During a festival in 1992, Michiel hears the sounds of the yiḏaki (didgeridoo) for the first time.
The sound strickes him like lightning and shoots, via his eardrums, directly to his heart. And there it resonates to this day.
From this very beginning, he wants to make music with other musicians.
Michiel's introduction is through the Aboriginal rock band Yothu Yindi.
And it is clear to him from the beginning that the didgeridoo, in tradition, is actually a kind of percussion instrument.
Michiel plays with a huge variety of musicians, bands and projects.
From traditional African percussion groups to rock and from modern classical to techno.
He knows, like no other, how to tastefully incorporate the sounds of the didgeridoo into the music.
With his extensive knowledge of the traditional didgeridoo, he advises museums throughout Europe and helps them set up exhibitions.
Both solo and with various projects and bands, he plays at festivals and parties all over the world.
From Russia to Togo and from Denmark to Spain. From the Boom Festival with 30,000 visitors to Mañana Mañana in Laren.
Michiel knows how to reach the audience with full conviction every time.
After his first visit to the old masters in Arnhemland / Australia, the birthplace of the traditional didgeridoo (yiḏaki),
Michiel was adopted within one of the many Yolŋu clans.
During his many travels to Australia he always seeks depth and maintains his relationships with the traditional owners of the didgeridoo.
His message is clear and his mission concrete:
spreading the real story of the didgeridoo, and with his band Acoustick,
making the audience dance to the sounds that turned his life upside down more than 32 years ago.
