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For Greater Good

About Me


For Greater Good is a Belgium-based ambient music project, trying to describe the world of today by means of ambient soundscapes mixed with everyday samples.
Members are Izzy (compositions, synth, vocals) and samdevos (synth, noise, loops, vocals), and regularly features guest musicians.
The sound is often gloomy, sometimes uplifting, but always with a sparkle of hope for the future.
Releases:
"Lethargy" - 6-track demo-CD 2004
"Le Jugement du Roi en Jaune" - song features on "All my dead friends" - Compilation by Cold Meat Industry 2006
"Rush Hour" - song features on "From Bedroom to Headroom - Compilation by Homerecording.be forum 2007
"Rush Hour" - song features on "Till Dawn Do Us Part 07" - Compilation by Dead By Dawn 2007
Previous Concerts:
2007-04-21 : Rock Wemmel-festival, Wemmel (B)
2007-02-24 : JH De Moeve, Lier (B)
2007-02-17 : Goudvishal, Arnhem (NL) (with "Rome" and "The Protagonist" ),
2006-03-03 : Ancienne Belgique, Brussels (B) (FRONT 242 25th anniversary weekend)
2005-04-29 : CC Luchtbal, Antwerp (B) (with "Death In June")

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/14/2006
Band Website: forgreatergood.be
Band Members: Izzy (compositions, synth, vocals)
samdevos (synth, noise, loops, beats, vocals)

Guests:

Edwin Vanvinckenroye (violin, vocals)
Niels Larsen (Guitar, ebow, special effects)
Dave LFO (VJ-ing, multimedia)

Special Mention:

Comfused (Webdesign, pictures)
James Blast (Logo-design, HL-crew)

Influences: Raison d'Etre, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, MZ 412, Arcana, Desiderii Marginis, Shinjuku Thief, Die Form, Dead Can Dance, Deutsch Nepal, Death In June, Rome, The Protagonist, Philip Glass, Alan Silvestri, Wim Mertens, Steve Reich, Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Balanescu Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Scott Walker, Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, Air, Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, Front 242, The Sisters of Mercy, NIN, DBMG/RAF, RevCo, Ministry, KMFDM, Speedtribe, The Klinik, Dive, Insekt, Hroptr, Prothése, Bauhaus, Luc Van Acker, Einstürzende Neubauten, Troissoeur, Aranis,...
Sounds Like:
Type of Label: None

My Blog

FGG is looking for artistic collaborations

For Greater Good is looking for people that can and are willing to contribute to our live shows. We are thinking about filmmakers and amateur short movie makersin the first place, to provide our futur...
Posted by For Greater Good on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:47:00 PST

FGG update

FGG has been busy creating their first full-cd, this time things are really in the pipeline. We received the mastered audio cd back from Daniel B. (of Front 242), we sent in the obligatory ...
Posted by For Greater Good on Sun, 11 May 2008 10:19:00 PST

Happy 2008 to you all!

For Greater Good wishes you all a Happy New Year!May 2008 be as nice and even more fruitful than the last one.We also wish to thank each and every one of you for the support you gave to the band throu...
Posted by For Greater Good on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:59:00 PST

FGG appears on "Till Dawn Do Us Part 07" Compil CD

The 23rd of November sees the release of a fine compilation called "Till Dawn Do Us Part 07". It features tonnes of very interesting bands in a wide spectre of genres, including EBM, Electro, Industri...
Posted by For Greater Good on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:30:00 PST

FGG is chosen Band Of The Week on Mean Music

Mean Music is a Germany-based music magazine for, and I quote, "Gothics, Metalheads and Crazy People.".As it happens, they also voted us 'Band of the Week'. A big thanks for that to Eotunun, the write...
Posted by For Greater Good on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:59:00 PST

Where to buy the Homerecording Sampler?

As said in the previous blog, FGG features on the first Homerecording.be Sampler.We received news about some stores here in Belgium selling this fine piece of art: in Antwerp, they are available at Mu...
Posted by For Greater Good on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:57:00 PST

FGG features on Belgian Homerecording Sampler

For Greater Good was included on a fine Belgian Homerecording Sampler CD called "From Bedroom to Headroom" with their song 'Rush Hour'.This sampler contains 18 tracks, with a variety of styles all mix...
Posted by For Greater Good on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:44:00 PST

Some changes on the website...

As some of you might have noticed already, there is a new picture on our home page at http://www.forgreatergood.beIt was time for a new one, since the former was still a picture from our Antwerp gig, ...
Posted by For Greater Good on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:56:00 PST

The Rock Wemmel Review

Well, the Rock Wemmel gig was very nice, we did a nice setlist with no troubles at all, the response was very good, the crew was lovely, the venue was fantastic.Thanks to all the people there, the vis...
Posted by For Greater Good on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:46:00 PST

Waking up after the Birthday Gig...

...it IS hard to do...Suffice it to say it was just plain awesome? We can't even begin to thank everyone that turned up on this special Birthday Gig last Saturday, you are ALL the best!The gig was jus...
Posted by For Greater Good on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:06:00 PST