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Ghent, Belgium (1999 – present)

The Belgian alternative rock outfit Absynthe Minded is heavily influenced by thirties jazz, soul, Merseyside pop, balkan and gypsy music.

Absynthe Minded originally formed in 1999 as a one man band. Singer/guitarist Bert Ostyn recorded the first demos solo in his bedroom in Ghent. In 2002 Ostyn recruited Renaud Ghilbert (violin, trumpet, percussion), Sergej Van Bouwel (bass, contrabass) and Jan Duthoy (Hammond, piano) to form the Absynthe Minded Quartet, shortly Absynthe Minded. The History makes Science Fiction EP (2003) was their first release on the independent Keremos label.

One year later the band finished second the infamous Belgian rock contest Humo’s Rock Rally, which gathered them a serious amount of media coverage. After the addition of drummer Jakob Nachtergaele to its line-up, Absynthe Minded released their first full length Acquired Taste later that year to much critical acclaim.

Their sophomore album New Day was released only a year later. With the succes of hit-single My Heroics, Part One, Absynthe Minded start touring Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. They also supported dEUS on their European tour.

For the release of their next albums There Is Nothing (2007) and the self-titled Absynthe Minded (2009), the band signed with Universal.

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McKillaboy wrote:
Tuesday evening

Envoi <3

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storfstievel wrote:
last month

Absynthe Minded staat mooi op 9 in de Indiestyle charts van deze week. Handje helpen om te stijgen? Lid worden van deze groep http://www.last.fm/group/Indiestyle en je draagt vanzelf je steentje bij.

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ophe-lia wrote:
last month

I like (:

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hardrockman69 wrote:
last month

Awesome band.

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Yogiber wrote:
last month

You can buy their stuff directly from the label's shop @ keremos.be.

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Joanne_Music wrote:
October 2009

Papillion is lovely. But I can't find the lyrics.

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Lauschemaedchen wrote:
October 2009

My Heroics, Part One : )

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KellyGeuens wrote:
September 2009

Koerrock was ZALIG ! :-D

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Dendroge wrote:
September 2009

Me 2 :) Envoi is an amazing song :)

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Miss_Foto wrote:
September 2009

Envoi always reminds me of Pukkelpop (:

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Gamarr wrote:
August 2009

Wow!! I love the new album... Dead On My Feet is a great song <3 They should be touring on South America :D (@ ricatorrescasta: I have the albums... give me a pair of days for upload it)

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Saar_Orange wrote:
August 2009

The new album is great!

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ricatorrescasta wrote:
August 2009

hey does someona knows where i can find their albums? i've been searching and it's almost impossible

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MessyMess wrote:
August 2009

Any kind soul wanna share an album, pretty please? I'm quite intrigued but it's hard to find their cds!

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bazzo-182 wrote:
July 2009

New song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_PjK_4WbCQ

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melissapirate wrote:
June 2009

Amazing band I'd love to see live. Coming to Turkey any time soon?

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frosho wrote:
May 2009

Amazing band ;) I really like them. hope some day to be on them concert.

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satler_ wrote:
May 2009

The people from rio de janeiro loves u, guys.

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ninb wrote:
May 2009

i love this band <3

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bazzo-182 wrote:
April 2009

I'd love to see these guys live. 'New Day' is a masterpiece, I can't stop enthusing over this album.

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