Frans van Gastel (aka YouEcho) is a freelance mixed-media designer and music composer. He produces his own mixed-media performances, combining ambient indietronic filmscapes with melancholic animations. Originally Van Gastel started as a drummer and played in several bands like Schwa/ttack, Mr Moody, Flugroove and Monokino.
In the meantime he got more and more fascinated by electronic music; that's how YouEcho is born, mixed-media design & performance. YouEcho likes to cooperate and perform on special locations. Examples are: Flex (dance/theatre at Interpolis building), Baranka den Laman (choreography), YouEcho vs Rigter (musicpoetry), Trapparaat (poetryfilm by Betonwolk), festivals like Crosslinx, Viri, Noorderzon (Format GAVA).
For visualising his music YouEcho starts creating music-animations, together with painter fben. In 2009 this results in the first short film, You Echo The Hills, followed by The Fisherman & The Watering Can (2010).
During the summer of 2010 YouEcho realised a performance in the canals of Schiedam (Schiedam Schittert, 31/07/2010). With huge projections on the sail of an ancient ship, and live music - extended with a mini-orchestra!
In the meantime he got more and more fascinated by electronic music; that's how YouEcho is born, mixed-media design & performance. YouEcho likes to cooperate and perform on special locations. Examples are: Flex (dance/theatre at Interpolis building), Baranka den Laman (choreography), YouEcho vs Rigter (musicpoetry), Trapparaat (poetryfilm by Betonwolk), festivals like Crosslinx, Viri, Noorderzon (Format GAVA).
For visualising his music YouEcho starts creating music-animations, together with painter fben. In 2009 this results in the first short film, You Echo The Hills, followed by The Fisherman & The Watering Can (2010).
During the summer of 2010 YouEcho realised a performance in the canals of Schiedam (Schiedam Schittert, 31/07/2010). With huge projections on the sail of an ancient ship, and live music - extended with a mini-orchestra!
