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Front 242 – Headhunter (Doug Laurent mix)
Biography
Aarschot, Belgium (1981 – present)
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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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Jon-Lucas
I'm just rediscovering the early material... amazing vintage sound.
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Meloku666
Great band!! Currently is more dead than alive but still they are great.
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DarK_EtheR
If you're a front 242 fan you should come see them at Alt-Fest http://www.fanteamz.com/alt-fest/cc/31/1325 A new crowdsourced music festival ran by the alternative scene for the alternative scene!
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gabi15001900
good
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tenrapid
i love the overall sense of menace on Tyranny >For You<. gives it an almost Skinny Puppy feel for me. still sounds fresh to me even though i realise i've been listening to it for 20 years!
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c70
I am on the next stage
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Auland
Agreed, the Geography face cover is pretty iconic.
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DJ_Tyrant
A heartfelt "THANK YOU!" to the user who swapped out the album pictures for the original cover art! I always preferred those images (of the original versions I own) to the lame-ass computer 'spiky ball' digital image from the Sony re-issues. Blech!
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Auland
But....why?
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ZombieXBoy
V same could be said about you Ashei....just sayin
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AMDA
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GruftieAndrew
Moldavia Holy Shit!
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GruftieAndrew
I really love Front 242 ♥ !
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Iezuz
and he likes it
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the_richman
Jesus is here!
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biohzdr
Hey poor, you don't have to be poor anymore!
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Auland
old school ebm elitists stink; i really love f242's later albums. [2] Gonna go out on a limb here and say that Pulse is their best album
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dystopiaq
Check out the newest Dystopiaq release: [dystopiaq033] Incentive - RERA / Post-Industrial, Minimal, IDM / http://dystopiaq.com/?p=390
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