Mute.

Electronic music producer and multimedia designer from the Netherlands. Started out with hardcore techno and slowly evolved into all kinds of abstract electronic music over the years.

Ever since the conception of this "Mute." side-project / alias Niels expressed zero interest in being in the spotlight, therefore his writers name was always simply mentioned as "Mute." in booklets & covers of wherever his music was featured. As he stated in a few interviews over the years, he thinks his music should speak for itself.

Ironically this mysterious image created a hype around his music for a while, although this was never his intention.