Paradoxx were a dark-electro, synth-pop act active in the early 2000s. With two studio albums,
a remix album and the Decade best-of, these Australians were fronted by strikingly sultry vocalist
Lissa Dix. The music was by keyboardist/guitarist Ralph E Dix. Their kinky-cyber-punk image belies
their extremely addictive and hook-filled club-friendly sound.
Tracks like “Radium Lover,” “Rocketship,” & “Submission” will appeal to fans of industrial-rockers Android Lust just as much as fans of the Euro-flavored dance-pop of Apoptygma Berzerk and early Pet Shop Boys with hints of the female vocal stylings of Client and Marsheaux. Available on Projekt: Archive for the first time in years, the full Paradoxx catalog gives listeners a new chance to discover their passionately catchy, electro synth-pop sound.
Available through the Bandcamp or iTunes-page of Projekt Records!!
Peek-A-Boo is always interested in hearing new bands. That’s why we’re here for, not?
Here are ShoeShine, an Indie/Rock band based in Brussels and influenced by bands such as : Liars, Sonic Youth, Polvo, No Age, My Bloody Valentine...
The band has recorded a new EP and as such references always sound good, you’d better give ‘em a try. Click down below the link to hear their stuff. We did and it’s good!
Pseudo Code "The Radio's On" CD EE29 (EE Tapes)
More remains to be heard from Pseudo Code, a Belgian threesome from the early '80s making emotional electronic music.
Pseudo Code were Alain Neffe (Insane Music), Guy Marc Hinant (1/2 founder of Sub Rosa) and Xavier S. (ex-Thrills, ex-Moving Baa, vocalist extraordinaire).
What you hear is what you get: first generation Pseudo Code dated 1980/81! 'The Radio's On' sessions, after a concept by Xavier S., got eventually abandoned and shelved.
Nothing is what it seems: tracks like 'Real Action' or 'Wondering Why' (from the legendary 'Sinn & Form' compilation tape) appear to be part of much longer studio improvisations, awesome unheard sounds.
Alternative versions of '(I'm so) Clumsy' or 'No Desire'. There's a post-collaboration included with Daniel Malempré (M.A.L.) on guitars, added years later....plus other forgotten pearls to explore, as if the best wine
was kept until last!
An album not only fascinating for Pseudo Code connoisseurs, but for everyone with open ears and mind. Belgian music history with a capital H!
As few other French bands born in the early 80’s Guerre Froide has from the first note played into a post-punk / cold-wave style. Quickly the band knew how to impose its repetitive and hypnotic atmosphere, sometime aggressive, sometime mesmerizing, on which the sing comes layer lyrics full of both existentialist and poetic views, crossed by social or even political criticisms.
From the very start, for live performances, Guerre Froide choose to melt its minimalist musical universe with projections of slides or films.
Evolving from 4 to 5 members the band released a four track 7” few months before quitting after two years of life. “Demain Berlin” twenty-years-late hit, gave the band a worldwide recognition.
This ever growing fame lead two of the founding members to reanimate the band in April 2006, with the help of a new bass-player. Aim being to realize creating ambitions finally available through modern technologies, but always with the same style and musical motto of Guerre Froide.
Atmosphere gained in melancholy, means are even more sharp. An album making link between past and present, “Angoisses et divertissement” was released in May 2007. Guerre Froide has since played regularly on stage, including some festivals. A more ambitious second album “Abrutir les masses” was issued in May 2010, welcomed by many positive reviews.
Today Guerre Froide introduces its “Avant-dernière pensée”. Ten tracks recorded in Studio du bras d’or in Boulogne, used amongst other by Clair Obscur.
A new album in metallic shades of grey, words and sounds clash, lucid and cold. Resignation is still not on today’s schedule.
1- Les films de Garrel
2- Furieux
3- Aliénés
4- Zéro
5- Le Regard
6- L'innocence
7- Ce qui reste
8- Les fils de Cassandre
9- On n'ira pas sur Mars
10- Résignez-vous
This The Klinik box set is not only the most comprehensive anthology of the band's music ever released, it is also an important documentation of a vital piece of history of electronic music. On 8 CDs, it not only contains all album releases from the years 1984-1991, recorded by the classic line up comprised of Dirk Ivens and Marc Verhaeghen, but also all rare and out-of-print tracks, plus a plethora of unreleased studio and live recordings from the same era.
Belgian band The Klinik is one of the few artists that have managed to leave a lasting imprint on an entire scene. Many of today's protagonists would simply not exist in their current form had it not been for the influence of this seminal group. More than three decades ago, Marc Verhaeghen and Dirk Ivens created a completely new sub-genre in electronic music, by consequently combining minimal, cold, dark and raw Industrial-elements to create a sound that was completely unique and had never been achieved in this form before.
Tracks like “Memories”, “Moving Hands” or “Black Leather” are still mandatory spins at Dark-Electro-clubs around the globe and will instantaneously fill any dance floor. With their fresh and new style of music and their enigmatic live shows that see the band members dressed in long black leather coats and wrapped in medical bandages, The Klinik quickly became a cult act in a steadily growing scene. Hissing vocals and minimalist lyrics were accompanied by strange and creative synthesizer sounds, noises, bare bones beats and distorted trumpet which altogether gave the music a fever-dream-like quality. The Klinik were not only mere electronic music, they were a unique experience and a way of life. It is hardly any wonder that many of today's popular acts still quote the group as one of their main influences. The song “Out Of Line” from the album classic “Face To Face” was also inspiration for the name and the creation of the label that is now releasing this very box set.
“The Klinik-Box” contains 8 jam-packed CDs which include all the studio albums the band has released between 1984 and 1991 in the classic line-up of Ivens and Verhaeghen, plus all EPs and all other rare and out-of-print-material from the same era. On top of that, The Klinik have unearthed a myriad of previously unreleased studio and live recordings from the same time period which have also been included. All recordings have been remastered with a lot of loving care by Eric van Wonterghem (Dirk's colleague in Absolute Body Control) under supervision from the band, to let them shine in a previously unheard sound quality. The set is limited to 1000 hand-numbered copies in a lavish book box. This box set is not only a dream come true but also a true affair of the heart for all that were involved in creating it… and an absolute must-own for fans. This Holy Grail of the Electro-Industrial-scene should be in every decent collection of alternative electronic music!
