rant

rant is Merle Bennett and Torsten Papenheim.
existing since spring 2003.
close and direct duo-playing.
forms and patterns of pop-music.
experimental and abstract noises.

released two albums on schraum:
"a direct sensuous pleasure" (2006)
"seumsund / sundseum" (2004)

"...With just guitar and drums, these two present compositions that distill popbased music to its barest forms while referencing both free improv vocabulary and even hints of jazzguitar sonorities. The duo creates a type of meta-music; pieces that reference and deconstruct song forms..."
CADENCE, USA

"...You know that you have talent when the musicians can turn even the bare bones of a song into a "sensuous pleasure". rant does very simple sounding music. All that you hear is drums and guitar. The songs are stripped down to the essentials: melody and beat. There is so much here, done with such a small quantity of raw material. ... This is a deconstruction of mainstream music..."
NEO-ZINE, USA

"...rant are located somewhere else. This duo works patiently on simple melodies but also on abstract atmospheres. Melodic, jazzy and abstract, right? I've heard somebody calls it "cool" and why not?! Let's say it can be cool but with a soft indie-rock attitude!?!..."
CHAIN DLK, ITALY