Dirk Wachtelaer

Dirk Wachtelaer is a Belgian drummer, improviser and sound artist whose work crosses acoustic percussion, electronic sound, free improvisation and performance. His practice frequently draws on electronic manipulation of drum sounds, small sound-producing objects and interactions between rhythmic material and more abstract textures.

In the late 1990s he founded Vanishing Pictures, an open improvising collective with changing personnel that included artists such as Otomo Yoshihide and Philipp Wachsmann. His projects include work with JJ Duerinckx, Dirk Johan Stromberg and Fabio Rambelli, alongside collaborative performances with dancers, theatre makers and visual artists.

On Creative Sources, Dirk Wachtelaer is credited on improvisations (CS561).