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Merle Bennett gathered a variety of musical experiences in her home town of Hamburg by playing with many different musicians in as many different genres as possible. She then decided to concentrate in the fields of experimental/improvisation and worked during the nineties with the touring contemporary dance ensemble "contact 17". There she also studied Jazz and popular music through the "Kontaktstudiengang"" at the Hamburg conservatory of music. Moving to Berlin, she decided to study Jazz and Popular music at the Hans Eisler Hochschule für Musik which she then supplemented in 2008 with elementary musicpedagogy.
She is busy playing pop and rock music with the band Erik & Me, instrumental music with her duo rant (with whom she composed and played screen music for the documentary "Je größer das Land" by Henning Rörborn) as well as continuing her work with dancers and with improv music. She also works as a music teacher for children.
In co-operation with:
music:
Dave Bennett, Erik Lautenschläger, Tony Buck, Joe Williamson, Dieter Gostischa, Conrad Bauer,
Frank Gratkowski, Marc Awolin, Torsten Papenheim, Almut Schlichting, Christoph Funabashi.
dance:
Sten Rudström, Stina K. Bollmann, Laura Siegmund.
releases:
rant: seumsund/sundseum, 2004, schraum
Orchester der Schatten, Der Ruf des Dämon, 2004, Eichborn, Lido
Labor Sampler, 2004, Charhizma
rant: a direct sensuous pleasure, 2006, schraum
Orchester der Schatten, Der Ruf des Dämon, 2006, Eichborn, Lido
Erik & Me, Hundertsechzig Zeichen, 2008, Madunsky Records
Orchester der Schatten: Serie Krimi International, 2009/2010, Eichborn, Radio Multikulti
Erik & Me, Versteck, 2010, Revolver Distribution
rant: land, 2011, schraum
Merle Bennett appears on schraum 2, 6, 9, 13, 20.