AF URSIN is the alter ego of Finnish autodidact composer/improviser Timo van Luijk. He began his musical activities in the mid-1980s, founding the Noise-Maker’s Fifes collective with Geert Feytons in ’89. During the ’90s he developed his solo work under the name Af Ursin, providing music/sound for dance, theatre and film projects, before establishing his own record label, La Scie Doree, in 2001. This became the main platform for his own music and related projects, including regular collaborations with Christoph Heeman (as In Camera) and Andrew Chalk (as Elodie). His work mainly uses acoustic instruments (strings, wind, percussion) and various sound objects in order to create free-form arrangements through combined structured improvisations; the intuitive and poetic aspect, and the unique timbre of each instrument, forming the core of his musical approach.