Jo Thielemans is a creator, engineer, editor, and lover of sound.
He has been working on and off stage in music and theatre for about 20 years.
His home and studio are in Antwerp, Belgium.
photo (c) Koen Broos
Jon Birdsong and I made the soundtrack
for a Kopergietery production,
in cooperation with East Flanders foster care.
Nine young performers directed by Axelle Verkempinck,
a wonderful stage design by Wim Piqueur (who also made the set for Zwart Gat Antarctica!), and costumes by Valerie Le Roy.
Premièred 11 April 2025
Album out digitally 4 August 2025
Hans Van Cauwenberghe, Willem-Jan Wellens and I, wrote a theatre production, premiered on February 11 2025.
We aim to weave science and music theatre together : tell a human story, intertwined with real modern physics, and historical explorations.
Hans performs the monologue, I am on stage with electronics and brass objects, blending (memories of) Schubert’s Winterreise - played by Anthony Romaniuk ! - with electronic sounds.
The Quantum mechanics of a heartbreak’s black hole.
HERE is a wonderful review in pzazz (in Dutch)
Chronophone is a wonderful locative audio project, produced by Zonzo Compagnie.
The device lets the audience experience a soundscape that evolves, depending on where they walk in the field.
The sounds and music are based on Albert Einstein’s discovery that time does not flow equally in every place.
Handing out these machines, explaining to the children that they are participating in scientific research, watching them explore and enjoy, is a great pleasure !
Chronophone has played at several Big Bang Festivals at home and abroad, and other locations.
It was a super cooperation with Geert De Coninck.
Locative audio by Ignacio Pecino at SonicMaps.
Design by Gertjan Biasino.