About this artist
Belgian-born producer and DJ Joris Biesmans makes finely tuned, joyous techno influenced by electro and space disco. A former sound technician at Berlin’s Watergate club, he continues to DJ there and release music through its label, including the 2021 full-length Trains, Planes & Automobiles and the 2022 mix Watergate 28.
Joris Biesmans originally made music under the name Cashmere, and his first tracks appeared on Steve Lawler’s VIVA Recordings. He studied at the PXL music academy in Hasselt, Belgium, and he moved to Berlin in 2013, where he began working as a sound technician at Watergate, in addition to founding TVe Recordings. He produced two EPs as TVe, 2016′s Farewell (with remixes by Legowelt and Asok) and 2017′s Noas Statue, then began releasing music under his own name. John Digweed included Biesmans’ track “New House” on his 2017 Bedrock: Frequencies mix. Biesmans released the vinyl EPs Steady Stabbin’ and Angry Baby in 2018. More singles and EPs continued to appear, and his first Watergate release was 2020′s Electric Love EP. Moving closer to a sound influenced by ’80s synth pop and Hi-NRG, he released the full-length Trains, Planes & Automobiles and the EP Heroes After Dark in 2021. Biesmans’ Watergate 28 mix arrived in 2022. He produced or co-produced every track on the mix, which included collaborations with Mathew Jonson, Johannes Albert, Dusky, and others. ~ Paul Simpson