The Dutchman is a visionary whose dream was to revive the dead through new age music. He made his name creating experimental instruments for orchestra and playing instruments for theater, radio, film and the video game arena. The device he uses most prominently is the birthing bass, which he can be heard playing in the video for “Birth Ritual”. The birthing bass is a two note bass with a high and slow sounding tone, like a hi-hat on one end, then a resonant bow on the other. The video shows them in action for a full hour, until the bassist takes a turn for the surreal, jumping from one glitchy percussive shriek to the next.