Ad Visser (born 28 April 1947, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch VJ, presenter, writer, and music artist.

Career in the music industry

In 1965, Visser performed with his avant-garde pop trio Blurp on AVRO television. He presented the AVRO programmes ''Superclean Dreammachine'' (1968–1980) and ''

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'' (1970–1985). In 1982, he wrote a science-fiction novel called ''Sobriëtas'' and released an accompanying record as a

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project. The album was released in 18 countries and the single from the album, "Giddyap a Gogo", which Visser recorded with Daniel Sahuleka,Ad Visser & Daniel Sahuleka - Giddyap A Gogo (1982) on YouTube
/ref> reached the Dutch Top 40, which resulted in Visser's only appearance as an artist in his own ''Toppop'' programme. In the 1990s, Visser released the ''Brainsessions'' CDs which generate

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s to give the listener a

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-like experience.

Discography

*''Het Geheim van de Wonderbaarlijke Kubus'' (Mamicha Music, 1981) *''Sobriëtas'' (CBS, 1982) *''Adventure'' (CBS, 1983) *''Hi-tec Heroes'' (Vertigo, 1987) *''Ad Visser's Brainsessions'' (Arcade, 1995) *''Ad Visser's Brainsessions, Vol. 2'' (Arcade, 1997) *''Ad Visser's Kamasutra Experience'' (Universal, 1999)

Bibliography

* Ad Visser: ''Strange days. Muzikale avonturen in de 60's en 70's''. Baarn, Marmer, 2015. * Ad Visser: ''De parade van de hemelse tragedie. De langste song ter wereld''. Vianen, The House of Books, 2005. * Ad Visser: ''Sobriëtas''. Amsterdam, Meulenhoff, 1982. (German translation by Hildegard Höhr, München, Heyne, 1989)

References

External links

Homepage

Avro-article about Toppop

Sobriëtas on Araglins Music blog
1947 births Living people Dutch television presenters Dutch science fiction writers Dutch musicians VJs (media personalities) Mass media people from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-tv-stub