JOZEF VAN WISSEM
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𝑱𝑶𝒁𝑬𝑭 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 that bridges classical traditions with modern sounds like drones, electronics, field recordings, and voice.
He frequently collaborates with filmmaker and musician Jim Jarmusch, including the award-winning soundtrack for Only Lovers Left Alive, for which Van Wissem won the Cannes Soundtrack Award in 2013. He also scored the The Sims Medieval video game (2011), Uncle Howard (2016), Land (2018), Irma Vep (2022), Queens (2023), and Un Prince (2024). In 2025, he embarked on a world tour in duo with Jim Jarmusch following the release of their fifth record, "The Day The Angels Cried".
Van Wissem tours extensively, performing in diverse venues from rock festivals to churches, and has worked with artists like Tilda Swinton and Zola Jesus. In 2019, he was commissioned by the Cinémathèque Française to score the silent horror film Nosferatu(1922), releasing the soundtrack in 2022 on his own Incunabulum label. The New York Times writes: “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,” Van Wissem said, culminating in “dense, slow death metal.” In 2024, he completed a sold-out nationwide American tour with the film.
In 2026, Van Wissem returns to Vienna, presenting his newest masterpiece, "This Is My Blood."
https://jozefvanwissem.bandcamp.com/
01.11.2026
20:00
Das LOT, Absberggasse 31, Wien.
www.lot.wien
He frequently collaborates with filmmaker and musician Jim Jarmusch, including the award-winning soundtrack for Only Lovers Left Alive, for which Van Wissem won the Cannes Soundtrack Award in 2013. He also scored the The Sims Medieval video game (2011), Uncle Howard (2016), Land (2018), Irma Vep (2022), Queens (2023), and Un Prince (2024). In 2025, he embarked on a world tour in duo with Jim Jarmusch following the release of their fifth record, "The Day The Angels Cried".
Van Wissem tours extensively, performing in diverse venues from rock festivals to churches, and has worked with artists like Tilda Swinton and Zola Jesus. In 2019, he was commissioned by the Cinémathèque Française to score the silent horror film Nosferatu(1922), releasing the soundtrack in 2022 on his own Incunabulum label. The New York Times writes: “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,” Van Wissem said, culminating in “dense, slow death metal.” In 2024, he completed a sold-out nationwide American tour with the film.
In 2026, Van Wissem returns to Vienna, presenting his newest masterpiece, "This Is My Blood."
https://jozefvanwissem.bandcamp.com/
01.11.2026
20:00
Das LOT, Absberggasse 31, Wien.
www.lot.wien
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