Mission Mission » Jozef Van Wissem http://www.missionmission.org Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:47:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Ultra Oud-Harptar II: Hyper Fighting http://www.missionmission.org/2009/12/12/ultra-oud-harptar-ii-hyper-fighting/ http://www.missionmission.org/2009/12/12/ultra-oud-harptar-ii-hyper-fighting/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:32:05 +0000 Vic Wong http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=9400 Saw this guy doing his thing last night at the Lab (16th and Capp). WTF dude, why don’t you play an instrument that actually exists?

But seriously, Jozef Van Wissem is the best one-of-those-players I have ever seen. According to Jozef’s wikipedia, the instrument is a Renaissance lute and his current approach is to write out traditional Baroque pieces backwards and add his own themes and variations. If I had to describe the sound, it’s like God barfing a golden slip-n-slide into James Hetfield’s brain while he’s vacationing at his summer home south of Tajikistan. Check out this vid of him that I recorded on my fashion/social accessory informationPhone:

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