Rutger Zuydervelt / Machinefabriek

The track was made with a sample taken from an unmarked tape found in a second hand memo recorder I bought. On the cassette are home-made rehearsal recordings from an opera singer. Now that was a nice surprise!

'Stemcassette' appears on my new Lijnverkenning album.
Check out the release on @quietdetails.bsky.social

quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/lijnve...

Joachim Badenhorst's Youran Youran is the latest project led by clarinetist and saxophonist Joachim Badenhorst. He brings together an idiosyncratic group of performers and musicians, with Tsubasa Hori on taiko and koto, Simon Je...

Amazing news... Joachim Badenhorst's YOURAN project (which me on electronics) will be performing at Rewire, The Hague, on April 10. Psyched!

www.rewirefestival.nl/artist/joach...

Listening party, tonight... Join us! :-)

qd46 Machinefabriek - Lijnverkenning Listening Party from quiet details Listening Party from quiet details.

There's a listening party tommorrow! Come join us:
quietdetails.bandcamp.com/merch/qd46-m...

Lijnverkenning, by Machinefabriek 8 track album

Out now on quiet details: 'Lijnverkenning'. Available as download and limited edition CD (with a continuous mix of the tracklist).

quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/lijnve...

Coming soon - qd46 Machinefabriek - Lijnverkenning

Very happy to announce that next in the quiet details series with an interpretation of deep textural beauty, is legendary Dutch musician, sound-artist and graphic designer, Rutger Zuydervelt, here as Machinefabriek

@machinefabriek.bsky.social

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CRXSSINGS (fundraiser for City Plaza), by various artists 34 track album

Klara Lewis, Laurence English, Mark Fell, Jim O'Rourke, Christine Vantzou, Jan Jelinek, Leyland Kirby, Lucretia Dalt, and many many more.

I've changed it to a free download (so you can donate to the GoFundMe instead ;-)

Check it out here:
crxssings.bandcamp.com/album/crxssi...

CRXSSINGS (fundraiser for City Plaza), by various artists 34 track album

A few years back, he and I organized a compilation, 'curating' duos to make an exclusive track for this fundraiser for City Plaza, a -now defunct- refugee center in Greece.

We managed to get quite some super duos on this album, including artists like...

Donate to Support Gabriel's Cancer Recovery, organized by Temple of the Waters Our dear friend Gabriel has been diagnosed with cancer. He and his long-time pa… Temple of the Waters needs your support for Support Gabriel's Cancer Recovery

So sad to read about Gabriel Saloman Mindel's Stage 4 lung cancer... There's a GoFundMe fundraiser for his treatment, to be found here:

www.gofundme.com/f/support-ga...

I wrote a new Substack post about my 2012 album 'Stroomtoon', which is now 'pay what you want' on Bandcamp....

Read it here:
machinefabriek.substack.com/publish/post...

And find the album here:
machinefabriek.bandcamp.com/album/stroom...

Spelonk, by Machinefabriek 3 track album

Hi there!

Spelonk, my new solo album on Crónica, has just been released.
It can be found here:
cronica.bandcamp.com/album/spelonk

I also just made a new Substack post, which is here:
machinefabriek.substack.com/p/machinefabriek-update-january-2026

Best, rutger

Youran, by Youran 11 track album

Very nice review of the Youran* album in @gonzocircus.bsky.social

joachimbadenhorst.bandcamp.com/album/youran

* Joachim Badenhorst, Alistair Payne, Nabou Claerhout, Simon Jermyn, Tsubasa Hori, Hayo Boerema, me

Cover of Machinefabriek’s “Spelonk”

Machinefabriek’s “Spelonk” reviewed by Aural Aggravation: “Spelonk grows in depth and darkness, becoming increasingly dark, strange, and unsettling. Rutger Zuydervelt makes a lot out of very little, to subtle but strong effect.” auralaggravation.com/2026/01/12/m... @machinefabriek.bsky.social

Machinefabriek - Stof en Ruis | Headphone Community Get more from Headphone Community on Patreon

Surprise! Here's 'Stof en Ruis', A free downloadable album, via Headphone Commute.

www.patreon.com/posts/machin...

not = NOW

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Diorama, by Machinefabriek 4 track album

Hi! My compilation album 'Diorama' is not set to 'name your price'...
machinefabriek.bandcamp.com/album/diorama

More info in this Substack post:
machinefabriek.substack.com/p/diorama

House of Strength (music for a performance by Roshanak Morrowatian), by Rutger Zuydervelt 10 track album

My score for Roshanak Morrowatian's 'House of Strength' is out now on @bandcamp.com (streaming services following on December 12).

machinefabriek.bandcamp.com/album/house-...

Rutger Zuydervelt and Lucija Gregov ~ FLUX (music for a performance by still still / Marta & Kim) Rutger Zuydervelt has been extremely active this season, releasing a series of solo and collaborative works across multiple genres.  FLUX sees the artist returning to the fruitful collaboration wit…

"Zuydervelt and Gregov’s original score for FLUX is as unpredictable as that first circus, rolling into a wagon town, restoring a sense of wonder to dancer and audience alike."

tinyurl.com/4rt6kfw5

@acloserlisten.bsky.social

Dank. Maar over een paar jaar ben ik 50, dus 'jong talent'... ik weet 't niet...

Photo of the CD Spelonk, by Machinefabriek, on a dark table. The cover features a minimal photo of a crab in a wall, with the typography set over it.

“Spelonk”, the new album by Machinefabriek is now available to preorder! An album of exciting alien soundscapes that we are invited to explore. Limited-release CD out in January. www.cronicaelectronica.org/245/ @machinefabriek.bsky.social

Machinefabriek Update November 2025 Hi all!

Hi! I just sent out a new Substack post...
Quite some new and upcoming releases.
Here you go:
machinefabriek.substack.com/p/machinefab...

The score was done by me (duh), together with the amazing cello player Lucija Gregov, and is now available as an album too (digital only) with two outtakes added for ultimate listening pleasure.

Another performance by Marta & Kim, this time with added dancers Marie Khatib-Shahidi and Hellen Boyko. The gorgeous piece (with fantastic lighting design by Loes Schakenbos) premièred in The Hague recently, and will be performed throughout the Netherlands in the coming months.

FLUX (music for a performance by still still / Marta & Kim), by Rutger Zuydervelt and Lucija Gregov 12 track album

New release no. 2!

Rutger Zuydervelt and Lucija Gregov
FLUX (music for a performance by still still / Marta & Kim)
out on Bandcamp, with streaming services to follow soon

machinefabriek.bandcamp.com/album/flux-m...

It’s quite different from the live expererience, with shorter, more studio-taylored songs. Besides adding electronics, my job was to mix the album (after Roel Snellebrand did a first rough draft) and do some editing and manipulations. It turned out really well, so please take a listen.

I’m lucky to be part of this project, alongside trumpeteer Alistair Payne, trombone player Nabou Claerhout, percussionist Tsubasa Hori, guitarist/bassist Simon Jermyn, and organist Hayo Boerema. After a few amazing concerts, the Youran album is now released!

Youran, by Youran 11 track album

New release no. 1!

Joachim Badenhorst' Youran
Available on vinyl, CD, and digital.

joachimbadenhorst.bandcamp.com/album/youran

Carrier - Rhythm Immortal Carrier’s debut album features eight elegantly rude arrangements that dance in negative space between Photek’s frictional syncopations, Rhythm & Sound’s dubwise minimalism and Torsten Pröfrock’s fract...

Defenitly a musical highlight this year, Carrier's 'Rhythm Immortal'. Minimalist Photek-vibes, but more free-form/organic. Fantastic stuff (and a beautiful cover too).

boomkat.com/products/rhy...

(not on Bandcamp, it seems)