René Baptist Huysmans (born 1969) is a sound artist/ composer of electronic music. He lives and works in Amsterdam.
His works have been performed on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2015, his piece Crossing the Ridge (2012) was selected by the Swiss Forum Wallis for their Ars Electronica 2015 festival. Other festivals include Muslab (Mexico City, 2015), Inside-Out Festival (Berlin, 2016) and En Chair et en Son (Paris, 2016). Together with Luiz Henrique Yudo and Michael Bonaventure, he is a member of the composers collective MuizManz, whose main output is the annual Sonority Cabinet, an eclectic concert series for organ and electronic music. As of 2013, he began collaborating with organist and composer Michael Bonaventure, embarking on a series of works for organ and fixed media electronics. Since 2016, he has been collaborating with video artist Ʌrtyr on an increasing number of video projects. A new direction in his work is the collaboration with butoh-dancers Denis Sanglard, Elisabeth Damour and Tebby Ramasike.