Founding member and drummer/percussionist in German pop band Das Holz. Various collaborations with Christian Wolz (their project WB•R released the promo CD Tamadium in 1992) and Alexander Veljanov (drums/percussion on Secrets Of The Silver Tongue). These days Beesten jr. works as a Berlin based composer for film scores and theatre productions. (He composed the music for Holger Mandel's short film Ultima Thule in 1999, for instance.)