Van Bebber has been using records as instruments in concerts, performances, installations and as objects since the early 70s. Since 1990, he has created music and performances based exclusively on the use of records & record players, employing five to ten partly prepared record players and a variable amount of partly prepared records. The record concert is shaped distinctively by improvisation, exposure to space, and by acoustical and architectural conditions, as well as the occasion and topic of the concert.
Amongst his accomplishments are: About 200 public performances with the "Schallplattenkonzert" throughout Europe, recordings for LPs, CDs, radio and television; creating music for films and theatre; realizations of works of composers; participation in exhibitions and international festivals.
He played with musicians like Philip Jeck, Martin Tetreault, Kalle Laar, Anna Homler, Philippe Micol, Dirk Marwedel, Laura Maes, Roel Melkoop.
He frequently collaborates with other instrumentalists & artists:
Helmut Lemke (tapes): since 1982 „van Bebber-Lemke/Duo“ // Paul Hubweber (trombone): „Vinyl + Blech“ // Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba) + Jaap Blonk (voice): „HÜBEBLO“ // Ron Schmift (analog synth): „ZDL“ // Günter Schroth (barcode music): „Fruchttänze...“ // Erhard Hirt (guit + electr): „TEFITON“ // Michael Vorfeld (light+percussion): „Schallplattenkonzert + Lichtspiele“ //
Helmut van Bebber (16mm Films) „Vinyl & Celluloid“
Member of the Imrovisors Pool „Fineworks“ and „ArToll-Klanglabor-Ensemble“
Since many years he is collaborating with Dieter Schlensog in the project „NURNICHTNUR“  (experimental sound production-sound art).
 
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