Normally we don’t write about Belgian music, as we’re not big connaisseurs of the scene. But we make an exeption for music legend Marc Moulin, who passed away in 2008. Marc was internationally known an praised for his fushion group Placebo and electro-pop group Telex. His body of work spans over 5 decades and ranges from jazz to progrock to electropop to ambient to jazzy electronica and lounge. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec
2011
A tribute to Marc Moulin
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2010
Mar
2010
The Reference – L’Archiduc
It’s a twilight zone, that’s what I tell everybody when I tell them about L’Archiduc, the famous jazz bar in the Dansaert street in Brussels. Why? Because it’s like entering a different world when you cross the rounded wrought iron door. You can’t pigeonhole L’Archiduc’s public. Are they arty farty? Yes. Are they mainstream? Yes. Are they rich? Yes. Are they poor? Yes. That’s the great thing about this bar. It’s a melting pot of cultures, professions, likes, backgrounds,… The art deco interior (I Love Belgium loves the light armatures) also warps you into another time period, you feel like going crazy and that’s what people do. Don’t be surprised if you see three middle-aged rockers with Black Sabbath t-shirts shaking their hips on Stevie Wonder’s Superstition. That’s how things go at L’Archiduc…
