{"product_id":"jozef-van-wissem-this-is-my-blood","title":"Jozef Van Wissem - This Is My Blood","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"44\" data-end=\"503\"\u003eBookending \u003cem data-start=\"55\" data-end=\"73\"\u003eThis Is My Blood\u003c\/em\u003e are two cinematic hypnotist slide lute pieces that evoke contemporary deserted landscapes. They were improvised and made for \u003cem data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"208\"\u003eMaquina\u003c\/em\u003e, a film shot in the Colorado desert during a psychedelic trip by filmmaker Joaquim Pujol. The works on here, like the ecstatic second piece, invite a return to long-form listening. They explore contemporary darkness and contemplate personal loss. There is solely one vocal piece, \u003cem data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"502\"\u003e\"Remission\"\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"505\" data-end=\"571\"\u003eA worldwide concert tour of this material is slated for 2026\/2027.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"573\" data-end=\"1244\"\u003eSince studying the lute in New York with \u003cstrong data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"633\"\u003ePatrick O'Brien\u003c\/strong\u003e in the 1990s, \u003cstrong data-start=\"648\" data-end=\"668\"\u003eJozef Van Wissem\u003c\/strong\u003e has gone on to create works equally as rooted in classical Renaissance and Baroque forms of lute music as contemporary sounds spanning drones, electronics and field recordings. Throw in some of his formative influences from the no wave and industrial scenes, alongside a dedicated approach to minimalism, and this has resulted in Van Wissem producing distinct and singular work whose sound is often a marriage of opposites: meditative and intense, forward-thinking but with a sense of the arcane. \u003cem data-start=\"1166\" data-end=\"1179\"\u003eThe Quietus\u003c\/em\u003e has called him \"probably the most famous lutenist in the world\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1246\" data-end=\"1919\"\u003eJozef Van Wissem is an avant-garde composer and lutenist who plays a unique all-black Baroque lute. His timeless music is often described as hypnotic, minimal and hauntingly atmospheric, merging beauty with a dark, meditative edge. His lyrics have a mythical Christian appeal, incorporating themes of love, faith and the afterlife, often with a repetitive, mantra-like quality. Bridging classical traditions with modern sounds like drones, electronics, field recordings and voice, he collaborates with filmmaker and musician \u003cstrong data-start=\"1771\" data-end=\"1787\"\u003eJim Jarmusch\u003c\/strong\u003e, including the award-winning soundtrack for \u003cem data-start=\"1832\" data-end=\"1856\"\u003eOnly Lovers Left Alive\u003c\/em\u003e, for which Van Wissem won the Cannes Soundtrack Award in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1921\" data-end=\"2349\"\u003eHe also scored \u003cem data-start=\"1936\" data-end=\"1955\"\u003eThe Sims Medieval\u003c\/em\u003e video game (2011), \u003cem data-start=\"1975\" data-end=\"1989\"\u003eUncle Howard\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), \u003cem data-start=\"1998\" data-end=\"2004\"\u003eLand\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), \u003cem data-start=\"2013\" data-end=\"2023\"\u003eIrma Vep\u003c\/em\u003e (2022), \u003cem data-start=\"2032\" data-end=\"2040\"\u003eQueens\u003c\/em\u003e (2023) and \u003cem data-start=\"2052\" data-end=\"2063\"\u003eUn Prince\u003c\/em\u003e (2024). He did a world tour in duo with Jarmusch in 2025 and their fifth record, \u003cem data-start=\"2145\" data-end=\"2171\"\u003eThe Day The Angels Cried\u003c\/em\u003e, was released. Van Wissem tours extensively, performing in diverse venues from rock festivals to churches, and has worked with artists like Tilda Swinton and Zola Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2351\" data-end=\"2525\"\u003eIn 2019 he was commissioned by the Cinémathèque Française to score the silent horror film \u003cem data-start=\"2441\" data-end=\"2452\"\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/em\u003e (1922). He released the soundtrack in 2022 on his own Incunabulum label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2527\" data-end=\"2933\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2527\" data-end=\"2547\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e wrote: \"Beginning with a solo played on the lute, his performance will incorporate electric guitar and distorted recordings of extinct birds, graduating from subtlety to gothic horror. 'My soundtrack goes from silence to noise over the course of 90 minutes,' he said, culminating in 'dense, slow death metal.'\" In 2024, Van Wissem did a sold-out nationwide American tour with the film.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INCUNABULUM","offers":[{"title":"Indies Exclusive Red Vinyl LP","offer_id":58426207011161,"sku":"SDZ-47969","price":36.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58426207043929,"sku":"SDZ-47970","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/CAR_20260622_1201_113229_723_p_0698147246315_-_THIS_IS_MY_BLOOD_13_011.jpg?v=1782727030","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/jozef-van-wissem-this-is-my-blood","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}