Presenter Announcement – Hans van Vliet
Hans is a Musician and Motion Graphics Designer. He is the driving force behind the band "Hunz", which started as a solo project in the computer-music scene 15 years ago and has now evolved into a three-piece band.
In the early days, the young Hans was writing 8-bit music on his Commodore 64 and worked with EA, ID and Apogee writing music for computer games during his teens. Later he became a vocalist for a rock band who was signed to a label in the U.S. That band spent three years on the road full-time in America. In the last few years since his return to Australia, Hans has recorded two albums, "When Victims Fight" and "Thoughts That Move". (The latter was written, recorded, mixed and mastered within the 28 days of February 2009 as part of the RPM Challenge; it can be downloaded for free via Bandcamp.) Hans has also concentrated on creating a musically-tight live show with bassist Phil Evans and drummer Richie Young. Aside from music, Hans is a partner in a motion design company called "IV Motion" where he does animation and creative direction on projects from television commercials to corporate awards packages to music videos. Besides getting to work with clients, Hans and his team are able to put effort into creating visuals for the stories he is telling with his music.
