WAVES VIENNA WWW.BELGIUMBOOMS.BE AT WAVES VIENNA 2013 Amatorski ........................................... 4 BRNS ............................................. 5 Compuphonic ........................................ 6 Dans Dans ......................................... 7 Float Fall ........................................ 8 Flying Horseman .................................. 9 Girls In Hawaii ................................... 10 Oscar & The Wolf ............................... 11 Soldout ............................................. 12 The Experimental Tropic BluesBand ........... 13 CONFERENCE + BELGIAN DRINK PRESENTATION -The Belgian music scene .......... 14 PANEL -The Belgian music market................ 14 PANEL -How to work with the Belgian market .. 14 INVITATION Belgium Booms Café free Belgian beer & live music ................. 14 Amatorski BRNS 3RD OCTOBER | 19:30 4TH OCTOBER | 22:45 FLEX FLUC WANNE Amatorski are one of the most fascinating and promising bands around, their mesmerising From the medieval and postmodern corners of Brussels come BRNS, a mesmerizing performances have gained the band a devoted following, where their self-released EP, album experiment in dusk, dance, and the fullness of sound. This quartet of talented multi- and singles have all ascended the national charts. Crammed has released Amatorski’s instrumentalists weaves together tunes that are mystical, moody and insatiably catchy. From acclaimed “TBC” album and “Same Stars We Shared” EP, as a special double-pack the visceral and danceable ‘Mexico’, to the choir echoes turned pulsating anthem of ‘Here edition. Amatorski were described as “the best Belgian act around at the moment” by The Dead He Lies’, BRNS is ceaseless in their ability to unfold haunting ambience into chest- Guardian (UK), while French mag Les Inrockuptibles compared their “absolutely delicious pounding beats, and then back again. Having played 150+ shows all over Europe in the past 2 atmospheric pop” to the music of Sufjan Stevens, Portishead and Sparklehorse, and raved years , BRNS will release their highly anticipated first full length in early 2014. about their recent show at the Reeperbahn Festival, “extremely classy… refined, delicate, melodic, subtle: the most beautiful concert of the evening”. “NME’s playlist - 60 Most Exciting New Bands Of 2013” “the best Belgian act around at the moment” — THE GUARDIAN (UK) contact “absolutely delicious atmospheric pop” — LES INROCKUPTIBLES (FR) Joseph Meersseman - Manager | [email protected] www.brns.be contact www.facebook.com/BRNSmusic Herman Hulsens | [email protected] amatorski.be BRNS WILL ALSO PERFORM AT WAVES BRATISLAVA: www.facebook.com/amatorski 5TH OCTOBER | BRNS @ STARA TRZNICA (TELEKOM MAIN STAGE) | 20:40 - 21:20 4 5 Compuphonic Dans Dans 5TH OCTOBER | 02:45 4TH OCTOBER | 20:30 PRATERSAUNA MS SCHLÖGEN “We are the music that we create” and this has never been more true than with DANS DANS presents a distinctive mix of the psychedelic, deep blues and drony “Sunset”, Compuphonic’s, alias Maxime Firket’s, new maxi single on the prestigious improvisations. This trio has successfully blended their love of both rock and jazz to Berlin ‘Get Physical’ label in anticipation of his debut album in 2013. For the occasion create a ravishing, eclectic whole. A discovery. DANS DANS is Bert Dockx on guitar Maxime got together with American soul singer/violinist Marques Toliver (Bella Union, (also lead singer and driving force behind Flying Horseman), Fred Lyenn on bass Bat For Lashes, Grizzly Bear, Holly Miranda, Mechanical Bride) to create a piece of (better known as Lyenn, songsmith and guitarist; bass player of Mark Lanegan band) hedonistic house that is entirely characteristic of his style. Spontaneous, positive, and Steven Cassiers on drums (also with Dez Mona, and others). natural, open to large spaces, ambitious but always accessible. “All these elements are the common denominator of my music”, explains Maxime. “In my productions, I “A dialogue between three virtuoso musicians who want to surprise naturally search for originality, but also simplicity, efficiency, emotion and some sort instead of outclass each other. — (*****DE STANDAARD) of positive melancholy.” “Go see them live and you’ll leave the concert hall a different person.”— (DE MORGEN) “Compuphonic’s tracks make other tracks seem like mindless shallow shit” — (TIGA) contact Bestov - Lut Hendrix | [email protected] contact www.bestov.be/?simpro_portfolio=dans-dans&lang=en Niels Verhaert, Booking worldwide | [email protected] www.facebook.com/dans3dans www.myspace.com/compuphonicmax www.facebook.com/compuphonicmax 6 7 Float Fall Flying Horseman 5TH OCTOBER | 20:15 3RD OCTOBER | 20:30 MS SCHLÖGEN CLUBSCHIFF Odes to some far and vague past, attended by grey organs and old strings, delivered Flying Horseman is the band of singer-songwriter Bert Dockx. This selection of by a horn and raw electronica. That cool quiet just before fate hits. However filled with Antwerp’s top musicians creates bloodcurdlingly beautiful albums and live shows. suppressed nostalgia, they keep looking towards the future. They, that’s Float Fall. Think in terms of menacing post-folk and dark blues, with the emotional depth and A duo that succeeds in taming the silence and dreaming dreams until everything turns out soul-lacerating atmosphere that characterises Flying Horseman. Music is rarely given all right just once more. Rozanne Descheemaeker’s voice guides you straight through the such a keen edge. freezing tracks, but afterwards quietly snuggles up to the hoarse vocals of Ruben Lefever. Float Fall’s songs make you move into another world, one lacking any final description, but Whew, motherfuckers, you really nailed this fucker down! a good place to be nonetheless. A place where the dull rustle of the past gets its second JULIAN COPE chance. Right up to the moment that dream and reality collide. Will Oldham, Low, Bill Callahan, (…) Flying Horseman are part of the camp. Sublime. “It’s clear that Float Fall has a bright future ahead” — INDIE SHUFFLE (US) ROCK-A-ROLLA contact: contact Filippe Van de Craen | [email protected] Lut Hendrix from Bestov | [email protected] | 0032.472.56.27.59 floatfall.com/ www.flyinghorseman.be www.facebook.com/floatfallmusic www.facebook.com/flyinghorseman 8 9 Girls In Hawaii Oscar and the Wolf 3RD OCTOBER | 20.45 3RD OCTOBER | 21.15 FLEX CLUBSCHIFF After a few years of silence and a tragedy that hit the group, Girls in Hawaii decided to OSCAR AND THE WOLF’s debut EP IMAGINE MOUNTAINS was released in April 2011. work together again. With their untamed nature, they first made a comeback at Deep The single “Pastures” received airplay on national radio. The first show they played in in The Woods Festival, a place that feels like home for them. Happy about their reunion their hometown Ghent sold out quickly. Though that only marked the beginning, playing with the public, they recorded their new album in three sessions at an ancient Manoir extraordinary venues in Brussels, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, Bruges, London near Paris and handed it over to legend producer Tchad Blake this spring. and Paris. So far OSCAR AND THE WOLF have supported the likes of Warpaint, Ben Howard, Villagers, Tom Smith, Mogwai, Julia Stone and Lou Reed. Last summer marked “Girls in Hawaii: Not dead. A stoned, strum-along gem, a new chapter in the rising story of OSCAR AND THE WOLF. Their new SUMMER SKIN the belgians’ latest is a must for Grandaddy fans” — THE SUNDAY TIMES EP was released across Europe on the 25th of June by PIAS {International}. contact “Oscar & The Wolf’s brand of dreamy and somewhat melancholic Rutger De Brabander, Booker | [email protected] indie pop draws you into their own gloomy world and makes www.girlsinhawaii.be you forget the sun’s shining outside. These guys deserve a bigger www.facebook.com/GirlsInHawaii/ crowd!” — 3 VOOR 12 (NL) contact Alexander Vandriessche | [email protected] www.oscarandthewolf.com www.facebook.com/oscarandthewolf 10 11 Soldout The Experimental Tropic Blues Band 5TH OCTOBER | 20.30 3RD OCTOBER | 21.00 BADESCHIFF BRANDWAGEN STAGE SOLDOUT, the electronic duo founded by Charlotte and David releases a new album: “MORE”. Rock and roll trio from Belgium, The Experimental Tropic Blues Band are preaching the blues The album was recorded and produced over an entire year (2012), in the band’s own studio in almost non-stop since its beginning ( in Europe and in the USA/Canada). They shared the stage Brussels. Charlotte and David are exploring, with passion, the possibilities offered by electronic with acts like The Cramps, Andre Williams, Bob Log, JSBX, Heavy Trash, Jay Reatard & more. music, to express a contrast, a collision of sounds, and feelings springing from their separate So far, they’ve released 1 EP and 3 LP’s, their latest one was recorded in New York City, and particular universes. With “MORE”, SOLDOUT returns with a singular sound and an identity that produced by Jon Spencer (JSBX, Heavy Trash, Boss Hog, Pussy Galore). Great entertainers, is increasingly asserted. In their songs, obscurity is mixed with tenderness, and violence with their shows are wild, trash fun and more, check them out & enjoy the Rock & Roll sickness of fragility. They enable us to look into their private lives through personal stories, and make us those stage animals. want to find out more. “…thoroughly honest, seemingly ethnic and brutal Rock’N’Roll with With their brand new single “Wazabi”, Brussels’ flirtatious elec- Punk-impact. Simply wonderful”