caption years_active alias label article_title name background birth_date genre origin birth_name occupation
cafe oto , london 2013 1988 -- present gæoudji tekno kriger , mainpal inv . sygnok , circulation of events , den Århus editions label -rrb- mego , fonal records , alku -lrb- record goodiepal
 goodiepal non_vocal_instrumentalist 1974 contemporary classical music , computer music , faroe islands parl kristian bjørn vester music composer horologist lecturer
goodiepal

goodiepal or gæoudjiparl van den dobbelsteen , whose real name is parl kristian bjørn vester , is a controversial danish/faroese musician/composer .
goodiepal 's work often involves lectures and performances on the future of computer music , his own compositional practices and resonance computing .
his tours have included 150 universities internationally .
from 2004 till 2008 he was the head of the electronic music department and a teacher at diem -lrb- danish institute for electro-acoustic music -rrb- at the royal academy of music in aarhus , denmark .
he is the author of two books , `` radical computer music & fantastisk mediemanipulation '' and `` el camino del hardcore - rejsen til nordens indre . ''
goodiepal is also known for travelling over very long distances using only his home-made cabin bike `` kommunal klon komputer 2 '' that , with the help of a top-of-the-line dynamo system , could provide all the electric power needed for the equipment he used during a concert -lrb- which often involves playing back and recording from his audio recorder -rrb- .
goodiepal has given away both money and most of his belongings ; in 2011 he published an `` album object '' containing a 500 danish crowns note and sold it for 250 danish crowns .
during the transmediale 2012 festival goodiepal shipped his belongings over to install and subsequently give them away one by one , dubbed as the ` mort aux vaches ekstra extra -- the give away ! '
performance .
in 2014 an advertisement in the wire hinted at goodiepal looking for a new owner for his self made mechanical birds .
in 2014 , goodiepal sold kommunal klon komputer 2 to the national gallery of denmark , where it is now on display .
a new bike is in the making , kommunal klon komputer 9 .
