Jan Hovers is a multidisciplinary artist who uses personal experiences, dreams, struggles, and desires as ingredients for his storytelling. His work spans music, soundscapes, linocuts, and podcasts, often drawing on a past filled with vanished people, images, and sounds. From an early age, Jan has sought to capture fleeting moments in sound and image, aiming to grasp the ephemeral. This can manifest in unexpected ways, such as his late grandmother’s voice from 1974 appearing in a song or a musical collage featuring his 19-year-old self purchasing a compass in an English village shop.
Jan frequently incorporates material from his extensive collection of 78 RPM records, where each fragile shellac disc preserves three minutes of time that he feels compelled to save. He also draws inspiration from books, films, and heritage, often predating his birth, as their abstract and bygone nature allows him to reinterpret and create new stories. This process of positive escapism brings him happiness and helps him make sense of unresolved experiences and emotions.
Jan’s unique style is characterized by small auditory landscapes in his music. Through these narrative-driven creations, Jan invites his audience into a parallel world—a refuge from the mundane, everyday life. His overarching goal is to bring as many unborn stories to life as possible, which he sees as his greatest and most joyful motivation.
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