The music video was made in collaboration with animator Gwen Vanderstraeten (mellon), who had this great idea for a music video and who worked for two months on the animation…

Enjoy!

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And while we’re at it, you should also check out the live StuBru version:

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In a factory, we follow the path of rubbishes which after several operations will become something new.

The video was directed by the Atelier Collectif.

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The video seems a bit inspired by Never Alone/Always Together by The Blackbox Revelation…

The second single from the new album, Envoi, is a real gem. And it even becomes better if you know it is based on a poem by one of Belgium’s finest writers ever Hugo Claus. Absynthe Minded did so after an invitation by Poetracks, a Dutch initiative for setting Dutch or Flemish poems by famous writers to music:

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One image in the music video struck me as familiar. It seems to refer to a cover of a single by Ghent based companions Soulwax:

Absynthe Minded – Envoi lyrics:

My verses stand gawping a bit
I never get used to this
They lived here long enough
Enough!
I send them out of the house
I don’t wanna wait
Until their toes are cold
Enough!
I wanna hear the humming of the sun
Or that of my heart,
Hardening
Enough!
They don’t screw classically
They babble commonly
And bluster nobly
Enough! Enough!
In winter their lips leap
In spring they lie flat at the first warmth
They ruin my summer
And in autumn it’s girls and a broken heart
For another twelve lines on this sheet
I’ll hold my hand over their head
And then I’ll kick them out
Enough!
Go and pester elsewhere, one-cent rhymes
Find somebody who cares
Enough!
Go now on your high feet
This is where the graves laugh
When they see their guests
Enough!
One corpse on top of the other
Go now and stagger to her
Whom I do not know
Enough! Enough!
In winter their lips leap
In spring they lie flat at the first warmth
They ruin my summer
And in autumn it’s girls and a broken heart

Enjoy:

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And it was a hot edition this year. While temperatures reached tropical hights, one great band after the other performed on the famous Werchter stages. Of course there was also room for some of Belgium’s best bands: Arsenal, Triggerfinger, Jasper Erkens, 2ManyDJs, The Hickey Underworld, Lady Linn & Her Magnificent Seven, Ghinzu and (really? no really?) Milk Inc.

If you missed it, don’t panic, there’s always YouTube. Below a short overview of the best Belgian band movies we could find so far.

Arsenal (Lotuk):

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Triggerfinger (performing live on guitar and bike!):

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Jasper Erkens (Everybody Is The Same):

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2ManyDJs:

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The Hickey Underworld:

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Lady Linn & Her Magnificent Seven (I Don’t Wanna Dance):

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Ghinzu (Kill The Surfers):

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Milk Inc. (a non-conventional choice, a big gamble, but apparently also a big success):

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The big Werchter Whirlwind (strange image, a whirlwind over the festival terrain. A few people were wounded):

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You can enjoy both Selah Sue with Triggerfinger and Lady Linn with Absynthe Minded covering Mercy from Duffy:

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But that’s all about to change now with 2nd Line:

The ‘first line’ of the infamous jazz-funerals were the people as part of the ceremony, clubmembers, family and friends. Brightly coloured beads and feathers were offered to the ‘second line’. This referred to people who were attracted to the music. Such people would follow behind the ‘first line’. Later it became more common for these onlookers to mix in or even get ahead of the band and first line. To follow because one enjoyed the music came to be known as to ‘second line’.

First single of 2nd Line was Ethiopics, not Peter’s strongest singing performance, but a more than just nice song to enjoy during the long and hot summer that awaits us all:

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Tracklisting:

1. After the flood
2. 2nd Line
3. Gold
4. Brainwashed
5. Piece of mine
6. Come for you
7. Heartbeat
8. Funk today
9. Get down
10. Ethiopics

Listen to Moiano on last.fm

Enjoy a live version (with just one of her magnificent seven) from the Canvas show Lux:

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Who needs Amy Winehouse when we have our own Lady Linn in Belgium?

Halfway there, a mad idea crossed their mind and they drove into a shop with their mopeds. Result: The Subs were arrested by the French police and they were obliged to delete the footage. Luckily, they managed to recover everything.

Official reaction:

“We had a great time and we would do it again anytime.”

That’s the spirit!

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Actually this is the second clip The Black Box Revelation releases for Love, Love is on My Mind. But the first one looked a little less professional if you ask us:

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Rock on…

Lyrics:

Talking, kissing that eve
She was hot, she was sweet
I had a drink in the bar
Took a walk on the street
And later on that night, I went back home
When I was back home,
I heard her voice
She wasn’t talking to me
But through the telephone
She left a message on my answering machine

It said
Well, love, love is on my mind
Love, love, love makes me feel alive
The moment I met you, the place, the time
Love, love was already on my mind
The one thing I live for
It’s like my gasoline

So we met again
I dressed up real good
Her read lips, red boots
We were kissing again
And then late that night she went home with me
And at my place
She had dinner with me
Romantic candle lights
Classic tunes
The master bedroom Wanted to be satisfied
And she said

Well love, love, is on my mind
Love, love love makes me feel alive
The moment I met you, that place, the time
Love, love was already on my mind
The one thing I live for
It’s like my gasoline

Love, love, is on my mind
Love, love love makes me feel alive
The moment I met you, that place, the time
Love, love was already on my mind
The one thing I live for
It’s like my gasoline

Listen to Love, Love is on My Mind by The Black Box Revelation on last.fm

Enjoy the dirty beats on his new single Password where Stijn discovers The Social Web (MySpace, facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, PhotoBucket, …):

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Lyrics:

I bet you want the password, bet you wanna log in?
I bet you want the password, said you wanna log in?

Ready Baby? Nothing’s for free
Wanna login, wanna get with me
You can dial the number, I won’t pick up the phone
Pick it up while I
Doing this, this and that
Think about the password, that’s where it’s at
Scrolling down menus, wasting our time
Browsing your profile while you’re checking mine

I bet you want the password, bet you wanna log in?
I bet you want the password, said you wanna log in?

Myspacing, Facebooking
Tell me is it true you’re LinkedIn and good-looking?
Won’t you let me put my Flickr in your Photobucket?
We’ll make a slideshow and afterwards we’ll blog it
Props and kudos, laughing out loud
Meet me in the chat room before I log out
Is it clicking with you, or are you clicking on me?
Virtual gifts don’t mean a schnitzel to me

I bet you want the password, bet you wanna log in?
I bet you want the password, said you wanna log in?

Play it!

…

Listen to Password by Stijn on last.fm

Milow is said to have written the song for a girl who died of cancer. Her parents asked Milow to write a song for her and by the time he contacted them she had already passed away. The great personality Milow is, he decided to fulfill her wish and wrote the song Out of My Hands.

As said before, the video for Out of My Hands was shot in Iceland. On their way to the video shoot, a team of 5 people including Milow himself had a car accident during a blizzard. By wonder, nobody was injured. You can watch pictures from the accident on Milow’s dutch blog.

And now the most important bit of this post, the new Milow music video for Out of My Hands:

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Watch the video in HQ.

Listen to Out of My Hands by Milow on Last.fm.

Lyrics:

I made the call just too late
At the end of May
I just thought I could wait
For one more day
In the time that passed
You went down so fast
You went down so fast

Out of my reach, out of my hands
I didn’t understand
I would have changed all my plans

An empty house, a setting sun
At four AM
Some battles fought are battles won
But this ain’t one of them
One more shadow cast
You went down so fast
You went down so fast

Out of my reach, out of my hands
I didn’t understand
I would have changed all my plans
I would have changed
Out of my reach, out of my hands

Now the leaves are turning brown
I watch ‘em blow
Where the earth pulls them down
I let you go
As your breath unwinds
Through the restless pines

Out of my reach, out of my hands
I didn’t understand
I would have changed all my plans
I would have changed
Out of my reach, out of my hands
I didn’t understand
I would have changed all my plans
I would have changed