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Aarschot, Belgium (1981 – present)
“Front 242” is a pioneering Belgian electronic body music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. For years to come they took the lead in electronic music composition. During their most active period (they decided to quit ebm in 1993 with the albums “06:21:03:11 UP EVIL” and “05:22:09:12 Off”) they were influential to many electro-industrial and electronic artists.
History
The origin of “Front 242” should be understood within the rise of industrial music, which originated in England in 1975 with the first performances of “Cabaret Voltaire” and “Throbbing Gristle”. These revolutionary groups introduced elements of style later taken up by “Front 242” such as electronic instrumentation, overwhelming percussion often with found objects, and looped samples of found soundbites. Going back earlier, these innovations can be seen as an extension of the work of William S. Burroughs and of Edgard Varèse, the first significant composer to adopt electronic sources of sound as musical instruments, and who also used overwhelming percussion including with found objects. It is perhaps no coincidence that Varese’s great mark on the music world took place at the “1958 World Fair” in Brussels, where Front 242 would work a few decades later.
History
The origin of “Front 242” should be understood within the rise of industrial music, which originated in England in 1975 with the first performances of “Cabaret Voltaire” and “Throbbing Gristle”. These revolutionary groups introduced elements of style later taken up by “Front 242” such as electronic instrumentation, overwhelming percussion often with found objects, and looped samples of found soundbites. Going back earlier, these innovations can be seen as an extension of the work of William S. Burroughs and of Edgard Varèse, the first significant composer to adopt electronic sources of sound as musical instruments, and who also used overwhelming percussion including with found objects. It is perhaps no coincidence that Varese’s great mark on the music world took place at the “1958 World Fair” in Brussels, where Front 242 would work a few decades later.
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Front by Front
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06:21:03:11 UP EVIL
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TYRANNY >FOR YOU<
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czar04 wrote:
Re:Boot definitely has some gems on it. Though, if you listen to full length recordings of their live performances of that era, most of them are the same caliber as Re:Boot... including my personal favorite Arvika 2003
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Babayoga88 wrote:
Re:Boot is an awesome live one.
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cyber10 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Guerreiros+Paulistas
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versionfiv wrote:
front by front was the only album i ever bought, but i always preferred re:boot more than anything else.
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camiloalv wrote:
perfect music to work like a robot :)
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skalberg242 wrote:
Official Version will always remain their best. Closely followed by Tyranny.
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Roland-Korg wrote:
Kampfbereit!
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iamjustkidding wrote:
yeah ok, so where's 'live code'' 'cause that's THE live album for me, recorded in holland i believe.
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turnoftides wrote:
sexy
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Ashei wrote:
I don't think it matters, bro
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DJ_Tyrant wrote:
No flowers...for you!
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DJ_Tyrant wrote:
Tyranny is a great album, but Front By Front was their breakout album, the one that put them on the map and cemented EBM as genre.
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gothic_hobbit wrote:
Here on the north pole !
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BoomImDead wrote:
Hooray for EBM. :>
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chrisxanthus wrote:
Quite Unusual
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chrisxanthus wrote:
No sex until marriage!
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tekknoveteran wrote:
techno
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Auland wrote:
@Babayoga88 I know, I'm quite the heathen, aren't I
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Sergoy wrote:
1-1-2029, tonight the stars are shining bright
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Babayoga88 wrote:
Better? That is whacked!
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Events
- Feb 9 Front 242 Debaser, Malmö, Sweden
- Feb 10 Front 242 Dieselverkstaden, Nacka, Stockholm, Sweden
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Video: Front 242 Live in Munich plus interview
18 May 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/front242
Two interesting Front 242 videos have just been released by
the German site Nitrox.TV. The first one contains the first four
tracks from the show in Munich on April 15th, 2010, filmed in a
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Video: Front 242 Live in Munich plus interview
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10 Mar 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/front242
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