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Andre van: Biography of Andre van, Age, Career & Net Worth,
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Andre van Rensburg (born 22 December 1976 in Cape Town) is a South African avant-garde composer, producer and instrumentalist living in Tokyo, Japan. Van Rensburg is a prolific artist with dozens of credits as composer, performer and producer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Andre van Rensburg Age<\/span><\/h2>\n

He was born on 22 December 1976 in Cape Town, South Africa. Andre van Rensburg is 44 years old as of 2020.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Andre van Rensburg Career<\/span><\/h2>\n
He established himself in South Africa in the mid \u201990s and has since traveled the world, performing and recording regularly in\u00a0Taiwan,\u00a0Japan\u00a0and\u00a0New York City. He is known in South Africa as the founder of the group Supernature as well as the guitarist for the hugely successful industrial group\u00a0Battery 9\u00a0from 1999 to 2004. His solo instrumental work is characterized by\u00a0dissonance, non-predictable structures and the absence of traditional melodic or harmonic content. His solo guitar playing often utilizes\u00a0extended techniques\u00a0and string \u2018preparations\u2019, as in the\u00a0prepared piano\u00a0works of composer\u00a0John Cage. He has been influenced by composers such as\u00a0Morton Feldman,\u00a0Giacinto Scelsi,\u00a0Leo Brouwer,\u00a0John Zorn\u00a0and\u00a0Pierre Boulez, and improvisors\u00a0Derek Bailey,\u00a0Fred Frith\u00a0and\u00a0Marc Ribot.<\/section>\n
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<\/span>Early life<\/span><\/h2>\n
Andre van Rensburg grew up in South Africa and studied\u00a0classical guitar\u00a0from the age of 7. He started composing at the age of 10. After studying with various teachers he developed his own notational technique, blending traditional musical notation with abstract and\u00a0graphic notation. In 1994 he moved to\u00a0London\u00a0and\u00a0Paris,\u00a0busking\u00a0for a living. In 1995 he returned to South Africa, forming the group Supernature, who had a number one hit on Barney Simon\u2019s\u00a05FM\u00a0Alternative Chart with their first single \u201cDevil\u201d (1997).<\/sup>Supernature went on to record two albums. He then joined Brendan Jury and\u00a0Warrick Sony\u2019s Trans.sky project as guitarist, later forming the group Ohm with Jury. Ohm went on to release an album through the British label M.E.L.T. 2000 and touring\u00a0England\u00a0and the\u00a0Netherlands\u00a0in 2000. In 1998 he moved to\u00a0Johannesburg\u00a0and joined the industrial group\u00a0Battery 9, appearing on their album\u00a0Sondebok<\/i>, released by\u00a0BMG\u00a0in 1999. He also composed and recorded an album with Battery 9 front man Paul Riekert as Die Menere; the album\u00a0Floukop<\/i> was released by One F Music in 2004.<\/section>\n

<\/span>Recent Projects<\/span><\/h2>\n
Van Rensburg moved to Asia in 2003, forming the recording label South of the Border, and released five solo albums:\u00a0Concrete<\/i>\u00a0(2007), chamber music performed by the Poisondwarf Esemble;\u00a0Unfinished Cities<\/i>\u00a0(2008), recorded in Japan and Taiwan with\u00a0koto\u00a0player Mori Chieko;\u00a0Scopophilia (7 etudes for solo bondage guitar)<\/i>\u00a0(2008);\u00a0Kopstukke Vol. 1<\/i>\u00a0(the first in a series of nine albums of new compositions for classical guitar, 2011); and\u00a0Game of the Voce<\/i>\u00a0(2011).<\/section>\n
In 2009 he collaborated with South African expats Louis Minnaar and Jean Marais (also known as\u00a0MoShang) and released the album\u00a0Eentonig<\/i>\u00a0through the Onse Plate label. He has recently scored music for award-winning Thai film director Pramotz Sangsorn and creates various sound installations internationally. In 2016 he relocated to Tokyo where he performs with various\u00a0butoh\u00a0dancers and other improvising musicians, including\u00a0Tetuzi Akiyama.<\/section>\n

<\/span>Discography<\/span><\/h2>\n
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