Henk Bakker: musician, composer, organiser.

1995-2008:  activities to keep myself warm and reasonably fed. I am working as an allround team member with the WORM group, as a programmaker, webstation manager, radiomaker, organiser& producer and studiomanager. www.wormweb.nl/www.wormstation.nl
Presently also Audio-editor for Praudioguide projects (www.praudioguide.nl)

1999/2008 RADIO
An ongoing long term project involving the production of RadioWORM, various radioplays, supplying several international radiostations and manifestations like SAIT, DEAF, De Concertzender, Radio Resonance London, RebootFM Berlin, Radioswap in Brussel en de NPS. Participant in various radiofora in Amsterdam, Berlijn, Halle.

2005/2006
Playing bassclarinet (in combination with cello) for T.R.A.S.H, modern dance/theatre company from Tilburg
New Theatrework with Carina Molier: House of the Future
RadioPlays: Blood Electric (http://podcasts.resonancefm.com/archives/category/shows/the-sunday-play)

2007/2008/2009
Playing bassclarinet for T.R.A.S.H, modern dance/theatre company from Tilburg Studioworx with Malorix Trio with Steve Beresford and L.Simonis

Radiodocs for vpro-radio with Team TCHM: Venlove; The new Buzz
RadioProductions: coming up next: WORM T Schippers presents...(4 hour special on radio 6) 15-11-08

New Radio Play: Ghosts (december 2008)

 Here's a selection of the stuff i did and do or was involved in the past 20 years. It involves impro, modern chamber music, multi media theatre, modern dance, abstract film. Music styles are elektro-accoustic, digital, modern composed and improvised, pop, noise, avant rock, techno, soundscapes. The tools i work with vary from several elektronical hard and software, to the average cd and record players, samplers, synthesizers, filters, effects and transistorradios and so on.

Theatre
In collaboration with director C Molier i've realised several multimedia dynamic theatre installations/plays, by means of compositions, and interactive soundscapes (performed live)
-Chelsea Girl, Zuid Zuid West, Big Boy (NesTheaters), Ruigoord De Geboorte en Ruigoord II- (Toneelgroep Amsterdam), Queen and King (Paradiso/Melkweg Prod.)
Other smaller plays:
-Terminus by Caren Klaes,
-Abelard en Heloise by Eric-Ward Geerlings and Lucas Simonis -  (and the institute of affordable madness)
Filmprojects with the Alliage Orkest of the Rotterdam musicianplatform; composition and performances with the inevitable Vertov’s Man with the camera
-Composition and live performance with abstract movies  by  Bart Vegter,  Forest Views-
Chambermusic: modern composed, live improvised
-Duoprogram with fluteplayer and innovator Anne Laberge, solo’s en duo’s with live elektroniks.
-Trio NU modern compositions for flute, bassclarinet and piano
-Projectes with poet/performer Cor Gout
-Co-Producer of parts of the  Recyclops project(disko B)
-Trio Aim: improvisations with Arend Niks en Wilbert de Joode
-Paul Termos Dubbel Express, (new Dutch swing) -
-Soloprogramma; Bassclarinet Culture (compositions, improvisations en soundsculptures)
-Duo Friederich/Bakker  (techno,ambient,jungle,) -
-Co-producer en participator van Recyclopedia(D) - jaren 90 plunderphonics
-Gates (project by Gerard van Dongen with Ann laBerge, Peter van Bergen - compositions en improvisations with interactif elektroniks),
-Project by artist William van Engelen (grafcal improvisations). 
-Elektronik Quartet TEC 97  with Huib Emmer, Artur Sauer and Frans Friederich
- Gerard van Dongen 5tet (akkoestical improvisation) -
- Project met Bart van Dongen (elektro-akkoestical improvisation)
Various elektronikal projects
- Heimseh;  excercizes in techno with composer Huib Emmer
- Henry and Joe;  Alternating and processing in digital realm; (with Johan de Koeyer, aka Donkey Hare Joe)
- Static Tics; with L Simonis (digital improv) -
- Hek, drBadvibes/hekvibes: solo studio productions with digital tools  and elektro-accoustical improvisations
- Subterranean: duo project with Jelmer C. elektro-accoustical musics; combination between digital percussion and bassclarinet



discog.

Recyclopedia b - Friederich
De arte venandi - estos no son pagagos
Recyclopedia C - Friederich
Ambush -  Dull Schicksal
Recyclopedia D - Friederich
Recyc;lopedia E - Friederich
Recyclopedia G - Friederich
Drone joke yeah -  donkey hare joe
Hard disko 1 - (Recyclops)Recyclops
Dikke mannen - Dull Schicksal
Death dance of principals - Paul Termos
Kraakgeluiden - samplercd
RadioWORM - various issues

Musically i started out listening and experimenting with various selfmade stuff (tapes,loops, radio) and noncertificate use of excisting excotic wind and percussion instruments and some selfstudies of non western musics, expanding into semi electronical realms by various use of tapedecks, cassetteplayers and loops, lots of loops. Picked up the clarinet and flute, fell in love with the bassclarinet and started as an improviser and expanded this also with the use of electronics and tape collages. Studied solo bassclarinet from '87 till '92 at the conservatory (yes i got my diplomas!) in Utrecht with H. Sparnaay- mostly modern chamber music (with tape compositions as well), did some course (i looked over his shoulder) with elektronic pioneer/composer T Bruynel.
After wich I mixed it all up with improvisational and experimental soundstuff and elektroniks and lived happily after. I did many projects in bands and ensembles, ad hoc stuff, in all kinds of directions.