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******ALBUM "BORN OF PUNK AND REVERB" For sale at FNAC (leuven) BILBO (gent) BILBO (leuven) JJ RECORDS (leuven) LAZONE DRISTRO (liège) GTO DISTRO (kortrijk) DRUNKABILLY.COM (gent) **** DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT EUROPE BY SONIC RENDEZVOUS*****album BORN OF PUNK AND REVERB got good critics in RIF RAF magazine, Billybop e-zine, digg e-zine, mashnote e-zine, goddeau e-zine, (read all reviews on our blog pages).With Rencontrez l'amour, we've been developing our instrumental punk-based surfsound since 2001. We founded RENCONTREZ L AMOUR in KORTRIJK (2001) but changed location after a few years; We operate now from a farm around LEUVEN. But to be honest, we never really left west Flanders. In 2004 we had a first release with BRAZILIAN WAX on our EMMA RECORDS label. Brazilian Wax was noticed by a lot of people: Jenz dw (FIFTY FOOT COMBO), RIF RAF magazine, GODDEAU magazine, BILLYBOP, RADIO SCORPIO, surf master PHIL DIRT, the people of VLAS VEGAS. In the fall and winter of 2005 we recorded a full album with fillip tanghe. He previously recorded GALATASARAY and HAWAI, two other bands from Kortrijk. In May 2006 we released "BORN OF PUNK AND REVERB" with two kick off parties. One at DE KREUN (Kortrijk) and another at the CARLO LEVI (Liège). "Born of punk and reverb" received rave reviews by Rif Raf magazine, Billybop e-zine, digg e-zine, mashnote e-zine, goddeau e-zine and surf master Phil Dirt. Since we are playing all over Belgium presenting our album. Recently we became a three headed band. Matthew (second guitar player) left for the states.EXTRACT FROM BILLYBOP REVIEW OF "BORN OF PUNK AND REVERB" -... as the album title explains their music is exactly as it says. Hard driven melodies, cranked up with noisy guitars & fast rhythms are the main ingredients for this band. (...) their first real opener kicks in so hard that you are wide awaken in no time. Body Bouncher immediately gets the atmosphere right and let you know that these boys are mean guitar killers!... (mr blue boogie from billybop webzine, june 2006)EXTRACT FROM RIF RAF REVIEW OF "BORN OF PUNK AND REVERB" -Stormachtig debuutalbum dat ten huize (sp) aanzienlijke ravage heeft aangericht. 'Born of Punk And Reverb' raast niet alleen als een tornado voorbij, terwijl er wild wordt gesurft op gigantische monstergolven, maar weet zich ook nog eens moeiteloos van kant-en-klaar geserveerde Dick Dale-surf te ontrukken. En dat gebeurt alles behalve geweldloos. Terwijl talrijke abrubte ritmewisselingen de strak voorbij marcherende linie steroïde-surfgitaren uit elkaar doet stuiven, worden er halsbrekende zijsprongen naar metal, stoner en Slint gemaakt. Origineel én beklijvend. (rifraf muisic magazine, june 2006) Black myspace layout

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Member Since: 05/08/2005
Band Website: www.myspace.com/rencontrezlamour
Band Members: Gijs [guitar], Craeye [bass] bert [drums]
Influences:
Sounds Like: power-instro combo w/a punk-fuelled garage sound
Record Label: emma records/DISTRIBUTED by Sonic Rendezvous
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

rencontrez l'amour- Liège -24 mai 2008

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Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:17:00 GMT

RLA = three headed band

In september 2007 matthew left belgium for the US of A (Boston) to work over there. The three of us had to rearrange things for a while. During last week gig (mouscron OPEN STAGE) we had a great time ...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:35:00 GMT

RAVING REVIEW from France

The debut full length of the new rising stars on the Belgian surf heaven. Receiving raving reviews from the surf scene and mainstream press alike! (the title of their record is a description of their ...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:05:00 GMT

Lowcut REVIEW "born of punk and reverb"

Operating from a farm near Leuven, Belgium, this is a band to watch out for in the times to come! These guys are gooood! Rencontrez LAmour was founded back in 2001 and released their first demo, Brazi...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:48:00 GMT

review MUSICZINE.net

Rencontrez l'amour hits the 'Discovery' section on Musiczine.net, check it out on http://www.musiczine.netReview Born of punk and reverb:Rencontrez l..Amour werd in 2001 te Kortrijk opgericht. Na een...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:00:00 GMT

Review Kindamuzik.net of Born of punk and reverb

De surfliefhebber huilt: Fifty Foot Combo houdt het voor gezien. Maar op surfgebied gebeurt er nog genoeg in België met onder andere Speedball Jr. en The O..Haras. Daar kan nu ook Rencontrez L..Amour ...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:44:00 GMT

Review: La zone distro

Rencontrez l'Amour (vus à la Zone et au Carlo), un très chouette quatuor instrumental à fond dans le surf rock mais qui évite de ressasser les clichés du genre là où d'autres s'en contenteraient. Eux ...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 01:16:00 GMT

SEMTEX review of 'Born of punk and reverb'

Rencontrez Lamour is a fairly young band from Kortrijk, Belgium, that seems to have stirred quite some attention this past year, especially with their live shows. Their hard work seems to be paying of...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:41:00 GMT

RLA PROMO IN FNAC LEUVEN

This week (14th-20th august) FNAC LEUVEN pays special attention to our album BORN OF PUNK AND REVERB. The store presents our debut album to the public in one of their listeners pillars.
Posted by on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:41:00 GMT

NEW REVIEW from MASHNOTE ZINE on 'born of punk and reverb'

A fresh and new thing in punkmusic land: Rencontrez l'amour!! This first album of this belgian squad is a refreshing, easylistening record that wanders in the fields between the Refused and the Shadow...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 03:06:00 GMT