A Split Second
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A Split Second is a Belgian electronic and industrial band.
A Split Second is simply too good to be ignored, and from their conception in 1985 it didn’t take the world long to acknowledge the importance of Marc ICKX’s and Chrismar CHAYELL’s unique musical vision.
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A Split Second’s first American release, the 1987 EP A Split Second, collected highlights from their early European releases, which included Ballistic Statues (which featured the tense masterpiece “Close Combat”), Smell of Buddah as well as their innovative EBM classic, “Flesh”.
The second album, 1988’s …From the Inside, remains one of the underappreciated classics of late-80s industrial music. Beginning with the rock-oriented “Bend My Body Armour”, the album is remarkably varied for the genre, featuring post-funk-disco (“Choke”), ballads (“The Last Wave”, the title track), and muscular club tracks (the dancefloor smash “Mambo Witch”). The album is notable for its peculiarly interesting lyrics, which feature odd, vaguely morbid phrasing (“muscles contorted in atrocity posture”) that give the record a depth atypical of the genre. The subsequent single, “The Colosseum Crash” b/w “Muscle Machine”, highlighted the Wax Trax! phase of the band’s career.
While not as consistantly striking or varied, the followup Kiss of Fury has several songs worthy of its predecessor, notably the tense, moody “Crimewave” and the single “Firewalker”. For the most part, the album picks up the rock-oriented direction of “Bend My Body Armour” with tracks such as “The Parallax View” and “Cold War in the Brainbox”; they contiune largely in this direction for their ’90s records, Vengance C.O.D. and Megabyte.
A Split Second is simply too good to be ignored, and from their conception in 1985 it didn’t take the world long to acknowledge the importance of Marc ICKX’s and Chrismar CHAYELL’s unique musical vision.
Official website
A Split Second’s first American release, the 1987 EP A Split Second, collected highlights from their early European releases, which included Ballistic Statues (which featured the tense masterpiece “Close Combat”), Smell of Buddah as well as their innovative EBM classic, “Flesh”.
The second album, 1988’s …From the Inside, remains one of the underappreciated classics of late-80s industrial music. Beginning with the rock-oriented “Bend My Body Armour”, the album is remarkably varied for the genre, featuring post-funk-disco (“Choke”), ballads (“The Last Wave”, the title track), and muscular club tracks (the dancefloor smash “Mambo Witch”). The album is notable for its peculiarly interesting lyrics, which feature odd, vaguely morbid phrasing (“muscles contorted in atrocity posture”) that give the record a depth atypical of the genre. The subsequent single, “The Colosseum Crash” b/w “Muscle Machine”, highlighted the Wax Trax! phase of the band’s career.
While not as consistantly striking or varied, the followup Kiss of Fury has several songs worthy of its predecessor, notably the tense, moody “Crimewave” and the single “Firewalker”. For the most part, the album picks up the rock-oriented direction of “Bend My Body Armour” with tracks such as “The Parallax View” and “Cold War in the Brainbox”; they contiune largely in this direction for their ’90s records, Vengance C.O.D. and Megabyte.
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Ballistic Statues
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Kiss of Fury
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syllannibal wrote:
Hi everyone, listen to this song and check out the whole album if you liked it, thanks! http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/187606470/Boring.mp3
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Sir_Ginge wrote:
love the bloody beetroots remix of flesh :)
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RichardD wrote:
They got shades. Cool. I want to be cool. And have a mission. From. You know. God.
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YesMother wrote:
I like them.
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Fixmer_McCarthy wrote:
<<- E. B. M. ->>
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strangestlover wrote:
I've been looking for you.
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chs9 wrote:
"Was KMFDM at all influenced by these guys? I hear a lot of similarities. " KMFDM was formed in '84
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epi_gee wrote:
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skinnydrifter wrote:
Great
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GothicBowie wrote:
"Some songs sound a bit commercial, but who cares right? Song from them was responsable for the start of New Beat." i total agree
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SinnMaschine wrote:
oh they just..bend my body armour!!! :D and Burn Out (Between The Sheets) is probably the most beautiful instrumental mix of some song. Simply brilliant.
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Tenebrosa wrote:
Neurobeat isn't ebm nor industrial lol. Gonna listen to other songs later
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Empathy82 wrote:
Rigor Mortis is great!
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multicore wrote:
Can't stop listening to them!
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Doomedofthedead wrote:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tPE7bOmdP9w
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Doomedofthedead wrote:
Didnt they later become famous in the Legue Of Gentlemen as the spoof act Creme Brulee???
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Petrikske wrote:
Some songs sound a bit commercial, but who cares right? Song from them was responsable for the start of New Beat. Bend my Body Armor is one of my favorit tracks.
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skinnydrifter wrote:
It would be cool if they were
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moperyx wrote:
Was KMFDM at all influenced by these guys? I hear a lot of similarities.
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Doorchaser wrote:
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!
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Feb
12
Front 242
Concertzaal Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium
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Mar
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Beverwave
't Ogenblik, Beveren-Waas, Belgium
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| 5 attendees
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Recent Activity
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tulipe5960, imF8L and Nothingman_1 added A Split Second to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
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RoterFunke tagged A Split Second with ebm and electro. Wednesday evening
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RoterFunke, panzersoldat, MushroomRazor and 2 other people added A Split Second to their libraries. Wednesday evening
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InsecticizeMe tagged A Split Second with electro, new beat, electronic and 2 other tags. Monday morning
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InsecticizeMe added A Split Second to InsecticizeMe’s library. Sunday morning
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quisnox tagged A Split Second with ‘electro-industrial’. last week
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quisnox, rjs123456, Dea0X and 3 other people added A Split Second to their libraries. last week
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Days_of_Prayer wrote about A Split Second in I don't get it.. 12 days ago
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MindMaschine23, PaulKLoV, FemCuMaker and 1 other person added A Split Second to their libraries. 13 days ago
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PC_Freak added A Split Second to the lineup of Front 242 at Concertzaal Vooruit. 15 days ago
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