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Racoon is a Dutch pop-rock band founded in 1997. Bart van der Weide (vocals) and Dennis Huige (guitar) were fed up with the sound of their hardcore rockband Victem and decided to go acoustic. Their first writings resulted in a song called Rapid Eye Movement. For their first release, a demo called Its an Ice Cream Day, Stefan de Kroon (bass) and Paul Bukkens (drums) completed the bands line-up.
The band made a breakthrough appearance at the 1999 Noorderslagfestival in Groningen, resulting in lots of record deal offers. Contracted by Sonys S.M.A.R.T. label, they released their first album Till Monkeys Fly in January 2000. Produced by Michael Schoots, former Urban Dance Squad drummer, the album hit the charts receiving nationwide airplay. Both the first single Feel Like Flying and the second one, Blue Days, became a 3FM megahit. Their festival appearances on Parkpop and Lowlands confirmed their image as a live-act.
Summer 2001 Here We Go, Stereo! was released as their second full-length record. Widely acclaimed, this record was their ticket to play at the Netherlandss largest festival: Pinkpop.
While working on their third album, Sony ended the record deal. With help from Dutch radio station 3FM and the producer of their first album, they signed a contract with PIAS, to release their 3rd album early 2005. The fresh and mature sound, combined with a more serious approach on songwriting got Another Day a slow start with Happy Family. The second single Love You More hits hard: they claimed 3rd spot on the Dutch Top 40; the album skyrocketed to 6th position in the Album Charts. A succesful club tour during autumn and winter 2005 resulted in the release of their first live DVD called Another Night. And the fans really found their true love back, voting Racoon to be Pinkpops Gouden Tip (Viewers Choice) for 2006, claiming a spot on the mainstage.
After this clubtour they decided to fulfill a long-lasting dream for the bands vocalist (Bart van der Weide) and went on a theatertour all across Holland, with the adition of a keyboardplayer (Manu van Os) and a re-write of most of the songs to slim them down a bit. They blew away most fans with the awsome sounding back to basics tour filled with emotions and the track called "Close Your Eyes".
Following the highly praised debut single Surely, the (by public and press) much-appreciated album Falling Into Place, the Focus Trophy at the ZAMU Awards 2006 and a collection of fantastic concerts, DELAVEGA withdrew from the public eye during the winter to write a very promising second album. First single Little Clouds (built around the deep soul of front-lady Elke Bruyneel) has already been playing on the radio over the last few months. The incorporation of Elke - a jeune première who likes to rub her voice up to those of vocal queens like Ella Fitzgerald, Beth Gibbons and Angie Stone - was a great move musically. With her arrival Delavega last year began a promising new chapter involving dub, noise, (nu) jazz, funk, soul and urgent rock as musical sources. The new album THE DAY AFTER is out since 2007 OCT 22nd. DELAVEGA presented their 2nd full album to the audience NOVEMBER 14th at the Handelsbeurs in Gent and NOVEMBER 22nd at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels.
Jim Cole is a seven piece band built around Jimmy Coleman, a 28 year old singersongwriter who loves good old soul music.
Through the years, he managed to gather the attention of several well known artists all around Belgium, who encouraged him to release his own material.
Jim Cole's sound is all about funk, rock and very tight R&B, all these ingredients mixed to a very own, contemporary feel.
When listening to it, you will definitely hear his accuracy for motown, funky music and melody. A very promissing debut album is been released February 2008! Jim's third single "Goodbye?" has come out on November 2007, all together with a fantastic videoclip!
Roots in het verre Oosten, prijzen weggekaapt op diverse rockconcours, een sterke live reputatie en jong: The Hong Kong Dong mag niet klagen. De Gentse broer en zus Boris (zang, moog, keys, gitaar) en Sarah (zang, gitaart, Moog) Zeebroek zijn bovendien nog gezegend met een knotsgekke vader die Vlaanderen onveilig maakt onder het pseudoniem Kamagurka. De appel der creativiteit viel hier duidelijk niet ver van de boom. Met The Hong Kong Dong krijg je een eigenzinnige mix van rock, blues, dance, electro en pop; een kruisbestuiving die snijdende gitaarpartijen, hijgende longen, huilende moogs en strakke ritmes oplevert. Wee uw trommelvliezen, wanneer Sarah haar keel openzet. Bronnen van inspiratie zijn The Talking Heads, Beck, The Flaming Lips, QOTSA, The Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, Zappa, Ween en vele anderen. Als je weet dat hun demo werd openomen samen met gitarist Geoffrey Burton (Arno) dan kunnen we alleen maar concluderen dat het goed gaat met Hong The Kong Dong.
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The band made a breakthrough appearance at the 1999 Noorderslagfestival in Groningen, resulting in lots of record deal offers. Contracted by Sonys S.M.A.R.T. label, they released their first album Till Monkeys Fly in January 2000. Produced by Michael Schoots, former Urban Dance Squad drummer, the album hit the charts receiving nationwide airplay. Both the first single Feel Like Flying and the second one, Blue Days, became a 3FM megahit. Their festival appearances on Parkpop and Lowlands confirmed their image as a live-act.
Summer 2001 Here We Go, Stereo! was released as their second full-length record. Widely acclaimed, this record was their ticket to play at the Netherlandss largest festival: Pinkpop.
While working on their third album, Sony ended the record deal. With help from Dutch radio station 3FM and the producer of their first album, they signed a contract with PIAS, to release their 3rd album early 2005. The fresh and mature sound, combined with a more serious approach on songwriting got Another Day a slow start with Happy Family. The second single Love You More hits hard: they claimed 3rd spot on the Dutch Top 40; the album skyrocketed to 6th position in the Album Charts. A succesful club tour during autumn and winter 2005 resulted in the release of their first live DVD called Another Night. And the fans really found their true love back, voting Racoon to be Pinkpops Gouden Tip (Viewers Choice) for 2006, claiming a spot on the mainstage.
After this clubtour they decided to fulfill a long-lasting dream for the bands vocalist (Bart van der Weide) and went on a theatertour all across Holland, with the adition of a keyboardplayer (Manu van Os) and a re-write of most of the songs to slim them down a bit. They blew away most fans with the awsome sounding back to basics tour filled with emotions and the track called "Close Your Eyes".