InDepth Imprint presents Analog Fragments with UFO95, Hadone, Raär, Clara D and Initial Code

After several years as a platform dedicated to fostering musical and artistic dialogue, InDepth, is evolving into a new chapter : InDepth Imprint. This bold transformation marks the birth of a record label rooted in collaborative innovation and experimental soundscapes.

Anchored at the renowned Willem Twee Studios in the Netherlands, InDepth Imprint promises to bridge the avant-garde and the dancefloor with a unique artistic ethos. To inaugurate this new direction, InDepth Imprint presents a double-release project, showcasing the work of five Belgium-based artists: Hadone, UFO95, Raär, Initial Code, and Clara D.

Melding the Experimental with the Club Culture

At the heart of this project lies an ambitious challenge: to intertwine the avant-garde, experimental roots of Willem Twee Studios with music destined for the dancefloor.

The studio’s collection includes instruments such as analog computers, nuclear instrument modules (NIM), and early voltage-controlled synthesizers, originally designed for scientific purposes rather than music. Iconic figures like Stockhausen, Maderna, Varèse, and Xenakis demonstrated the musical potential of such tools, paving the way for their use in contemporary electronic compositions.

The Studio Willem Twee Studio itself functions as a singular, massive synthesizer, where tools like sine and pulse generators, early filters, and tape recorder techniques, essential to early musique concrète, offer near-limitless possibilities. Through this rich, historical instrumentation, InDepth Imprint’s artists have crafted a sound that pays homage to the pioneers of electronic music while carving out fresh paths in modern dance and experimental genres.

These artists came together for an intensive residency and a day of improvisational jams at Willem Twee Studio, a space defined by its extraordinary collection of mid-20th-century analog test and measurement instruments repurposed for musical creation.