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RAMBLE SONG – 2021

Ramble Song on Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music / Deezer
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With Ramble Song, BERLIN propels music [a driving foundation in earlier work] and the cinematic into the foreground. A poetic ramble full of beauty but also disappointment unravels in a series of tableaux. Ramble Song meanders between melancholy and black humour, inspired by the figure of the drifter ­– the nomad who cultivates a form of indecisiveness and who lurks in each of us.

Onstage there is a theatrical installation. This organism in sleep mode, with something that resembles a continuously audible and visible respiration, is animated through live music and footage. The soundtrack is wide-ranging, featuring echoes of new-classical music but also energetic krautrock and a diversity of synth-driven soundscapes. The daily noise between our ears here gives way to a musical universe that gets crystallized in images – and vice versa.

Ramble Song features four musicians onstage: BERLIN’s in-house composer Peter Van Laerhoven, who has been creating BERLIN’s soundscape from the very beginning, Tim Coenen [Miet Warlop, Het nieuwstedelijk, The Go Find, Roadhouse Libra,..], Eric Thielemans [EARR, Chantal Acda, Tape Cuts Tape, Ben Sluijs Quartet, BERLIN's Jerusalem and Remember The Dragons,..] and Tine Hubrechts [o.a. The Bear That Wasn’t]. The performance will be accompanied by a physical [vinyl] and digital release of the music.

Ramble Song differs from earlier work in formal terms, but is vintage BERLIN in terms of inventive puzzling with (presentation) forms to achieve a powerful whole. The profound humanity that characterized previous, often documentary work is taken even further in this fictional work, averse to the anecdotic and to dominant storylines.

photo © Koen Broos

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Video and audio

Credits

concept and direction BERLIN [Bart Baele and Yves Degryse] actors film Luk Sponselee,
Menno De Schrijver,
Michel Van Looveren,
Jane Seynaeve,
Anthe Baele,
Jasper Meuris,
Ester Van Nuffel,
Ninke De Roeck,
Mo Franken,
Sigrid Desplentere,
Jérôme Gouardères,
Jaak Fremault and Billie Ghadhoun Seynaeve
supporting actors Joost van der Boom,
Quiny Voorn,
Patrick Oost,
Andre Beukers,
Marianne Buwalda,
Devon Guy,
Amber van Wijk,
Stijn Lutz,
Michiel Hendriks,
Bas Ruhl,
Rainier van Amelsvoort,
Liesbeth Peels ,
Pien van Welbergen-Danen,
Pharmindra Kedar,
You Zheng Chou and Nicole Honnebier 		 video and video editing Bart Baele,
Geert De Vleesschauwer and Fien Leysen
scenography Manu Siebens and BERLIN set dresser Jessica Ridderhof
musical composition Peter Van Laerhoven musicians Peter Van Laerhoven,
Tine Hubrechts,
Eric Thielemans and Tim Coenen [live & film],
Mo Franken,
Ester Van Nuffel and Ninke De Roeck [film]
costumes Jessica Ridderhof,
Jane Seynaeve,
Perrine Philomeen and Doris van der Molen		 make-up Jane Seynaeve,
Saskia Verreycken and Lona Cerutti
accompaniment supporting actors Angeliek Vermonden and Lara Arnoldus photography Koen Broos and Luis Xertu
graphic design Corbin Mahieu technical coordination Manu Siebens and Geert De Vleesschauwer
sound Arnold Bastiaanse,
Bas De Caluwe,
Maarten Moesen and Karel Verstreken		 production management Jessica Ridderhof
production BERLIN business management Kurt Lannoye
administration Jane Seynaeve sales Eveline Martens
communications Sam Loncke thanks to Florine Schaap,
Regul Bogaert,
Tamara Esseling,
Charlotte Willems,
Lars Senders,
Peter De Haan Uitvaartservice,
De Studio (Antwerp),
J&M Catering,
Bart De Muynck,
Rotterdams Volkstheater,
Gracy's,
Roodkapje/Burgertrut,
Carole Seynaeve and Ruth Lodder
Coproductions
DE SINGEL [Antwerp, BE] and C-TAKT [Limburg, BE] with the support of the Flemish Government, Tax Shelter of the Belgian federal government (Podiumfonds) and the City of Antwerp BERLIN is creative associate at deSingel international arts campus [Antwerp, BE] and artiste associé at le CENTQUATRE-PARIS [FR]