Merel Rhizoom

Merel Rhizoom is the DJ name of Merel ten Braak, an Amsterdam selector known as a resident of Garage Noord and host of Rhizoom Radio on LYL Radio, with regular slots on Intergalactic FM and Operator Radio. A connoisseur of modular synth music and avant-garde composition, she moves with ease between weird psybient, hypnotic jungle, trance downtempo, industrial breaks, dub techno and ambient. Her Selectors Podcast 030 favoured modular synthesis by Max Loderbauer, Robert Aiki Low, Andreas Tilliander and Driftmachine next to pieces by Jon Hassell, Oren Ambarchi and Upperground Orchestra. Beyond Garage Noord she plays De School, PIP in The Hague and arkaoda in Berlin. She played back to back with Lena Willikens at Dekmantel Connects in 2020 and played Dekmantel Festival in 2022.