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Vismets

Paris, January 2006. An 8-Track, beat-box, guitar and bass; Dan Klein sets about recording the first demo tapes and launches a MySpace profile: the Vismets project is born (at least virtually). Upon his return to Brussels, Dan undertakes the pursuit for musicians. It will last six months. Six Months to find the ideal line-up. Brussels, October 2007. In the midst of rehearsals for their first concert, opening for Montevideo at the Botanique...

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Monza

Monza is a Belgian rock band, founded by Stijn Meuris, originally a member of Noordkaap. When Noordkaap stopped making music, Meuris formed 'Monza'.
Monza released 'Van God Los' in 2001. The singles 'Van God Los', 'De Stad Kan Zo Koud Zijn' and 'De Ogen Van Jenny' were big hits in Belgium.
They released 'Grand' in 2005. It's a very emotional record because Stijn Meuris's girlfriend committed suicide. The singles 'Dood Aan Alle Meisjes' and 'Rijkdom' got a considerable amount of airplay on radio stations.

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The hickey underworld

A Belgian rockband, consisting of members Younes Faltakh, Jonas Govaerts, Georgios Tsakiridis and Jimmy Wouters. They won Humo's Rock Rally in 2006, the most important Belgian rock contest, which has already brought forth bands like dEUS, Das Pop, Goose, Admiral Freebee, Mint, and many others. Their self titled debut album was released in March 2009, and was produced by Das Pop. It's being described (in Humo) as 'hard, melodic, danceable and devilish'.

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SideSteps

It's All About Passion The whole idea behind the creation of an art project was conceived in Greece in 2009. A big spectrum of ideas was stuck in the mind of Mr. SideSteps, creating a new world with its own rules, gravity and emotions. What dominated this world was passion and creativity, combined with a sense of independence. Everything was so intense in his mind it could be nothing but real. Your Heart Is Always Telling The Truth

Read more about SideSteps on Last.fm.

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Elan Tamara

Elan Tamara is a singer/songwriter/instrumentalist and has been writing music since she was 14 years old. Elan Tamara first discovered a love for the piano when she was 8 and rekindled that love in her teenage years (also picking up the saxophone at 11 years old). She began writing instrumental pieces for the piano at around 14 years old, moving on to piano/vocal songs when she was 15/16 years old.

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Visions Of War

VISIONS OF WAR was formed october 96 (it's such a long time ago !)in the flemish part of hellgium (dutch speaking part) with the following line-up : Davy : bass,Filip : drums,Stef : guitar,Steffen : vocals.Shortly afterwards Steve joined the band , after attending a rehearsel and offered to shout a bit with them,as 2nd vocalist , and a 10 song demo was recorded in april 98,then a second one in december 98 (after an offer to do a release for filth ear records)...

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Mint

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Mint is a Belgian band, founded in 1999. The band currently consist of Erwin Marcisz (vocals, guitar), Steve Janssens (guitar), Phil Marcisz (bass guitar), Kim Windmolders (keyboard) and Tim Claes (drums). Typical for their style is simplicity and attention for melody. (more below) 2) MINT is an alias of electronic artist Murray Fisher, co-owner of independent UK label Boltfish Recordings.

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Madensuyu

Madensuyu started their musical career by ending third in Belgian rock competition Humo's Rock Rally 2004, behind Absynthe Minded and The Van Jets. The word Madensuyu comes from Turkish and means "Mineral Water". The first EP (containing four songs) was released in 2005, dubbed Adjust We.
In april 2006 their debut album, A Field Between, was released, containing the four tracks previously released on Adjust We, adding five new tracks. In 2008 their second full album D is done was released.

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Poison My Blood

In the summer of 2008 Poison My Blood recorded their first album 'Monuments' at the Rape Of Harmonies studios (Heaven Shall Burn, Misery Speaks, ...) in Germany. 'Monuments' was released worldwide on January 1st 2009 through Disobedience Distro and Tornado Music. This caused the band to do several tours and play hundreds of shows, making a name for themselves as a hardworking and vicious metallic hardcore band.

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