New track on Piano Day Vol.4 out 29/03/2025
Adriaan Swerts (b. 1989) is a Belgian sound artist, producer and composer specialized in post-classical and ambient music with a heavy focus on sounds from nature.
As a child he learned to play the piano and clarinet, but found the restrictions of his traditional musical education unfulfilling so he quit taking lessons. It was not until he got his first synthesizer that a world of freedom and exploration opened up and he started to make his own sounds and music in a basement home studio. In 2007, he had a life-threatening accident which caused a lifelong disability and which drastically changed his life. Because of his injuries he constantly suffers from pain, but music helps him to deal with this suffering.
He has always felt a very strong connection with nature and tries to give nature a voice – especially in these difficult times of climate change and pollution. The characteristic sounds in his music are field recordings of places in nature he visits, which he transforms into instruments and uses almost solely to compose. With these ingredients, he always makes music from the heart that is deeply personal and minimalistic by design. He hopes it can provide as much peace and stillness for other people in this always busy world as it has helped himself.
