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Soulwax

Belgica (Original Soundtrack)

Limited Edition 2X12" Record Store Day 2017

Label:Play It Again Sam PIASR430DLP  Format:2 × Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition   Country:Europe  Released:22 Apr 2017 
Genre:Electronic, Rock, Reggae, Funk / Soul, Pop, Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen  Style:Soundtrack

 

Pitchfork:  Soulwax are nothing if not mercurial. The band was founded in the mid '90s as a sort of Flemish take on Britpop, only to trade grunge guitars for analog synths a few years later. Around the same time, founding members Stephen and David Dewaele began moonlighting as 2 Many DJs, whose mashup classic As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 2 introduced electroclash to the masses and featured, among other things, a conflagration of The Stooges "No Fun" and Salt 'n Pepa's "Push It." (Just think: this was four years before Night Ripper.) Soulwax eventually became more or less synonymous with its side project, as the group remixed fellow dance punk acts like LCD Soundsystem and weirdly — and most successfully — their own material, with 2005's Nite Versions. During their most active period, Soulwax had an uncanny ability to stay on trend, seeming to predict mashup culture, European electro and big-tent EDM consecutively. Today, you could either laud them for their foresight or accuse them of carpetbagging, but it'd be wrong to undersell just how influential they were at their peak.

Lately, though, the band has kept a lower profile, occupying themselves with their Radio Soulwax project, programming a Grand Theft Auto radio station, and laying down the occasional remix. The Dewaele brothers' first LP in eleven years is actually a soundtrack to Belgica, a Belgian film by the Oscar-nominated director Felix Van Groeningen about two brothers who run a hedonistic nightclub in Ghent, Soulwax's hometown. For the sixteen-track album, the band invented fifteen fictional personas, each with its own sound, aesthetic, and backstory that draw from different decades of club culture. Genres range from Studio 1 reggae to indie rock, under pseudonyms like Burning Phlegm, White Virgins, and Noah's Dark. (The Shitz do double duty – no pun intended.) That a band could attempt a project like this with such strict historical verisimilitude is a fascinating technical exercise; the fact that many of these songs are actually decent is just an added bonus.

The album opens with "The Best Thing," a synthpop track starring a vocalist named Charlotte, who plays the role of R&B diva. "You're the worst thing that always happens to me," she sings, over percolating synths. The effect is more Jessie Ware than Janet Jackson, but it's a decent pop song that sounds authentic enough to be an actual, if unremarkable, '90s single. Then it's on to The Shitz with "How Long," a slab of angular indie rock ripped from the pages of NME. (RIYL: Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, The Libertines). Listening to these two tracks together provides a good idea of what you're in for over the course of the album: disparate sounds stacked together in ways that make little sense outside the context of the movie they soundtrack. Sometimes it works: There's probably no reason why Turkish pop should play next to Italian electro, but "Çölde Kutup Ayisi" and "Ti Ricordi Di Me" are legitimately enjoyable back-to-back.

Tracklist

A1–CharlotteThe Best Thing

Performer – Soulwax

Vocals – Charlotte Adigéry

Written-By, Lyrics By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

4:10

A2–The ShitzHow Long

Bass – Sarah Yu Zeebroek

Drums – Lennert Jacobs

Guitar – Boris Zeebroek

Performer – Soulwax

Vocals, Guitar – Boris Van Severen

Written-By, Lyrics By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

4:18

A3–Rubber BandCaoutchouc

Performer – Soulwax

Strings – Jade Baxter West

Written-By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

4:33

B1–White VirginsTurn Off The Lights

Bass – Marieke Hutsebaut

Drums – Stefanie Mannaerts

Keyboards – Hanne Torfs

Performer – Soulwax

Vocals – Maily Beyrens

Written-By, Lyrics By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

3:17

B2–Light Bulb MatrixHot December

Drums – Oliver Geerts

Performer – Soulwax

Vocals – Charlotte Adigéry

Written-By, Lyrics By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

3:44

B3–Kursat 9000Çölde Kutup Ayisi

Performer – Soulwax

Translated By – Tugrul Yücesan

Vocals – Kürsat Zengin

Written-By, Lyrics By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

2:29

B4–ErasmusTi Ricordi Di Me

Performer – Soulwax

Vocals, Lyrics By – Emilie De Roo, Sarah Vandeursen

Written-By, Lyrics By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

4:08

B5–Burning PhlegmNothing

Bass – Jan Wygers

Drums – Igor Cavalera

Guitar – Michiel Van Cleuvenbergen

Performer – Soulwax

Vocals – Lino Van Reeth

Written-By, Lyrics By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

1:44

C1–AquazulSlippy Fingers

Performer – Soulwax

Vocals – Boris Zeebroek, Charlotte Adigéry, Frederik De Witte

Written-By, Lyrics By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

4:21

C2–Roland McBethDon’t Wait Up For Me

Guitar – Geoffrey Burton

Performer – Soulwax

Vocals, Guitar – Roland Van Campenhout

Written-By, Lyrics By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

5:26

C3–DiplomaGot Any Chris Rea?

Performer – Soulwax

Written-By, Lyrics By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

3:03

C4–They LiveThe Cookie Crumbles

Bass – Jens Dewaele

Drums – Johnny Zuidhof

Guitar – Steven Janssens

Organ – Matteo Deseijn

Performer – Soulwax

Vocals, Lyrics By – Staf Derie

Written-By, Lyrics By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

3:02

D1–Danyel GalaxyCybernetic Permutations In The Key Of A

Performer – Soulwax

Written-By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

3:23

D2–The ShitzSell It With Your Face

Bass – Sarah Yu Zeebroek

Drums – Lennert Jacobs

Guitar – Boris Zeebroek

Performer – Soulwax

Vocals – Frederik De Witte

Vocals, Guitar – Boris Van Severen

Written-By, Lyrics By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

2:06

D3–Robert VanderwielNine Thousand Eyes

Performer – Soulwax

Written-By, Lyrics By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

2:12

D4–Noah's DarkInward

Performer – Soulwax

Written-By – David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele

6:51

Mastered At – Metropolis Studios

Recorded At – Studio Deewee

Mixed At – Studio Deewee

Published By – Strictly Confidential

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Menuet

Copyright (c) – Menuet

Licensed To – Play It Again Sam

Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BG22114

Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BG30301

Lacquer Cut At – Metropolis Mastering

Artwork – Glossy.tv

Lacquer Cut By – TimTom

Record Store Day 2017 release. Includes a 12"x12" sticker sheet, inner sleeves and a download coupon.

Track durations are not listed on the release.

Barcode: 5414939936586

Label Code: LC0700

Rights Society: SABAM/BIEM

Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): PIASR430DLP BG22114-01 A1 TimTom

Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): PIASR430DLP BG22114-01 B1 ?

Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): PIASR430DLP TimTom BG22114-02 ?1

Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): PIASR430DLP I? BG30301-02 D1 ?

CONDITION:  NEW SEALED

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