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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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1	Envoi full track	578
2	My Heroics, Part One	341
3	Heaven Knows full track	229
4	If You Don't Go, I Don't Go full track	215
5	Dead On My Feet full track	194
6	Papillon full track	190
7	Moodswing Baby full track	182
8	Fortress €urope full track	176
9	Mercury full track	175
10	Paramount full track	168
11	Weekend In Bombay full track	153
12	Oh! The longing full track	152
13	Multiple Choice full track	150
14	I Like You When You're Sad	98
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ggnomeproject wrote:
Thursday morning

Oh! The longing <3

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claudijaa wrote:
8 days ago

papillon <3 !!

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stefanctp wrote:
26 days ago

The unique sound of the new Belgian-Japanese rock band COLD TURKEY PIE relies upon the intriguing mix between the rock attitude of Arn Vogels (vocals, guitars), the classic background of Tomoé Nagata (piano, mini moog, Hammond organ) and the poetic lyrics by Stefan Dolhain. Discover the first 6-pack titled "What Is This Food ?" featuring Sergej Van Bouwel (Absynthe Minded) and Bruno Meeus (Wizards of Ooze) ! Cover art by Sarah Yu Zeebroek. Some of the Myspace fan comments include : "amazing, yum yum yummy, great, silly, excellent, awesome, beautiful, different, super cool, good vibes, pretty special, wonderful, adorable, powerful, funny, lovely, brilliant, creative, the band with the coolest name ever"... Say no more ! Do believe the hype ! Check it out on www.myspace.com/coldturkeypie & buy it on www.cdbaby.com/cd/coldturkeypie

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hostintruder wrote:
December 2009

love this song ....

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McKillaboy wrote:
November 2009

Envoi <3

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storfstievel wrote:
November 2009

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:
November 2009

I like (:

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hardrockman69 wrote:
November 2009

Awesome band.

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Yogiber wrote:
November 2009

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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