Pieter Van de Velde
a canal-side workshop in Bruges, Belgium
Pieter has spent his entire life tending to the minutia of taxidermy, a craft passed down from his father in their canal-side workshop in Bruges. Every day he's comforted by routine, the intricate details of cataloging skins, and his unchanging lunch. He's obsessed with how different types of dirt smell after the rain, using that knowledge to treat each hide, yet those smells also fill his music with an earthy, tactile presence.
About
Obsession
The way dirt smells after rain
Voice
Subtle, grounded tension
Genre
Ambient Olfactory Impressionism
Instrumentation
Glass jars filled with soil, vintage synthesizers, creaking wooden boat sounds, gentle field recordings of rain
Vocal Style
Whispered incantations echoing off canal walls
Production Style
In the canal-side workshop; late nights among preserved specimens, capturing the acoustics of the old wooden floors and canal sounds outside the window.
Influences
Canal-side workshop in Bruges, father's meticulous taxidermy practice, smell of fresh rain on soil
Selected 1 time · Last: September 07, 2026
Commissioned Works
Beneath Whispered Clouds
September 07, 2026 · relaxed · Musicgen
AI-generated
Stitched in Shadowlight
September 07, 2026 · ambient · Musicgen
AI-generated