2 Belgen
Pictures
Listen to, buy or share
Buy
7digital
Amazon
eBay
-
53,547
scrobbles
-
8,515 listeners
-
Kikkersenmuizen is listening to 2 Belgen – Lena (club remix)
Scrobbling from foobar2000
Tags
Biography
2 Belgen was founded in Ghent, Belgium, and initially consisted of guitar player (later multi-instrumentalist) Rembert De Smet and drummer Herman Celis. The name (“two belgians”) was jokingly explained as “the only thing we had in common : our nationality”.
Almost all the songs are written by Rembert De Smet, who also characterizes the music by the extensive use of the guitar-synthesizer (then a small revolution), playing bass & rhythm on the same guitar and by his quite unique singing style.
They sign a deal with Antler (a firm in Aarschot best known for its productions in the alternative genre, eg. Chowchow, Poesie Noire, Nacht Und Nebel, Siglo XX …) and record a first single with Roland Beelen as producer : this is the single “Quand le film est triste / Lena”, of which they immediately sell more than 5,000 copies.
As Roland Beelen explained in Wit-Lof from Belgium : “The very first success came almost automatic. It was a very attractive formula : Herman & Rembert were only two, but between the two of them they did almost all the instruments of a complete band. They had their own material and consequently could perform live at a very low cost. 2 Belgen where kind of a curiosity and had very nice melodies too. We didn’t have the means of producing those songs very well, but that wasn’t necessary : the quality was there”.
Almost all the songs are written by Rembert De Smet, who also characterizes the music by the extensive use of the guitar-synthesizer (then a small revolution), playing bass & rhythm on the same guitar and by his quite unique singing style.
They sign a deal with Antler (a firm in Aarschot best known for its productions in the alternative genre, eg. Chowchow, Poesie Noire, Nacht Und Nebel, Siglo XX …) and record a first single with Roland Beelen as producer : this is the single “Quand le film est triste / Lena”, of which they immediately sell more than 5,000 copies.
As Roland Beelen explained in Wit-Lof from Belgium : “The very first success came almost automatic. It was a very attractive formula : Herman & Rembert were only two, but between the two of them they did almost all the instruments of a complete band. They had their own material and consequently could perform live at a very low cost. 2 Belgen where kind of a curiosity and had very nice melodies too. We didn’t have the means of producing those songs very well, but that wasn’t necessary : the quality was there”.
Top Tracks
Top Albums
-
Voilà!
1,367 listeners20 tracks
-
Essential
3,241 listeners14 tracks
Released:
-
Trop Petit
85 listeners8 tracks
Released:
-
Voilà! (Best-Of 81-88)
62 listeners20 tracks
Amazon MP3
iTunes
Listening Trend
8,515listeners all time
53,547scrobbles all time
Recent listeners trend:
Start scrobbling and track your listening history
Last.fm users scrobble the music they play in iTunes, Spotify, Rdio and over 200 other music players.
Create a Last.fm profileShoutbox
Leave a comment.
Log in to Last.fm or sign up.
-
jazzthieve
'Lena' en 'Operation coup de poing' worden nu nog steeds grijs gedraaid op de radio, ze zouden beter eens bijvoorbeeld 'Soulsmasking' of 'Fever' wat vaker draaien.
-
Doorchaser
If you like this artist. You can join this group: http://www.last.fm/group/Belgian+Electronics. Just a way of having a complete overview of Belgian electronic artists. You can talk about your favorite artist, recommend the artists that are not yet connected and find other Belgian Beauties in your recommendations Cheers
Top Listeners
-
arnodepachter
Top Listener -
Kikkersenmuizen
Top Listener -
siemen_b
Top Listener -
adstar
Top Listener
