Obituary: Bill Withers
“It matters not where I come from in relation to the world, as long as the world and I arrive at a common point at a common time”. So say…
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Briandroid
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Electronic musician and writer resident in Belgium, with a love of Kraftwerk and a cyborg obsession
Album Review: Roger Eno and Brian Eno – Mixing Colours
Brian is unarguably the better known of the Eno brothers, mainly for his metamorphosis from priapic glam-peacock synth boffin to visionary producer and ambient music pioneer. Roger though has discreetly…
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Not Forgotten: Zombie Zombie – plays John Carpenter
This 5 track mini-album from 2010 is a synth slice of sonic delight. French electro-pop duo Zombie Zombie, comprising of Etienne Jaumet and Cosmic Neman (though these days they are…
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Album Review: The Orb – Abolition of the Royal Familia
When George Harrison wrote ‘It’s All Too Much’ after encounters with LSD, he was voicing that feeling of overwhelming-ness the drug induced in him. That same feeling would later be…
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Live: The Lost Tapes/ Reservoir, Le Garage, Liège, Belgium
Local duo ‘Reservoir’ open tonight’s show with a lush guitar-driven set, oozing post-punk Manchester. With left-handed bass and right-handed guitar they even evoke that visual Beatles symmetry, and throwing in…
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TRACK – 4’33 – THE NORMAL
Despite creating Mute Records, launching Fad Gadget and Depeche Mode, and then blazing a trail with Yazoo, The Birthday Party and a zillion more to become the indie label of…
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Live: Best Kept Secret Festival, NETHERLANDS – 31 May – 2 June 2019
The Best Kept Secret festival in Hilvarenbeek is an absolute pearler, and believe me I’ve been to a few. From the life-affirming, (Glastonbury in the ’80s) to the life-threatening, (Treworgy…
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Live Review: Electric Soft Parade/Julien Bouchard – Flat Sessions, Fallais, Belgium. 03/05/2018
A former cow shed in the Belgian countryside isn’t every band’s idea of a dream booking, but with London venues closing in their droves, savvy artists now need to look…
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W Fest, Amougies, Belgium 15-19/08/2018
W Fest in deepest Belgium, sits 30km from the French border, and now in its third year is becoming a major draw for music fans of all ages with a…
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The Damned – Melkweg, Amsterdam 27/05/2018
There’s nobody like The Damned. You couldn’t make ’em up. A Nosferatu frontman, and a guitarist half Danny Kaye and half Honey Monster. Original punk innovators who did everything first…
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