Joep Beving

Joep Beving’s new album Liminal, out March 2026 on Deutsche Grammophon, is a search for renewal. Over the span of 15 pieces, Joep contemplates a relationship with the world in which we listen to nature, move with it, and let it speak through art. In that sense, composing becomes less about control and more about tuning in, about finding harmony between human intention and the larger forces of life.

With unique compositions like “Elysium”, “When humans do algorhythms” and “Wild Renaissance”, Joep invites the listener into that rush of possibility: sounds that embrace the luminous and the fantastical, and take refuge in slower spells of deep contemplation of our place in the universe. Sources of inspiration came in the form of *Wild Renaissance* by Guillaume Logé – a book recommended to Joep by Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen. An exhibition by French artist Pierre Huyghe, which Joep visited in Seoul, became another spark. Liminal became in many ways a dance, one teetering between intent and intuition.