Michel Waisvisz

Michel Waisvisz (/ˈvaɪsvɪs/ VYSSE-viss;[1] 8 July 1949, Leiden – 18 June 2008, Amsterdam) was a Dutch composer, performer and inventor of experimental electronic musical instruments.

He was a member of Amsterdam's Electric Music Theatre scene of the 1970s,[3] performing intensively and raising critical voices against the upcoming high-tech culture.

[citation needed] Waisvisz had a passionate dedication to a physical, bodily approach to electronic music which he expressed in the use and presentation of his many developments of hardware and software instruments.

[citation needed] This multidimensionality in electronic musical practice has been summed up in the expression of touch in a 1998 essay written together with Joel Ryan and Sally Jane Norman.

[citation needed] Michel Waisvisz' collaborations include performances with Maarten Altena, Laurie Anderson, Tarek Atoui, Frank Baldé, Lodewijk de Boer, Willem Breuker, Peter Brötzmann, Najib Cheradi, John Cameron (Claw Boys Claw), Truus de Groot, Gunter Hampel, Paul Hubweber, Shelley Hirsch, Mazen Kerbaj, Steve Lacy, Misha Mengelberg, Patrizia van Roessel, Joel Ryan, Christine Sehnoaui, Fausto Senese, Shusaku, Laetitia Sonami, DJ sniff, DJ Spooky, Richard Teitelbaum, Moniek Toebosch, Jan St. Werner, Frans Zwartjes.