Ancienne Belgique

In PDCST, Rik De Bruycker (Stubru, Kratkruipers) enters into conversation with a number of artists who play at BRDCST. Who are they, what are they into, and especially: which artists do they look up to? Their stories and experiences will form the focal point of each episode.In this episode we talk to Brussels composer/musician Ben Bertrand who released the unbelievably beautiful album ‘NGC 1999’ in 2018 on the label of art centre Les Ateliers Claus. On this masterly miniature, Bertrand manipulates his bass clarinet melodies with a battery of effect pedals, thus creating otherworldly, dreamy compositions