Dead Hollywood Stars is the musical project of John Sellekaers

John Sellekaers

John Sellekaers is a Canadian-born musician and audio mastering engineer. Born in 1973 in Montreal he later moved to Brussels . John has released over 40 records under various aliases on famous labels such as Ant-Zen, Hymen Records, Nova Zembla and Disques Hushush...

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The sound of Dead Hollywood Stars has been described as cinematic and luxurious. Because of its use of guitars and nostalgic atmospheres journalists have compared it to the work of Italian composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...

. Others have depicted it as a pop project with surreal and dusty ambience.

Members / History

Past members of Dead Hollywood Stars have included: C-drik Fermont

C-drik Fermont

C-drík is a vegan artist, academically trained musician, dj, singer, composer and drummer. He is a former student of electro-acoustic composer Annette Vande Gorne .-Biography:...

 and Hervé Thomas.

Discography

• Gone West, 2000, CD
• Wagon of Miracles, 2000, 12"
• Junctions, 2002, CD
• Junctions/Gone West, 2002, 2xCD
• Smoke and Mirrors, 2005, CDEP