· Joewi Verhoeven - vocals, guitars, bass, drums, programming, percussion, engineering, production
The son of a Dutch food-supplier father and a Chinese writer mother, Joewi (pronounced "Joo-ee" for those English speakers) began writing songs on piano and guitar at the ripe old age of 15 while growing up in the small Dutch town of Zeeland. Upon graduating high school he packed up and caught the first flight to Beijing, China to study Mandarin and film directing at the Beijing Film Academy. In his free time he manages to record infectiously peculiar lo-fi indie-pop. Since his story is awfully similar to Tag Team records founders, it's no wonder we felt a kinship to young Joewi right off the bat.
Joewi has only been playing under the name Arrows Made of Desire (a name he borrowed from a Jimi Hendrix lyric) for ten months, yet he has already home recorded the genre hopping English language full-length debut, Songs That Sell Fish. "Before I got into rock music I was a frequent listener of Dutch 'Gabba' music, also called Hardcore, basically really aggressive electronic bass/drum music," says Joewi. "The moment that music really started to mean something to me was when I discovered the world of rock music. Nirvana was my gate to this world. They were the band that made me pick up a guitar and start a band, like so many others. A lot of my current musical influences are from the older days. I especially like folk blues: an acoustic guitar, a harmonica, and tapping feet for rhythm. Then there is jazz, which I think is really exciting to listen to, it's like a new world I'm still exploring. On the other hand I'm also listening to modern music. I like a lot of post punk bands and also a lot of noise rock like Sonic Youth and Polvo."