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About Me

I've been wandering in the music scene for a long time and my musical taste is very large. My musical roots go back to Alice Cooper, AC/DC, The Residents, Kraftwerk, Kiss and disco, and for over a decade David Bowie was the red thread in my record collection. Punk changed my life, then I got into the new-wave scene, wrote for a fanzine called "Mad in Belgium", organised concerts in the indie-circuit @ The Monty in Heist o/d Berg (some of the best were Neon Judgement, The Gun Club, Culture, an "On-U Sound" night with Mark Stewart & The Maffia and Adrian Sherwood, and Einstuerzende Neubauten) and I became manager for a Belgian band, The Arch. The Arch was a bit ahead of its time, mixing guitars and sampling. Belgium didn't really follow this evolution, but they were in indie hitparades all over the world and played mostly abroad. Recently a new single is out and they are on a double mix-CD compilation by The Bang Gang DJ's in Australia. After The Arch I did the management for Wovoka, a "live" spectacle feat. TB Frank (Neon Judgement) and Wim Danzig (ex-Arch, Lords of Acid and Praga Khan). Patrick Soks (now Km5 Ibiza) put them at a "Paradise Party" in CafÃ© d'Anvers in Antwerp but soon afterwards the group split. In the early nineties I discovered that the "dance" scene was more than one could see from a distance and I went to Madchester, Ibiza, Mayday and "The Love Parade" in Berlin. I organized parties in Eindhoven for a while, witnessed the birth of Fuse, the start of the drum'n bass- and other breaks scenes, the revival and further developement of electro, and tried to help young interesting DJ's to surface. As ever I'm still interested in new developements in music going from Ninja Tune, Warp and Mo-Wax to the German scene, dubstep and avant-garde, but I appreciate quality house and techno and a good party too.

My Interests

Music, modern art, multimedia, the crossover between art multimedia and music,travelling, politics, daily life

I'd like to meet:

People who like this profile and interesting people I lost contact with

Music:

See "about me"

Movies:

Almodovar, Fassbinder, Atom Egoyan, David Lynch, Peter Greenaway, Tarantino, Dominque Deruddere, Tom Barman, Felix Van Groeningen...

Television:

Monty Python, Twin Peaks, Lost, Carnivale, Heroes, Nip/Tuck, 24, Jericho...

Books:

I'm not reading very much

Heroes:

No more heroes

My Blog

IN MEMORIAM : Tony Wilson

I just received sad news from Manchester. Tony Wilson, co-founder of Factory Records, manager of Joy Division, Happy Mondays, Durutti Column and others, and founder of ...
Posted by Lou on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:06:00 PST

DVD-REVIEW: Maestro, an interesting film about the very beginning of the dance scene

Maestro is a unique document_ It doesn't only cover the early New York scene (near the end of the sixties and the beginning of the seventies) but it also explains how "mixing" started, and ...
Posted by Lou on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:33:00 PST

HIPHOP FROM THE STREETS OF WILLEBROEK : AA TANNE (23rd June, Voatfieste, Willebroek, Belgium)

"Where the hell is Willebroek ?" will most of you probably wonder. Well, Willebroek is my hometown : a small industrial place where for decades everything seemed the same, and nothin...
Posted by Lou on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:42:00 PST

ABOUT THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA and THE TRAMMPS IN CONCERT, 23rd June, Willebroek, Belgium

In the early seventies disco appeared in the clubs and a lot of the new music came from Philadelphia. "T.S.O.P." by FMSB became a big hit and established the name "The Sound of Philadelphia" in music ...
Posted by Lou on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:55:00 PST

NICK WARREN in Prague

I just got back from Prague. A detailed report will follow (I suppose ). A.o. we went to the Roxy, a great club. Nick Warren was spinning that night. Video : http:/...
Posted by Lou on Sun, 27 May 2007 06:08:00 PST

HOMAGE TO NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE

Last weekend, I went to "a happening" organised by Kim Ravn, a Danish friend of mine who's living in Belgium now. He's studying at the art academy in Zottegem and the "Homage to Niki De Saint Ph...
Posted by Lou on Wed, 16 May 2007 03:04:00 PST

RED ZEBRA, THE ARCH, CROSSVAULTS and SILVER CROSS @ The Rector, Gent, Belgium, 21 April 2007

I was wondering if I'd write something about this concert in my blog. Can one be totally objective about a band he's somehow involved in for years ? (the fanzine "Mad in Belgium" and The A...
Posted by Lou on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:43:00 PST

AMON TOBIN "The Foley Room", SKREAM, BUN_ZER0, AB Brussels 13/4/2007

Since the early nineties Amon Tobin is one of those persons who make a difference in today's music. Throughout the years he created his own sound with an unique blend of jazz, noise, latin...
Posted by Lou on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:54:00 PST

Hello

Hello everybody, Since everybody seems to be on "My Space" lateley, I decided to create an account too. Those who know me, know my musical and personal interests. I'll try to work out a decent "space...
Posted by Lou on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 06:51:00 PST