LES APÉROS INDUSTRIELS: RALPH STORM'S 40S BIRTHDAY

CHESHIRE CAT (THE BOUNCING)

Cheshire Cat (The Bouncing) fondé en 2009 par Sabatel (Chant /Basse) et The Lady of Altamont (Batterie) délivrera sa première démo auto-produite en 2011 “Nothing’s better than a Cheshire ». On retrouve un son garage mélangé aux sonorités de groupes sortis des années 80 comme Malaria ! ou Bauhaus. Repérées par Alone prod à la suite d’un concert à Paris au Klub avec La Peste negra et Date at midnight le groupe signera son premier album avec le label dont la sortie est prévue pour la rentrée 2012.

THE GLUCKS
Garage / Trash / Punk / Rock And Roll

Mécontents et fatigués de l'état de leur ville droguée et sans vie et incapable de se faire à l'ennui de la nouvelle génération, deux jeunes agités tombent follement amoureux l'un de l'autre et commencent à allumer des feux un peu partout. Les Bonnie & Clyde à l'origine d'une explosion de Rock Garage Punk! 

GLOBUL
Electro / Industrial

Organisateur depuis la fin des années 90 et DJ depuis plus de 20 ans, voilà les deux grandes passions de Globul. Son parcours s'initia fin des 70's en découvrant des artistes comme Pierre Henry, Marvin Gaye, mais surtout cet énigmatique groupe appelé "Kraftwerk". Le ton était donné! S'en suivra un engouement pour toute la génération new wave, punk & industrielle, à travers des artistes comme The Clash, Tuxedemoon, Grauzone, Front 242, Nitzer Ebb ou encore Neon Judgment. C'est à ce moment qu'il commença à animer de nombreuses soirées et s'occuper de plusieurs émissions de radios locales. Fin des années 80's, il se rendit en Espagne où il fut résident dans différents clubs à San Sebastian et Santander. Ses sets sont connus pour être variés et fortement chargés en sonorités disco, acid, Tech, Detroit, un mélange éclectique entre les sons Old School & New school, la deep-tech & les rythmes tribaux. Son plaisir, c'est d'être en osmose totale avec le public grâce à une programmation originale et non linéaire. 

DEG
Techno
  Christophe De Groote   Born in 1972 in Brussels (Belgium), "DJ Deg" was influenced at an early age by the music played by his parents. His mother was teaching modern jazz dancing while his father was a computer science teacher. Deg discovered electronic sound synthesis along with the rise of the first personal computers such as the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and others. During that time he was without a doubt the biggest fan of artists like Martin Galway and Rob Hubbard.   Deg really began to deejay at the beginning of the late 80's "AB Sound" and "Acid House" explosion. He was offered to play his first gigs at some school parties after which he and his friends organised Brussels' first underground parties.  He was a true pionneer and one of the first DJ's playing the then new genre: Techno. From here, everything started! In 1990 he already had built himself a solid reputation and was given residencies in pionneering belgian techno clubs like Mauna Kea, Network and Borsalino. Deg also played in the newest clubs such as Boccaccio, Globe, Barocci, La Rocca, etc. As one of the co-founders of "BWP Experiments" together with D-Jack, Mike DMA and Sebastian S, he was an active member of the collective whose goal was to promote "techno" and educate the new generation of clubbers and ravers in order to acquire a bigger audience. Many Belgian well-known artists and DJ's were influenced by them.  In 1992, Deg became main resident for pioneering organisation "The Rave Explosion" which arranged the first appearances in Belgium of new artists such as Jeff Mills, Laurent Garnier, Carl Craig, Richie Hawtin, Leo Anibaldi, Dan Curtin, Vapourspace, Dave Clarke, DJ Hell, Blake Baxter, Daniel Bell, The Advent, Tom Middleton, Luke Slater, Underground Resistance and many others... Many times he played at the legendary PK Studio parties with the Brussels underground during the revival of Acid music and Industrial UK sounds like Rephlex, Warp, Evolution, etc... Later on he became resident at Brussels' Network club. Deg is also known for his international career (he played the first editions of "Mayday") and played all over Europe as well and overseas.   In 1997, he joined the resident DJ team at Brussels Fuse club for the absolute delight of the crowd. As a producer, he released several records and remixes on labels around the globe. He's behind many club anthems which were acclaimed worldwide. They're still classics today ! He also compiled the 2 eclectic "techno" compilations for "The Rave Explosion". DJ Deg still plays the Fuse club in Brussels every Saturday ! You can also catch him at his studio or in the middle of his amazingly complete and dense record collection. His career as a DJ and musician now spans more than 20 years. He is still unanimously reverred and respected. Most insiders consider him as the best belgian electronic music DJ .

RALPH STORM

Pionnier de l'electronic body music, Front 242 est sans aucun doute la référence électro de notre royaume. Issu du mouvement industriel assimilé au mouvement new wave des années 80, le groupe a livré une dizaine d'albums au long de sa carrière dont le fameux "Front by Front" en 88. Leur influence est aujourd'hui considérable et le front a été cité par Marilyn Manson, nine inch nails, prodigy et new order pour ne citer qu'eux…

Né en 1974 Ralph a commencé à s'intéresser à la musique dès l'âge de 13 ans avec les sons de prince et de la funk de Motown.

Après un passage par la new wave de Nitzerebb, Front 242, Fad Gadget... il découvrit en 1987 les sons de la New beat et de l'Acid House de cette époque.

Des groupes tels que Phuture (acid Tracks), Kaay Alexi Shelby, Jack Frost l'ont fortement influencé. En 1992 il commença sérieusement le djing dans un style plus orienté vers la dark techno de détroit et l'acid de Brooklyn. C'est à travers ses bookings dans toute la Belgique qu’il pu peaufiner son art.

Il est également co-organisateur des soirées (Always Underground,Sound Memory) et co fondateur et producteur sous le label Atlante.

L-REAK
Acid / House

Eric (L-Reak) has been spinning vinyl at underground raves and parties all over for donkeys years… so it’s only natural we sign him up and showcase his mixtapes. Hellboy first came accross his unique style when listening to an old acid house cassette tape almost a decade ago. L-Reak boasts a formidable resume, having played at the notorious and these days almost-mythical “D-Jacking Zone” and “Enjoy Apocalypse” Parties. So we kick off his Structural Damage residency with a huge hour and a half Drum n Bass mix. 

ANALOG DEVICES (LIVE)

Analog Devices has been creating music for over twenty years. It began in the late 80′s when he swapped his electric guitar for a TB303 and TR606.  Together with Modular II and André Stordeur he started to push forward the idea of playing modular live-acts at Techno and Experimental Acid parties in Brussels venues like the PK studio, Botanique, Le Bulten, Cybertheatre and Caves de la Chapelle.

They built and sold systems to the local artists, extending their influence in the music itself. Parties began to spread into unusual places, hangars, barges, basements, outdoors in the open, underneath motorway bridges etc….  where Analog Devices performed live alongside Little Pat, D-Jack, Joost de Lyser, Toxic R8, MBX Wolf, Popane and many others…. After many parties started to be shut down in the ‘90, Analog Devices was involved in the creation of Subground Technology and its events at the PK Studio, the first big events for Acid and electronica in Belgium. 

After a forced break, he rebuilt his studio and 2008 saw the arrival of a new vinyl “Analogdevices003″ … on white label …. the first one for some time.  Currently he is organizing alongside his artistic circle and friends, theAcid-Food parties which bring both inventive music and fine cuisine together. As well as a fully analog (no computers) live music experience, artists from different styles jam all together through the night.

DJ LITTLE PAT

We Call it Acid, BWP, ... 

FRESH WARRIOR
House / Funk / Acid

Fresh Warrior baigne depuis son enfance dans la musique avec une passion particulière pour le Hip Hop et la House de Détroit et Chicago. Il crée au début des 2000's une des plus importantes raves en Belgique avec DMF, Ralph Storm, L-Reak et Pablo Dresse. Aujourd'hui, il fait partie du collective ROOTS et offre des sets qui combine parfaitement electro et vibes funkys.