Wouter Berlaen - B.O.B. Best of Berlaen

In 2026, bassist & singer-songwriter Wouter Berlaen reaches the blessed age of 50! As a leap-year child, he will then be exactly 12.5 years old. At the gate of his puberty, he is therefore giving away the digital long-player “Lui zwieet” on the last day of February. Officially his 6th full album, which bundles 10 Zulte translations of the man's musical heroes. Harbinger ” ’t Lev’n es keihard” already colored the national airwaves in the summer of 2025 via Radio 1. The former radio hit “Brengt ui zuster mee” (an adaptation of Sly Fox’s eighties hit “Let’s go all the way”) also proves that the Zulte sounds have been spreading further than under the Zulte church tower for a long time. But there is more: In 2026, it is exactly 15 years since the man shed his first name to bring his own songs in unadulterated Zulte dialect into the spotlight as simply BERLAEN. That is 15 years of boys' dreams coming true: from being played a lot on Radio 1 to chart entries in the Radio 2 Ultratop. Van Nekkanacht as a guest with Raymond v.h.G. to a Radio 1 session with Johan Verminnen. From posing naked between Erika & Heidi Vantielen and a brothel visit with the late Luc De Vos to pimp the music videos. Met de Gentse rascals from Uberope scoring an internet hit. To playing Dranouter Festival flat four times and charming the world city of Brussels at Boterhammen in het Park. Van Gentse Feesten of Paulusfeesten in Ostend by the sea to Maanrock in Mechelen-far-from-Zulte. Never dared to dream of these proportions…