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Brussels, Belgium (1998 – 2008)

Lunascape were a Belgian trip hop band founded in 1998 by Kyoko Baertsoen and Walter Hilhorst. The group was initially formed under the name Calyx, but changed it to avoid confusion with a London drum and bass artist by the same name.

Baertsoen and Hilhorst originally met at the television and film academy in Brussels in 1993, and began working on small-scale musical projects at that time, but their collaboration was interrupted in 1997 when Baertsoen joined the group Hooverphonic and toured Europe with them. On her return she resumed working with Hilhorst on the project that would become Lunascape. Their first two albums, Reflecting Seyelence and Mindstalking, were released only in Europe, but in 2005, their first North American release, Reminiscence, from Dancing Ferret Discs’s Noir label, combined tracks from both the previous albums, bringing their music to a new audience. Tracks from Reflecting Seyelence were used in the IMAX 3D movie Haunted Castle.

Citing influences ranging from goth pioneers The Sisters Of Mercy and Bauhaus to psychedelic acts like Pink Floyd to the ethereal pop of the Cocteau Twins, Lunascape create lush, moody soundscapes, dominated by Baertsoen’s distinctive ethereal vocals. Many listeners first encountered them when Rhys Fulber’s electronic music project Conjure One recorded a cover of Lunascape’s Tears from the Moon in 2003, with Sinéad O’Connor on vocals.
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  • huiva

    listen to http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Joywcs

    12 days ago

  • MrAslema

    Polish psycho/dark trip-hop band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReBT0AWaEVA and free album download : http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Eternalovers/Silence+of+Sorrow

    March 2012

  • goranek

    Intruuuder of liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife <3

    March 2012

  • Elisisciousz

    Treu art of our southeren neighbours, with much love, Eli! <3 masterpieces!

    September 2011

  • Neon_Spadezzz

    She raises and fluctuates her voice in an artsy way. Her voice is sultry as heck. I love her voice.

    August 2011

  • CharlieJude1991

    I adore the way Baertsoen "raises her tone/voice/whatever at the end of pretty much every line". I think it's ingenious. Reminds me of Dolores O'riordan in way.

    May 2011

  • EndlessDelirium

    I like this band. And I like her voice. But the way she raises her tone/voice/whatever at the end of pretty much every line infuriates me and really puts me off listening.

    May 2011

  • KL-7

    With my latest doom obsession I've almost forgotten how wonderful might be the evening with their delightful trip-hop. I wish I hear them live one day...

    March 2011
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Kyoko interviewed on "Just The Two Of Us"

24 Oct 2006 | from blog.myspace.com/lunascapemusic

http://www.vtm.be/justthetwoofus/video.php?itemid=32

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