We're in for a treat this week, consider this a historic document. I started diving into the mysterious Beglian label called Holy Hole Music while searching for some background on "Ziggy". Turns out that this label started in the early 80s and did quite while for a while during the short 'New beat' craze. Strangely enough one of the owners was Serge Feys* who played in T.C. Matic with Arno. All this below is a far cry from that.
First up, Kamiel, the enigmatic singer and electronic music pioneer calling from the town of Ichtegem, Belgium. I've got no idea why this guy didn't get world famous. The comments indicate that the guy indeed made this song after his wife left him:
Kamiel - Me Wuf Is Weg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-FsOHR6tVA
I was really looking for the single "Eirobik" but alas that is nowhere to be found on the web.
Next, is a horrible song from 1986 where you can start to hear some early electronic (house) music elements in a really bad pop song. Not sure if this is the disco side or the slow side either. At some point Chris sings like he's imitating Elvis, quite funny actually.
Chris Clark - Don't play that song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncq4Yp-LXHY
Chris Clark was everywhere in those days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-vTP1hrAek. If you look closely you will find he was made of rubber.
From the New Beat days, when you could sell anything it seems and where experiments with samples showed what you should not do with it.
Illegal - It's a Bootleg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voS9XQ_JTxI
Hardcore new beat, already with some "acid" samples.
War People - Take her down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uqcGVmsTUk
Early hardcore techno
Ottorongo - Five O'clock... my ass, let's tango
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynegDUn_hgg
I am refusing to link to Bingo's Arabeat. It was and is still the epitome of bade taste.
* Serge Feys is the son of Freddy Feys who wrote more than 400 songs, amongst them songs for Luci Monti, the aunt of Lucy Loes... but that is a whole other story.
First up, Kamiel, the enigmatic singer and electronic music pioneer calling from the town of Ichtegem, Belgium. I've got no idea why this guy didn't get world famous. The comments indicate that the guy indeed made this song after his wife left him:
Kamiel - Me Wuf Is Weg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-FsOHR6tVA
I was really looking for the single "Eirobik" but alas that is nowhere to be found on the web.
Next, is a horrible song from 1986 where you can start to hear some early electronic (house) music elements in a really bad pop song. Not sure if this is the disco side or the slow side either. At some point Chris sings like he's imitating Elvis, quite funny actually.
Chris Clark - Don't play that song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncq4Yp-LXHY
Chris Clark was everywhere in those days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-vTP1hrAek. If you look closely you will find he was made of rubber.
From the New Beat days, when you could sell anything it seems and where experiments with samples showed what you should not do with it.
Illegal - It's a Bootleg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voS9XQ_JTxI
Hardcore new beat, already with some "acid" samples.
War People - Take her down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uqcGVmsTUk
Early hardcore techno
Ottorongo - Five O'clock... my ass, let's tango
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynegDUn_hgg
I am refusing to link to Bingo's Arabeat. It was and is still the epitome of bade taste.
* Serge Feys is the son of Freddy Feys who wrote more than 400 songs, amongst them songs for Luci Monti, the aunt of Lucy Loes... but that is a whole other story.
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