Vivienne Aerts - Current (2026)

In the summer of 2025, vocalist and composer Vivienne Aerts transformed her 1951 mahogany sailboat De Vouw into a floating studio, recording while traveling through the Dutch waterways. The album weaves together voice, electronics, acoustic instruments, and field recordings of creaking wood, rippling waves, locks, birds, and wind, blurring the lines between jazz, improvisation, and environmental sound.

What began as a site-specific recording experiment became a deeply personal and collaborative journey. Dutch musicians Hermine Deurloo, Susanne Alt, and Adinda Meertins joined Aerts on different lakes and canals, each session shaped by the weather, the landscape, and the rhythm of the water itself.

The result is a work that reflects on living with water, while also exploring creativity as something fluid, responsive, and alive. Intimate, spacious, and quietly cinematic, Current invites deep listening and reminds us that music, like water, is never still.

Featuring:
Vivienne Aerts - Vocals, keys, electronics, field recordings
Hermine Deurloo - Harmonica
Susanne Alt - Saxophone
Adinda Meertins - Bass