Jozef van Wissem

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Jozef van Wissem in Mills Gallery, 2009
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Only Lovers Left Alive (with SQÜRL )
  DE 74 03/21/2014 (1 week)
  AT 53 03/21/2014 (1 week)

Jozef van Wissem (* 1962 in Maastricht ) is a Dutch lute player and composer. He works primarily at the interface between baroque lute music and modern avant-garde . The titles of his songs often have a Christian - mystical appeal.

Career

Van Wissem first learned classical guitar as a child , later he studied lute with Pat O'Brien , a well-known guitarist and lute teacher in New York . He became known through his collaboration with Jim Jarmusch , with whom he recorded two albums as a duo. In 2013, his soundtrack to Jarmusch's film Only Lovers Left Alive was awarded at the Cannes Film Festival . He also worked with James Blackshaw , Maurizio Bianchi and Tilda Swinton , and wrote the music for the Sims Medieval video game .

Jozef van Wissem lives in New York.

Ring

According to his own statements, van Wissem plays 6 to 10-string renaissance lutes , a medieval lute played with a feather and 11 to 16-string baroque lutes . He also uses guitar amps to create feedback effects .

Discography (selection)

  • 2009: Ex Patris (Important Records)
  • 2009: It Is All That Is Made (Important Records)
  • 2011: Concerning the Entrance Into Eternity (with Jim Jarmusch ; Important Records)
  • 2011: The Joy That Never Ends (Important Records)
  • 2012: Mystery of Heaven (with Jim Jarmusch; Sacred Bones Records)
  • 2013: Nihil Obstat (Important Records)
  • 2014: Only Lovers Left Alive (soundtrack to the film of the same name by Jim Jarmusch, together with SQÜRL; Naked Kiss Music)
  • 2019: An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil (with Jim Jarmusch; Sacred Bones Records)

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: Germany / Austria
  2. ↑ Jozef Van Wissem at New York Times, accessed December 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ VAN WISSEM, JOZEF. Retrieved June 16, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b The Out Door: Regression Is a Virtue on Pitchfork.com, accessed December 7, 2014.

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personal data
SURNAME Wissem, Jozef van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch lute player and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Maastricht