Jaap Blonk
Jaap Blonk (born 1953 in Woerden, Holland) is a self-taught composer, performer and poet. He went to university for mathematics and musicology but did not finish those studies. In the late 1970s he took up saxophone and started to compose music. A few years later he discovered his potential as a vocal performer, at first in reciting poetry and later on in improvisations and his own compositions. For almost two decades the voice was his main means for the discovery and development of new sounds. From around the year 2000 on Blonk started work with electronics, at first using samples of his own voice, then extending the field to include pure sound synthesis as well. He took a year off of performing in 2006. As a result, his renewed interest in mathematics made him start a research of the pos
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Catalogue & Listenership
Tracks
13
Albums
11
Total audio
1h 49m 09s
FMA listens
7,099
Favourites
16
Avg bitrate
286 kbps
Genre & Licence Profile
| Genre | Tracks |
|---|---|
| Experimental | 9 |
| Spoken | 2 |
- Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. — 6
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 — 3
- Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives — 3
- Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2. — 1
Top Tracks by Listens
| Track | Album | Year | Duration | Listens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short Piano Pieces | Classwar Karaoke – 0025 Survey | 2014 | 7m 16s | 2,813 |
| Electroshock Boogie | Liederen uit de Hemel (Songs from Heaven) | 0 | 1m 09s | 946 |
| Live Performance 2/20/09 | Live at WFMU on Kurt Gottschalk's Show 3/26/2009 | 2009 | 45m 37s | 619 |
| Interview with Kurt | Live at WFMU on Kurt Gottschalk's Show 3/26/2009 | 2009 | 7m 10s | 593 |
| Slight Underdoze | Classwar Karaoke – 0022 Survey | 2013 | 3m 14s | 335 |
| Ice Saints Survival | Classwar Karaoke – 0026 Survey | 2014 | 5m 20s | 319 |
| Bubble & Squeak | Staalplaat Cocktail | 0 | 0m 43s | 291 |
| Piep Squeak | Classwar Karaoke – 0015 Survey | 2011 | 4m 33s | 269 |
| Electroshock Theory | Classwar Karaoke – 0021 Survey | 2013 | 5m 00s | 242 |
| Luusterposten | Windpipe Moods | 0 | 12m 44s | 206 |
Track Length Distribution
| Length | Tracks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1 min | 1 | 7.7% |
| 1–3 min | 1 | 7.7% |
| 3–6 min | 6 | 46.2% |
| Over 6 min | 5 | 38.5% |
Release Timeline
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Track Catalogue
13 tracks shown
| Track | Album | Genre | Duration | Listens | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short Piano Pieces [1, 30, 38, 41, 247] | Classwar Karaoke – 0025 Survey 2014 | Experimental | 7m 16s | 2,813 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| Ice Saints Survival [1, 30, 38, 41, 247] | Classwar Karaoke – 0026 Survey 2014 | Experimental | 5m 20s | 319 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| Electroshock Theory [1, 30, 38, 41, 247] | Classwar Karaoke – 0021 Survey 2013 | Experimental | 5m 00s | 242 | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives |
| Slight Underdoze [1, 30, 38, 41, 247] | Classwar Karaoke – 0022 Survey 2013 | Experimental | 3m 14s | 335 | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 |
| Mixed Angels [1, 30, 38, 41, 247] | Classwar Karaoke – 0017 Survey 2012 | Experimental | 7m 36s | 151 | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives |
| Piep Squeak [1, 20, 30, 38, 41, 247] | Classwar Karaoke – 0015 Survey 2011 | 4m 33s | 269 | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives | |
| Live Performance 2/20/09 [20, 188] | Live at WFMU on Kurt Gottschalk's Show 3/26/2009 2009 | Spoken | 45m 37s | 619 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. Rec. 2009-02-20 |
| Interview with Kurt [20, 188] | Live at WFMU on Kurt Gottschalk's Show 3/26/2009 2009 | Spoken | 7m 10s | 593 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. Rec. 2009-02-20 |
| Electroshock Boogie [186] | Liederen uit de Hemel (Songs from Heaven) | Experimental | 1m 09s | 946 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. |
| Yapp Yapp [32, 250] | Not On Vinyl Yet | Experimental | 4m 53s | 161 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. |
| Sympa Cri [32, 250] | Not On Vinyl Yet | Experimental | 3m 54s | 154 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. |
| Bubble & Squeak [] | Staalplaat Cocktail | 0m 43s | 291 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. | |
| Luusterposten [41, 186] | Windpipe Moods | Experimental | 12m 44s | 206 | Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2. |