Rocking the Boat w/ Vivienne Aerts

Five years after her first appearance on Tapasya Loading, New York-based Dutch vocalist, composer, producer, educator and psychologist Vivienne Aerts returns as our first-ever guest to make a second reappearance. Her new album, Current, was created aboard a tiny wooden sailboat that Vivienne and her husband, Ted Steinebach, first bought during the pandemic. What began with a fascination for the acoustics of open water eventually became a floating studio, travelling from Leiden towards Amsterdam and back through the Dutch waterways. Vivienne chose not to release the album on mainstream platforms, refusing to place a project built around attention, connection and care inside a system she feels is increasingly removed from those values. Listen to the second half of the episode. Connect with Vivienne Vivienne’s website Explore the world of Current Listen to and support Current on Bandcamp Why Current Will Not Be on Spotify ViviTalks on Substack Instagram Vivienne at Berklee College of Music Vivienne’s previous appearances Well-being for Artists and Making Music with Chocolate Making an Album with 100 Plus Female Collaborators, Chocolate that Empowers Local Congo Businesses and Effortless Mastery in Juggling Multiple Hats Connect with T.L. Tapasya Loading Holistic Musician Academy EveryNowHere Produced by T.L. Mazumdar.