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Artist
Tobias Hengeveld
12+ albums
balladsfolkacousticindiedark
about
Tobias Hengeveld was born to Dutch immigrant parents in a small Southern Queensland town. At the age of five the family relocated to Victoria, swapping the arid Darling Downs for the dense bush of Melbourne’s urban fringe. His world in constant transition, as housing sprawl collided with old farmland and wilder spaces. New suburbs steadily consuming remnants of an older time. Like many musicians before him, Tobias found the freedom to explore his creative inclinations through an extended period in the open environment of art-school. This time was interspersed with, and then followed by, long stints travelling, studying and residing overseas. Away from home and searching for an expressive voice the guitar ever-so gradually became a close companion. It finally took over. The shift of focus from visual art to song-writing was the logical progression in an evolving aesthetic. Guided by an accumulation of experiences; all those ‘first times’ he heard Elliot Smith, Chris Whitley, Nick Drake, Richard Buckner, Bert Jansch, Skip James and Leonard Cohen. His introduction to writing and performing original material came with Frances Evans in duo Scout Hall around the turn of the century. In 2004, they released their self-titled LP through Shock records, with assistance from Arts Victoria. This recording also marked the commencement of collaboration with violinist Kate Connor - which endures to the present. Shortly after this debut release Hengeveld and Connor were joined by cellist
