<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-11662" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Willem-Gator-2-180x300.jpg" alt="Giuseppe Musmeci" width="180" height="300" />Giuseppe Musmeci is a man of many talents. He's a self-taught composer, guitarist, electronic musician and member of the Italian post-rock outfit <a title="HC-B" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/hc-b/" target="_blank">HC-B</a>. His work under the <a title="Willem Gator" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/willem-gator/" target="_blank">Willem Gator</a> moniker is a beautiful tapestry of atmospheric down-tempo, big basslines and oriental instrumentation, often counterpointed by urgent and angular beat-driven explorations. He creates music that is not only about ‘place’, but also deeply embedded in its own place of construction and composition. His pivotal 2011 album <a title="Hong Kong Express" href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/willem-gator/" target="_blank"><em>Hong Kong Express</em></a> is testament to this approach, composed while the artist lived in a ‘cubby hole’ apartment in Kowloon.
<h5>Who is your dream collaborator?</h5>
Definitely Peter Hook from Joy Division-New Order!
<h5>Describe your musical career in 6 words or less.</h5>
Traveling, observe, breathe, absorb and release ...
<h5>If you were writing a soundtrack/score, what director would you most want to work with?</h5>
David Lynch