Halloween with RanestRane and the Steven Rothery Band

Hi all!

Last month the boys supported the Steve Rothery Band in 3 places, Russelheim, Uden and Cologne where the lucky places. Unfortunately we were not there but we asked our friends to keep us updated during these 3 days and asked them to surprise us with photo's and small reviews!

We enjoyed all updates and we will show some of them!

Marjo Klingenberg (Uden)

Most of the time, when you are going to a gig, you are not looking forward tot he support act, because it’s the main act you want to see. But there are a few exceptions and one of them is the amazing RanestRane. The first time I saw them was over a year ago in Ulft when they were touring with the SRB and it was a jaw dropping experience. Second time I saw them during the Marillion Weekend PZ 2015 and again they were fantastic. The third time, true magic happend on stage in Roma together with Steve Hogarth, and they lifted the whole gig to a ridiculous high level. 

And then there was last Saturday 31 October in Uden, again as support act fort he SRB, but to be honest, RanestRane has passed the status of being a support act by far now. Normally the venue isn’t full yet when a support act starts, but it was full in Uden. Most of the time people don’t stop their conversations when a support act starts playing, instead they start talking louder, but at the moment RanestRane started playing Semi, you could hear a pin drop. 

The whole performance was just amazing (again) and according to the response of the the crowd they agreed. 

Is it a problem they don’t sing in English? Well, music is emotion and the Italian language (for me) is passion and emotion in one, so for me it even gives an extra dimension to the allready awesome music. Therefore I hope they wil never change this and keep singing in Italian.

Daniele Pomo, Riccardo Romano, Massimo Pomo and Maurizio Meo are passionate musicians from the highest level and they are getting better every time I see them. I can’t wait to see them again on December 6th when they are going to perform their new album H.A.L. If you haven’t seen them live before just buy a ticket, you are in for a real treat from an awesome band, and they deserve to be seen and heard and they deserve a ‘SOLD OUT’ sign on the venue of De Pul Uden.

Paul Kooijmans gave us some shots of his phone :-) He told us the following:

I'm not known with this band, but I loved what I heard! They received a huge applause which was well deserved!

Marco Keijzer also shared a photo as he couldn't resist to not take a few quicksnaps! 

He told us the following: I'm neither so very known with this band, I think I miss a front person or so, I cannot explain what I miss, but the music is lovely to hear and I'm really looking forward to the next album Monolith part 2! ( We told him that H.A.L. will be the part 2 ;-) And that it will be released very soon!)

Carolien van Goethem told us the following:

This was the 3th time I saw Ranestrane and I really enjoyed it. I don't understand Italian but their atmosphic music and lyrics took me away to dreamy street again. I loved to see them enjoying themselves on stage together. I am looking forward too their new album and hope too see them 6 dec in Uden again 

Christine Westbroek wrote us the following:

A Halloween night with RanestRane

Usually people try to scare the hell out of you at Halloween but this year I had a quite other experience. 

As a supportact for the Steven Rotheryband we got to see the Italian band RanestRane.

Four very nice guys who clearly enjoy to collaborate together and who performed the music from their first album Monolith, part 1 of a serie of three called A Space Odyssey.

On this night we heard the atmospheric and sometimes haunting sounds from the trip through space. 

Sometimes I got a feeling that I would like to hear some more vocals but on the other hand I think that they let us experience the emptiness and loneliness of space.

The compositions are really nice and the solo’s give space to all instruments and are showing the skills of all 4 bandmembers. 

I have to admit that I am not a great fan of supportacts because I have seen too many of them that I did not like at all but the 40 minutes RanestRane was playing were flying by and I really would have loved to hear more of them. 

Instead of scaring me they made me feel really happy that night. 

If you want to see this great band too then get your chance and go to see them in The Pul in Uden on 6 December. You are really in for a treat and you’ll get to hear more of them because this time they are not supporting an other band but playing a full gig. Don’t miss it!

Even our friend Kim Hostrup Hansen from Denmark went to one of the gigs! He went to Cologne and surprised us with a review and photo's! Even a familiar face of our Italian friend Irene! Hi dear Irene! :-)

Fanweb Scandinavia on the Radio!

Hi all!

We received the request of Paul Stoutenberg to talk about RanestRane.

And so we did! Unfortunately the interview is in Dutch but I made a translation for you all in English!

You can hear the interview here

Hi Lilian

Hi Paul

So nice to have you on the phone from Sweden to tell us about RanestRane

Well thank you for the invite! With all love I will do this for you

You are a great fan of RanestRane and also close to the band right?

Yes, that’s correct, it all started during the Marillion Weekend last year in Port Zealand. After this convention I made the first contact and tried to turn the band into the spotlights. That did work! Which is very nice and there is a lot of love in this work, which led to a true friendship which I appreciate.

I really like to speak with you about the band.

RanestRane is formed since 1998 right?

Correct.

You mentioned that the band are getting more attention, is this due the fact of the co-working together with Marillion?

Yes, on the album Monolith (where will will talk about later) they have Steven Rothery and Steven Hogarth as guest appearance. Also Rothery is the man who promote the band as wel me thinks as he took the boys with him during his solo tour. He is currently still busy with that as he will play as support for RanestRane in Italy tomorrow and the day after where they will promote the new album H.A.L and they also will play some Marillion songs.

But it’s not only Rothery but also Hogarth which helped the band with this project. He also sang in a few songs or actually spoke some lines in a few songs. But many Marillion fans will recognize this of course immediately. It’s respect for each other from both sides I think.

You said that they will play in Rome tomorrow?

Yes that’s correct! 

That will be the start of their tour through Europe where they will even stop for a gig in the Netherlands right?

Yes, they will be in Uden on the 6th of December at venue the Pul where they will present their Album HAL and they will play some other songs as well. But which songs… that’s a surprise.

So you do not know which songs will be played?

Hahaha no, I don’t know. I haven’t got the privilege to know that hahaha.

Well that is one reason more to join the gig in Uden on the 6th of December!

Absolutely!!

I mentioned before that the music really is impressive. I do believe that it will be even more impressive when you will see the band live isn’t it?

Well from my experience, I’ve seen them live last year 2014 in Copenhagen during the Rothery solo tour, I didn’t knew RanestRane, never heard of them either, but anyway, I was sitting at the first row and I was blown away by their talent. I didn’t understand a single word due the fact they sing in Italian, but the music really got their hooks in me.

4 talented guys were creating amazing music, and I was sold!

So I think that this might be the ’thing’ for most people when you hear and see them live on stage. You will be convinced by their emotion, their way of playing and so the rest doesn’t matter anymore. Their music is full of energy, emotion and passion.

Well I’m getting very curious and will go to the gig in Uden on the 6th od December that for sure. The first song I played was from the first album Nosferatu. From which year is this album? 

Ehh let’s think, this album was released in 2007 and is based on the movie of Werner Herzog Nosferatu perhaps better known for the older people with the name Dracula.

I am one of them…

hahahah

If you will see and hear this live, is there also a screen where you will see the movie or not?

Well if RanestRane has the possibility to show the movie on screen, which is possible 9 of 10 times, they will do that. The movie will be shown on the background, so they can show you their story better. The music and emotions will be heard. The music will lead you through the movie and the movie will lead you through the music. 

There will be not so many people being familiar with the movie Nosferatu but the movie The Shining will be more known. And that is the second album right?

Yes, the movie with Jack Nicholson as main actor, where he plays a person which is getting psychological pressure. And I think this album is also psychedelic actually.

I will play the song Incubo of the album the Shining. Which scene of the movie do I need to think of?

Incubo…. let’s think…. I think Incubo shows the part in the movie where Jack get’s the first psychological problems….yeah I think so….

Alright! I will play this song now, and will get back to you after this song.

INCUBO…..

We have played the second song of 4 now which is called Incubo from the album The Shining.

If I’m right, this is also an album which contains 2 cd’s right?

Yes that’s correct

If you put these albums next to each other, do you hear any development?

Yes, my opinion says that there is development. Yesterday I had a little chat with Riccardo Romano the keyboard player, Nosferatu was released in 2007. It took 3 years to write this album. Riccardo told me that they were very young at that time, they were ’searching’ and in full development. The songs were shorter, but they learned a lot about the writing.

They had the same project with the Shining, I think this is really their ’kind of thing’, producing a kind of soundtrack to a movie in their own style. They tried to make the songs a bit longer, but the problem is that you are bound on the different scenes in a movie. You can’t write a song of 10 minutes in a scene which only takes 5 minutes. In that time perhaps something completely also is going on…. 

But the boys are telling that they see development through all those years. I agree, I think you can hear it as wel as it’s more progressive and more empathy. The Shining is one of my favorite albums.

But the boys of Marillion were not involved by these first 2 albums right?

No, this was RanestRane’s project and goal I think. If we take Daniele Pomo, he loves books and stories and movies. He is the one who is addicted to these kind of things.

Marillion came later in the spotlights, but that is an another story.

I spoke with you before and you mentioned the name of the drummer Daniele Pomo, he is also the singer of the band right?

Yes

But that’s difficult I think?

Yes, he told somewhere that he is from beginning a drummer and actually he didn’t want to sing, because it didn’t felt natural to him. Though, after much practicing and learning the best technical parts in drumming and combine this with singing made it different for him. He made improvements in music and he could put his emotions in music by singing which gives him a good feeling and makes him happy.

I have seen Marillion several times and well if we see Steve Hogarth, he is an eye catcher. I mean the music of RanestRane is fantastic but to watch RanestRane, might that be not a little bit static?

Well I agree for a small part I think. I think that RanestRane might need to think about their set up on stage, because this ’problem’ or if you want to call it problem, people are wondering who is singing. That’s not weird of course as Daniele is most of the time hiding behind his drumkit and cymbals but I think that the set up on stage might do difference when people can see him. Also I hope that Daniele might come in front of the stage as there are some songs on the new album without any drums. So people might see the singer of the band :-)

Well the boys are growing and are getting a bit more famous of course, I can imagine they think: We will see what is happening..

Exactly, they received so many positive reactions after the Marillion Weekend 2015 of fans and new fans and of Marillion as well! I understood that at the moment the boys were on stage, they thought that Marillion was preparing their selves for the concert that evening, that was not the fact… Marillion was watching RanestRane from backstage and they told the boys that they never had seen so many people applauding for a support act as that evening!

And so the boys received a boost to believe in their project, and to keep on going! And that’s of course very pleasant to hear!

Yes, I can imagine that! I want to go further to the third album A Space Odyssey, I believe it’s a part of trilogy? 

Yes correct! It’s an album based on the movie A Space Odyssey.

Well David Bowie based his song also on that album right?

Ehh I think so hahahaha I’m not very updated regarding David Bowie background hahahaha

But I know that Roger Waters of Pink Floyd uses a scene of this movie in one of his songs

Okay!

Hahah That’s what I know, but Bowie? No idea!

But anyway, the will split this movie in 3 parts, and the first album is also called A Space Odyssey right or ,no, wait it’s called Monolith. When was this album released?

This album was released in november 2013. And on the studio version you will hear English spoken parts and also the voice of Steven Hogarth and the guitar solo of Steven Rothery.

Materna Luna is the one which I will play soon.

Yes that the one with Rothery, And they also have a live version which contains Italian spoken parts.

Okay, and do you hear again differences between this album and the others? Because Marillion is involved in this album.

Marillion is involved as support, it’s a completely different album, an another genre, not that romantic as Nosferatu, not that psychodelic as The Shining but more space! More keyboard sounds. I think Monolith and also H.A.L are Riccardo albums.

I want to listen!

Me too!

Alright, I will play Materna Luna with Steven Rotary as support!

MATERNA LUNA

So and that was Materna Luna with the fantastic guitar player Steven Rothery of Marillion

I mentioned that the album is released already in Japan but not for the rest of the world. Are the boys of RanestRane that popular in Japan?

Well to make a long story short…

They played in 2013 on the Italian Prog Rock Festival where they played together with l Rovescio della Medaglia which is an Italian Prog rock band. They played together with an orchestra the album Contaminazione, hopefully I say it right, which was released in 1973. This was at the festival in Tokyo. There is also a fan which has her own website like me. So yeah they are popular there as well.

Very Special!

Well Progrock lives also in Japan! No matter which language!

Yes, as we speak about the language, it’s not an easy language to understand. Has the band never thought about to write in English?

No they haven’t! Point 1: English is not their mother language, they don’t speak this language for perfect 100% either, therefore they cannot express theirselves either. They cannot give 100% as they want to, when they need to write in English.

They are saying: We are RanestRane, we are from Italy, and we want to show our emotions in our own language! And I agree with that completely!

I mean, take the Marillion Weekend as example. 3 days of music, more than 50 different countries, I’m 100% sure that some of them doesn’t speak or understands English but love Marillion anyway….

Yes, but I’m sure that there are more people speaking English than Italian…

Yes that’s true, but it’s the music which needs to get the hooks in you!!

Yes sure, absolutely!

And that’s their goal! And I completely respect that! If RanestRane will write in English, they will not be RanestRane anymore… they will not have the possibility to put their emotions in the music which they normally do…..

The Album H.A.L is not released yet worldwide besides Japan, but with the support of RanestRane and you we have the possibility to hear 2 songs!

Yes indeed!

Do you know only these 2 songs or the complete album?

I know the whole album

So you are the ones besides Japan who knows?

Can you give a tiny impression?

Yes, it’s called H.A.L, named after the computer in the movie. It’s a romantic album, it’s warmer, less conversations and singing, but it gets YOU!

The first time of listening, I got tears in my eyes, how can they do this…

I was not the only one, the boys also had their tears during writing the album. So much emotion, so much passion… they are playing all their own role which you can hear clearly.

Definitely the best album of RanestRane!

I think you made RanestRane fans curious and also other listeners. I can imagine that people want to see RR live.

Well it’s my advice to do so! Let’s get surprised in Uden!

You will not be there…

No, but in fact I would love to meet Dutch fans perhaps in Copenhagen where I will be on the 4th of December!

It’s even the release date of H.A.L. Time for party!

You will be there?

Yes! Together with the promoter in Denmark, we managed to get the boys to Scandinavia! And as a big plus: The release date of H.A.L!!

Well I want to wish you much fun on the 4th of December, thank you for your chat about RanestRane! 

Thank you!

We will now listen to the song Computer Malware. It’s the premiere!

1 week left! It's Monolith week!

We are counting the days until H.A.L arrives!
Next week on the 4th of December the album will be on sale worldwide! 
Fanweb Scandinavia will keep you updated straight from Copenhagen where the boys will play their new album!

If you want to join our party Tickets here

Robert made the 3rd review about Monolith, the first part of the trilogy of 'a Space Odyssey'

You can read it here below.

See some of you next week?

We`re almost there....HAL coming out soon....but first the review of album Nr.3...Monolith

Monolith is actually my first "encounter" with RanestRane....taking me back to the MW 2015 where they did the opening on Saturday for Marillion....I already got a slight hint from my beloved wife saying; I think you are going to like it....well...no need to discuss that

further.;-))

The thing that "stroke" me was first of all the music of course and looking at four guys playing wit a lot of passion but never "going over the top"....maybe hard to explain .....but sometimes I`m having a "hard time" with looking at and listening to musicians who want to "show off"....playing 1000 notes per second and so....but don´t get me wrong here....they are not making themselves an "easy job"..... not at all….

After a while someone started to sing...it took me a while to discover that it was the drummer doing the lead vocal.....Now as I said before.....I drum too...backing vocals OK, but lead vocal and drumming like Danny Pomo???  Not in this ”lifetime"....

Riccardo Romano plays his keys with such a "passion and joy" that its almost impossible not to ”dance"........

Maurizio Meo hits the "low tones" perfectly on the "spot" and Massimo Pomo is the kind of guitarist I really love......no easy stuff he`s playing but I really love his "way" of playing....always in "duty" of the music never stepping out of line....makes me think of people like David Rhodes in Peter Gabriels band ....well for me it was a "blast" this show and I was lucky to "bump" into the Pomo-brothers  the day after and have a chat with them...

Back to the music; Monolith is the first part of the trilogy based on Kubricks "2001: a space odyssey" ....and what RR did perfect ...."again".... is to "catch" the "atmosphere" of the movie. It’s a different kind of movie as Nosferatu and Shining its more about "space" and "high-tec" and so is the sound too, mainly Riccardo is playing more "spacey"....

The cd contains 6 tracks with "guest-appearances" of both Steve Hogarth and Steve Rothery (Marillion) on some tracks..which shows the "big-hearted" attitude of Massimo to let Steve do 2 of the solos....

Tracks 1,2,4 and 6 make their way on whatever "live set-list" easy....

There is a kind of "love and respect" between Marillion and RanestRane.....is RR like Marillion? No! Sure Riccardo loves them and plays in Rothers-band too, Massimo is a big fan of Rothers too!

But RanestRane sounds most likely like.....RanestRane...four nice guys blessed with the"gift of talent" who believe in what they do!!!

And yes...they do love Marillion and play their stuff when on tour with Rothery or played it with Hogarth in Rome!!!

And talking about the Rome-gig....someone said something to me before the gig and I`ll never forget that ;there is a "reason" why both Hogarth and Rothery love to play with RanestRane.....

I`ll leave it there......

I hope you enjoyed the reviews so far....next one will probably be about the RR-gig in Copenhagen on the 4th of December where I will try to "tackle" the guys for an" interview" too.... so enjoy the upcoming tour of the band and see you later!!

Robert.

Interview about RanestRane!

26th of November 2015 at 20.00!!

Paul Stoutenberg asked us to do an interview about RanestRane and their upcoming album H.A.L!

Tune in at www.lokaleomroepgoirle.nl

Two hours great music !
In the second hour I have a talk with Lilian Boomsema. She's a great fan of the Italian progrockband Ranestrane.
Five songs of this great band, including two songs of their new album HAL, which will be released the first week of december!

Tune in at: www.lokaleomroepgoirle.nl

Talking Heads Psycho Killer
The Motors Airport
Buena Vista Social Club Chan Chan
Ricardo Cocciante Margherita
Coldplay The Scientist
Graham Parker Hey Lord, Don't Ask me Questions
Elvis Costello & The Attractions She
Patti Smith Dancing Barefoot
Dr Feelgood Milk and Alcohol
Dave Edmunds I Hear You Knocking
Duran Duran A View to a Kill
Frankie Goes to Hollywood Rage Hard
Clannad Theme from Harry's Game
Gloria Estefan Oye mi Canto ( Hear my Voice)
The Eagles The Best of my Love

hour 2 

Ranestrane L' Ultimo InContro
Ranestrane Incubo
Ranestrane Materna Luna
Ranestrane Computer Malfunction
Ranestrane Freddo Al Cuore
Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way
Golden Earring Long Blond Animal
Rolling Stones Lady Jane
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa Nutbush City Limits
INXS Suicide Blonde
Kayak Starlight Dancer

The Shining in the spotlights!!

This week is The Shining week!

Robert made a review regarding this album which you can read below.

Review of RanestRanes second 2cd album Shining based on Stanley Kubricks movie from 1980 with my fave actor Jack Nicholson in the leading rol......again I highly recommend to see the movie....and if possible...synchronize it with the album....you`ll be amazed!!!!!

As the first album Nosferatu had a more "classic and symphonic" touch.....Here we get to hear a more "aggressive" side of RR, more guitar-riffs and pumping bass....

cd.1 contains 12 tracks whom are beautiful mixed with movie-scenes .....again RR managed to catch the mood of the scenes perfectly ....sinister, dark, suspense, anger, fear….

Although quite a lot of tracks have movie-sounds in it, there a still some who would fit perfect in a live-set without the movie to back it up......this time I`m not going to tell which ones....you find out yourselves...but it keeps 

the "attention" throughout the whole cd without being boring...

cd.2 contains 11 tracks….same story...and here you should really try to play movie and music in synchro `cause when Jack breaks down the bathroom door with his axe?? (classic scene from the movie).....SUPERB!!!!!!....BRILLIANT!!!!!

What RR really does perfect is finding the way to build up the tension during the movie….

the  Labirinto-scenes with Jack chasing Danny???.....Wonderful!

Here too,like on Nosferatu... RR saves the best for last .....the end pieces are so beautifully done that you want to play them over and over again....(at least thats what happened to me..)...

The concept "cine-rock" isn`t an easy thing for a musician.....I play guitar, bass and drums myself so I think I know little about the "problem" the guys have to face in doing this.......they are more or less stuck in "time-frames".....the movie can`t be changed....scenes are as long as they are...

In the "normal" way you can make the songs as long as you want.....and live even longer!!!

Gilmour´s solo on C-numb has gotten longer over the years......I`ve been listening to some very good solos of Massimo and would love to hear more and I guess he would have loved to carry on with them too....but....new scene, new sound....and that is for the whole band the same story….not easy…

But they managed it well!!

Fact is that "shining" is a very good album with some exciting and surprising elements in it......it also has the feel the band has grown as a "unity"......its feels as if we`re dealing with four brothers instead of 2 (Massimo and Danny are brothers)......Riccardo, Maurizio,Massimo & Daniele ...are playing with heart and soul….and that is what we hear on this album….and we thank them for that.

Robert.

You can read more about this album HERE and HERE

H.A.L. release!

It's Nosferatu week on the Scandinavian web!

Hi all!

Before we enjoy the gig in Copenhagen the 4th of December, we decided to have a kick off! Every week a new album in the spotlights!

Let's get started with Nosferatu!

Robert wrote a review about the album Nosferatu. Thank you Roberto!

Hi there!! 

As we all eagerly await the upcoming HAL-release, I would like to take us all back to the first album; Nosferatu, and do a little review about it here......

Nosferatu is RR`s 2 cd debut-album  and contains 28 tracks and is based on Werner Herzogs movie from 1979 with Klaus Kinski and Isabelle Adjani in the leading roles.....I highly recommend to watch the movie....

Back to the music of RR.......as being a debut-album they did an excellent job catching the spirit from the movie-scenes into their music....I even can imagine this album being done  with a big Symphonic-orchestra.....it would be perfect!!

Because there is a "classic" and "symphonic" touch about this whole album......

cd.1. contains 14 tracks and some of them would fit in whatever set-list they would play without the movie-images....Lucy,Passero presto,Via da Wismar,La montagna, Saranno giorni tristi and Che giorno maledetto can easily stand on their own in a set-list without back-up from the movie....

cd.2. contains also 14 tracks and here its;La Nave,Che succede,Finalmente Qui,Ritorna, Il Diario Di Jonathan,Adesso So Il Perche.....and the superb and mind-blowing closing section;L`ultimo Incontro,Il Ritrovamento and Via Da Wismar (reprise) are all capable of making it on their own!!                                       

While all these tracks can "stand"on their own in the other tracks there are often sounds or dialogues from the movie mixed in.... and in a beautiful way I must say....it is a "blast" to watch and listen to the music and movie in synchronicity....

All in all is Nosferatu a great album... but.....for "newcomers" it can be less easy to digest 

without seeing the movie first maybe.....it is not a must but it helps to "visualize" the sounds and dialogues between the actors....

There is the know-how, the skill and the talent inside these guys..... but most important.... the passion, there is a "fire" burning inside when it comes to making music.....a debut-album on such a high level is "out of this world"!!  The best way to enjoy the RR album is putting yourself in "relax mode" with a glas of wine or something else you like and let the music take you "away" ..........to heaven.....

Some tracks have been able to wet my eyes for real and I love every minute of it.....I really recommend this album to every RR-fan and every other music lover...because its well worth it!!

I can go on for hours here...but I won`t....I hope you enjoyed the review and if you don`t have Nosferatu yet?.......Well just get it!!!

Robert.