Jos Smolders

Jos Smolders is a Dutch composer and sound artist, born in 1960 and based in Tilburg, where he works as a sound designer and composer. He has been active in the underground electronic scene since the mid-1980s and also works as a mastering engineer. He is a founding member of the Dutch electroacoustic ensemble THU20. Smolders started experimenting with a Philips reel-to-reel recorder as a teenager. He studied architecture at Delft Technical University, left to concentrate on sound, and later studied electronic and recorded music. He was co-editor of Vital magazine for six years.