thds

thds is a Belgian-Portuguese composer and multi-instrumentalist. His live performances contrast with traditional electronic live acts due to the use of acoustic instruments on stage: voice, guitar, keys, ute & percussions. Raoul, aka ‘thds’, started experimenting with music composition when he was given a keyboard/music workstation by his uncle at the age of 6. Later joining bands and discovering several genres and instruments, his interest in mindfulness progressively oriented him into a search of a deeper and more meaningful music : thds. Also, growing up in an isolated Jesuit forest school, he developed a close connection to nature, expressed in an optimistic, kind- hearted and reective temper. Therefore, he decided to leave the city and install thds’ recording studio at the edge of a forest, by a river, while commuting