Bio

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OK a short bio.

I'm Rob (from the Netherlands) performing as Beat Bike Messenger. I generate music on an indoor bike using Bluetooth sensors and a laptop. The music responds to the physics of both bike and rider; it is rhythmic and melodic, though the rhythm, melody, and harmonies may turn out weird.

I use software I coded myself in an ancient Atari ST dialect, running inside an emulator. Influences go back to my formative years -late sixties and early seventies- with names like NEU!, Soft Machine and Gong. I played in rock bands for decades but finally found a way to combine my two passions, music and cycling.

I consider myself mainly as a sideshow, a fairground filler in between real artists.

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