With What It’s Like To Be A Bat, Dutch composer and multi-instrumentalist Finn Streuper creates an intriguing world between contemporary jazz, experimental composition, ambient music, and electronics. The music feels both carefully constructed and wonderfully unpredictable, moving through unusual rhythmic patterns, delicate melodies, and richly detailed acoustic textures.
There is a playful curiosity running through the record, but also a strong sense of atmosphere and restraint. Rather than settling into familiar jazz structures, Streuper lets the compositions evolve organically, shifting between intimate, almost fragile passages and more intricate ensemble interplay.
What It’s Like To Be A Bat is imaginative, subtle, and quietly adventurous—a record that rewards repeated listening and finds its own distinctive space between improvisation, composition, and sonic experimentation.
