music venue Table Dance with his partner Michelle Woods, started experimenting with analogue synthesizers and drum machines whilst studying double bass at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp.
The musician released three albums in 2020, all made up of material accrued over a five year period at Stockholm’s EMS and his own home recording space De Ziltige Olijf. This featured track “Brain”, with visuals by Gerard Herman, is taken from Hiele's latest album Sings, released on Dennis Tyfus’s label Ultra Eczema in December 2020.
Read more about Hiele's recent releases, influences and community venue in The Wire 444. Subscribers can access the article via the digital archive.
