Mouches Volantes

Mouches Volantes is a soundscape and beat collage duo from The Hague consisting of Thijs Geritz and Wouter Blok, two graphic designers that ventured into the world of sound in 2007. Their music ranges between relaxing drones, unsettling soundscapes, harmonics and danceable beats.

41 - Live @ Kernel Panic 11 in 330Live Den Haag

Performed live in 330Live, The Hague, on may 17th 2013.

05-18
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40 - Mélopée Mécanique

We started rehearsing again after 3 months of other projects. This is a 9 minute capture of some of yesterdays improvisations.

04-08
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39 - Live @ Radio Tonka

45 minutes of pure imporvisation. Live @ Radio Tonka September 28th 2011.

10-20
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38 - Improvisation (March 9th, 2012)

After rehearsing and playing our set for Kernel Panic 6 twice, we did this 23 minute improvisation. We hope you enjoy it.

03-11
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37 - Improvisation 001 (October 8th, 2011)

This is the first recording that we've presented on Archive.org. The recordings presented there are examples of improvisations without predetermined goals, blending field recordings with movie dialogues and pretty much any sound we can get our hands on. From sessions like these tracks and compositions will eventually emerge and crystallize into a solid form.

10-09
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36 - Captcha

Completely Automated Public Turing-test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. Captcha is a spin-off of our latest live set improvisations. And don't forget we have a Facebook Fan Page now.

07-20
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34 - Encore 02 | from our livestream concert

After the Livestream concert we did on august 18th we did an improvised encore. We thought it was nice so here it is. We will perform live on-line again soon. Check twitter, facebook or mouches-volantes-music.com for more information.

08-21
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33 - Sound is a traveling wave

The work of Mouches Volantes can really be split into two kinds of music. The first kind is beat orientated and consists of layered rhythms. The second kind is sample orientated; we use recordings of the world around us (our city, our workplace, the movies we watch etc.) and turn them into a piece. The first kind we call "Beat collage" and the second kind is in fact "Musique Concrète". That's

06-13
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30 - Bitte verlassen Sie das Gebäude.

Bitte verlassen Sie das Gebäude is our latest improvised track. The title was taken from a recording made on new years eve a couple of years ago.

03-29
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28 - LTK/XXX

Finally a new podcast. This version of LTK/XXX was recorded in one go last saturday. We recommend playing it loud!

12-07
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