It's natural curiosity to wonder about the what or why, or even, the who behind this thing now called 'Studioflex'. And it's that very curiosity that has made for this same thing.It all started with a plastic bag of the originally german-based supermarket Aldi, filled with several floppy-discs, including the program Cubase, and an obsolete, smoke-stained Atari ST 1028, in the early nineteen-nineties. Tjaco van Cromvoirt had been the drummer of numerous heavy-sounding bands, but now the world of midi lay at his feet.Curiosity drove him to experiment, and after expanding his set-up with a keyboard, the first sounds of what this electro-kitchen grew to be emerged.Evolving slowly into more modern equipment, Tjaco's rhythm based electro was picked up by dutch underground record-label Hyena, and some time later the "Electric Bongo"-lp was a fact.Breaking his midi-boundaries and using audio-samples, Van Cromvoirt (now getting known as Electric Bongo), contributed two tracks to the various-artists lp "A Wonderful World Of Feedback" of dutch Feedback Records.Then nothing could hold him back. Sound-collages at 'De Nacht van het Geluid', getting experienced with big bands, triggering samples and going strong on the drums, Tjaco was ready for his next challenge.
That's this thing called Studioflex.
These days Studioflex (the flex is, besides the obvious short for flexibility, a dutch slang abbreviation for a rectangular grinder) is Tjaco's platform for launching homecooked music, be it remixes, mashes or whatever comes to his mind, intuitively boiling, adding spices and slicing beats, without a cookbook.

So, keep an eye and mind open for him, the future belongs to the curious.

And, if you're still wondering, go listen some more!

2006 Easy Skywalker

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