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If this item in stock, then you will get an infomation E-Mail!BXL003 is the third release of the artist-run Brussels based label BXL. This third release by Simon Halsberghe features a collaboration with Sagat (real name Wiet Lengeler), who previously released on the Brussels’ label VLEK and had his music included in the Fabric mixes of both Ben Klock and Joris Voorn. The track is called THE SET-UP and is a relentless sawtooth rave tune that finds it’s balance between the heydays of Belgian Techno and more contemporary ‘Hi-Fi’ attitudes towards functional yet idiosyncratic dance tracks. On the b-side SPACE TOM sounds is a deeper and more hypnotic trip with lush broad pads that provide a space for the mind as well as sonic pressure on the body. The last track, SNARED, takes things into breakbeat territory. With razor sharp snares and a pulsating baseline this track lives somewhere in the Venn diagram overlap between Rave, Front 242 and an air raid siren going off.
Simon Halsberghe lives and works in Brussels, the capital of Belgium as well as the centre of Europe.
Living in such a culturally diverse place has its distinct influence on Simon Halsberghe.
For him music isn’t limited to a single function and hence he doesn’t want to limit himself with just one type of sound.
He has composed music for theatre. He has won an award for best Original Soundtrack with the music
for the animated short ‘Kitten Instinct’ by Liesbet Eeckman at the film festival of Angers, France.
Simon Halsberghe also works as a music consultant for fashion brands, his clients include Gianni Versace and Christopher Kane.
Next to the more traditional of ‘DJ’ gig he sometimes makes bespoke music for the collections.
With BXL he wanted to create a platform for the wide range of music he creates.
And because his previous work for theatre and film, as well as his more ambient compositions have found their respective homes,
he chose to release some of his Techno tracks first on BXL.
Previously Simon Halsberghe has released music as Pitch & Hold
(on Love Triangle Music), Simon Hold (on VLEK) and HABERGEON (on Gentle Tapes).
Now he has opted to use his proper name instead of a pseudonym.