Ad Visser
Encyclopedia
Ad Visser is a Dutch
VJ, presenter, writer and music artist.
In 1965 Visser performed with his avant-garde pop trio Blurp on AVRO
television.
He presented the AVRO programmes Superclean Dreammachine (1968 till 1980) and Toppop (1970 till 1985).
In 1982 he wrote a science fiction novel called Sobriëtas and released an accompanying record as a multimedia
project. The album was released in 18 countries and the single from the album Giddyap a gogo, which Visser recorded with Daniel Sahuleka
, reached the Dutch Top 40
, which resulted in Visser's only appearance as an artist in his own Toppop programme.
In the '90s Visser released the Brainsessions CD's which generate alpha waves
to give the listener a trance
-like experience.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
VJ, presenter, writer and music artist.
In 1965 Visser performed with his avant-garde pop trio Blurp on AVRO
Avro
Avro was a British aircraft manufacturer, with numerous landmark designs such as the Avro 504 trainer in the First World War, the Avro Lancaster, one of the pre-eminent bombers of the Second World War, and the delta wing Avro Vulcan, a stalwart of the Cold War.-Early history:One of the world's...
television.
He presented the AVRO programmes Superclean Dreammachine (1968 till 1980) and Toppop (1970 till 1985).
In 1982 he wrote a science fiction novel called Sobriëtas and released an accompanying record as a multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
project. The album was released in 18 countries and the single from the album Giddyap a gogo, which Visser recorded with Daniel Sahuleka
Daniel Sahuleka
Daniel Sahuleka is a Dutch musician and singer of South Moluccan and Sundanese-Chinese descent. His Ambonese father Simon Pieter Sahuleka was born 3/2/1919 in Semarang. His Sundanese mother Joassi Charlotte Wilhelmientje Mohanab was born 3/2/1923 in Pontianak...
, reached the Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...
, which resulted in Visser's only appearance as an artist in his own Toppop programme.
In the '90s Visser released the Brainsessions CD's which generate alpha waves
Alpha Waves
Alpha Waves is an early 3D game that combines labyrinthine exploration with platform gameplay. By most definitions of the genre it could be considered to be the first 3D platform game, released in 1990, 6 years before the genre's seminal classic Super Mario 64...
to give the listener a trance
Trance
Trance denotes a variety of processes, ecstasy, techniques, modalities and states of mind, awareness and consciousness. Trance states may occur involuntarily and unbidden.The term trance may be associated with meditation, magic, flow, and prayer...
-like experience.
Discography
- Het Geheim van de Wonderbaarlijke Kubus - Mamicha Music - MML 5101 - 1981
- Sobriëtas - CBS - 85990 - 1982
- Adventure - CBS - 12 2853 - 1983
- Hi-tec heroes - Vertigo - 830 813 2 - 1987
- Ad Visser's Brainsessions - Arcade - 01 1021 1 - 1995
- Ad Visser's Brainsessions, vol. 2 - Arcade - 01 1035 8 - 1997
- Ad Visser's Kamasutra Experience - Universal - 5420 162 - 1999