Belgian Music From Antwerp to Waterloo

In the late 1963, the wakes of the Kennedy assassination, American radio stations tried to find out some softer music to suit the nation’s mournful mood. In some reason, they alighted on a childlike sound song known as Dominique, who sung by a Dominican nun from waterloo, Sister Luc Gabriel. Soeur Sourire, or the singing nun that became the first Belgian artist to have the US No.1 hit.

It almost took 50years for another group of the Belgian to repeat that feat, but in April 2013, Bruges born Wally De Backer aka Gotye merged the top spot with his lovelorn international hit. 

 

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But today, there are still many of fine Belgian producers that Gotye could have chosen, also Stephen Fasano was once part of Aeroplane, but now he makes delighted disco and house under his new alias. The magician has excellent remix for the Lykke Li’s follow rivers has also received more than 30m plays on YouTube and his new remix for Sam Sparro’s happiness needs to be an even bigger hit, it turns a so-so chilly Gonzales rip-off into a modern day disco stomper.

Also, for some reason that the Belgium found itself at the lead of the noughties comic disco revival. The Ghent label of the Eskimo recordings was the heart of the movement, singing acts which include the Lindstrom &Prins Thomas and releasing mix albums by the legendary Italian DJ Daniele Baldelli, whilst Aeroplane went back to the future at the exactly the right time in the time (seek out their incredible remix of Grace Jone’s Williams Blood). After then, the Belgian producers have taken discos to the new stages of abundance. Villa gave up a largely overlooked but truly brilliant remix of Adele’s rolling in the Deep, Mickey and the recently cooked up a fine remix for the horses by the equally fine Brussels band Montevido and moonlight matters (aka Sebastian Vandevoorde, which is formerly a Villa) seems to be the specialist in making goddesses like the Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lana Del Rey and Adele sound even more divine.

For everything that is made in Belgium is the electronic, which is  formed in Kortrijk in the year 200, Goose have successfully closed the gap between dance and rock while Rowdy duo Black Box Revelation are blowing that bridge up completely. The former is set to release a new song after summer and the prefect first single real has them taken their guitar cord harder than even before. The black box revelation, on the other hand, the group have been doing good over the years, with their ballsy garage-blues rock also their second song that is silver threats that shot the top of the Belgian charts while the third song my perception which has recently been getting a bigger push in the states while the band supported by Jane addiction and playing live on letterman.