THE SOUND OF BELGIUM – 10 X LP BOX SET
2013-12-09An epic, 10 x 12″, 40-track boxset chronicles the important and influential history of Belgian dance music over the last four decades.
It ranges from the foundational industrial dance music of Front 242 thru the New Beat era of Public Relations, Zsa Zsa La Boum and Rhythm Device to early ’90s R&S techno epoch of Outlander and CJ Bolland or the proto-hardcore of Frank De Wulf’s Second Chance, also taking in scene classics such as Klaus Schulze’s ‘Signs Of Dawn’ and Joey Beltram’s world-taking ‘Energy Flash’.
For newcomers to Belgian dance music, it’s well worth considering its influence far beyond its borders, when it was the sound that drove clubs from Manchester to Chicago and Detroit in the pivotal ’80s era, causing deep and lasting inspiration for everyone from Leyland Kirby to Trevor Jackson, Powell and beyond…
