After joining the 2015 Academy in Paris as a participant, Belgian producer Hiele has been working on new sounds and projects: from his Antwerp-based label Ekster, which he runs with V Robyn, to live performances, releases and soundtracks; all focusing on his style of synthetic and acoustmatic music. 2016 has proved to be a divergent year for Hiele. In April 2016, he released a live tape of a performance at the Schinkel Pavilion (alongside Lorenzo Senni, M.E.S.H. and others) on the YYAA label, which was followed a month later by his album _Ritmische Bezinning_ on Ekster: etching his love for complex rhythmic patterns onto a tactile bed of melodies. He also produced film soundtracks –one for a documentary about the island of Saint Helena, entitled _Saints_, and another for a film entitled _Birdwatching_, which documents young people from different ethnic backgrounds in Brussels.
