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Bands
Bands I have done the lights for. Each one has its own links, from the music to the tour dates.
- Indie folkIsbellsBelgian project around songwriter Gaëtan Vandewoude, known for hushed, slow-building songs. This is the production I have toured with the longest, which has made the band as good as family.
- Indie popMarble SoundsBrussels project led by Pieter Van Dessel. The sixth album, Core Memory, moves towards synths and drums. I got to know them on tour with Isbells, when they joined as support in Germany. Germany did the rest: they have felt like family ever since.
- Folk & ambientChantal AcdaSinger-songwriter based in Belgium. Fragile vocals between indie folk, ambient and contemporary jazz. She deserves more attention and a bigger audience, and her concerts impress me every time.
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Theatre
The people who make the shows and light the stage.
- Magic theatreTim OelbrandtFlemish theatre maker and magician, Belgian champion of magic in 2023. House artist at De Studio, where Heen en Terug, Brain Freeze, Spirals, Kizuna and Dopamine were made. We met as technicians at De Roma and stayed friends ever since, which makes going on tour with him a real pleasure.
- Theatre companyT10Theatre business for lighting design and technique across theatre, comedy and music, with a rental department for light and sound (Txpress). Through T10 I go on the road with Absynthe Minded, Thomas Smith, Michael Van Peel and Eddy et les Vedettes, and my work at TRIX comes through them too.
Also in theatre
- 2011–2012Het Lortcher-syndroom, Warre Borgmans and Dimitri Leue. Tour, and replacement on the 2012 revival.
- 2012Eindelijk Hamlet, Warre Borgmans. Lighting design and tour.
- 2013Diepte van het dal, Warre Borgmans and Dimitri Leue. Lighting design, tour and scenography.
- 2013Achterom, Vonken en Zonen. End-of-year show.
- Vanbinnen Bang Vanbuiten, Dimitri Leue. Lighting design, tour and scenography.
- Dit is wat ik me herinner, De Kaaimannen, Turnhout. Lighting design.
- The Jerry Ratpack Show, with Jeroen Tilkin, Nathalie Meskens and Ivan Pecnik.
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Venues
The places where the music and theatre happen.
- AntwerpDe RomaCultural venue in Borgerhout with concerts, film, theatre and social events. My very first workplace, at the time together with Rataplan vzw, and a place with incredibly many chances to grow. Over the years our paths split and came back together. It is always good to return, for De Roma itself or with a band.
- Turnhout
- Antwerp
- Brussels
- Antwerp
- LeuvenHet DepotConcert venue on the Martelarenplein that also runs festivals and room for musicians and DJs to grow. My jobs here come through Ampli & Devents, who book me for the shows. Thanks to them.
- Kapellen
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Media
Live sessions and fragments from the bands and shows I have worked on. Everything opens on YouTube or Vimeo.
- PhotosIsbellsConcert photo series on Wannabes, each one by its own photographer.
- LiveMarble SoundsFull concerts and sessions, with three songs filmed at CC Strombeek. The last four links are concert photo series on Wannabes, each credited to its photographer.
- LiveChantal AcdaA concert at the Ancienne Belgique.
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About
I'm Hans, a lighting designer and technician working on concerts and theatre around Antwerp.
Music got hold of me as a small boy. On weekends we came home from the groceries to my father listening to music at full volume. That sound stayed with me. He also ran light and sound for the local school and the youth movement. Later I joined him, and the bug was there to stay.
The Sabbatini course (VDAB, 2006–2007) turned the passion into a trade. A first job followed in May 2007, at De Roma in Borgerhout.
After De Roma (2007–2010) came de Warande in Turnhout. De Studio in Antwerp followed from 2016 to 2022, with technical coordination as part of the job. In 2022 it was back to De Roma for light. Since 2025 the work is freelance, as lighting technician and designer.
Along the way came the lights for bands like Isbells, Marble Sounds and Chantal Acda, plus theatre tours with Warre Borgmans, Dimitri Leue and Tim Oelbrandt, partly as lighting designer. They have their own spot on the Bands and Theatre pages. Freelance jobs led to TRIX, Muziekodroom in Hasselt and OLT Rivierenhof, and to coaching students at Fontys Academy of the Arts in Tilburg. Many other tours and places have followed over the years, more than fit on these pages.
Consoles: grandMA2 and grandMA3 (an MA3 compact of my own) and ChamSys MagicQ. Software: QLab, and Resolume Arena for video mapping and playback.
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