Hooverphonic
Encyclopedia
Hooverphonic are a Belgian
rock/pop
group, formed in 1995. Though early on categorized as a trip hop
group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a lone genre, but rather encompass alternative
, electronica
, electropop, rock
, and mixture of others. The band originally called themselves Hoover, but later changed their name to Hooverphonic after discovering other groups were already using the Hoover name and to avoid any legal issues with the vacuum cleaner company
.
On 10 October 2008, Geike Arnaert
, the lead singer of the band, announced she would leave the group by the end of the year to pursue her solo career. Arnaert had been working on solo material for a few months. The last concert of Hooverphonic with Geike was on 13 December 2008 in Tele-Club, Ekaterinburg, Russia
. It was filmed by the local MTV station and was shown on Russian TV in 2009.
On 29 October 2010, Hooverphonic announced their new single on their website. The videoclip showcased fourteen possible singers but only one of them, Noémie Wolfs, proved to be the real successor of Geike Arnaert. On 4 November 2010, the new singer was announced on De Laatste Show at the VRT
, the Flemish public broadcasting organization.
, keyboardist Frank Duchêne, bassist Alex Callier
, and guitarist Raymond Geerts. The band achieved international recognition through the inclusion of the track "2Wicky" (from A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
) on the soundtrack to Bernardo Bertolucci
's 1996 film Stealing Beauty
. "2Wicky" also appeared on the soundtracks of I Know What You Did Last Summer
and Heights
. The track's main riff is sampled
from Isaac Hayes
' recording of the 1960s hit Walk On By.
Sadonius left Hooverphonic on amicable terms shortly after the release of A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular. Kyoko Baertsoen, singer for fellow Belgian trip-hop band Lunascape, filled in for Sadonius for three months of a European tour in 1997 before Geike Arnaert
was made the permanent singer in early 1998. Additional session musicians: Eric Bosteels was a session drummer with Hooverphonic from 1997–98, replaced by Mario Goossens until 2005. David Poltrock was keyboard player from the group on-and-off from 1998 until 2005. In 1998 Hooverphonic contributed to the Depeche Mode
tribute album For the Masses
, with their cover of "Shake the Disease
".
, Morcheeba
and Apollo 440
, and a tour opening for Fiona Apple
in the United States in 1997, the band released Blue Wonder Power Milk
in 1998 with 18-year-old Arnaert on vocals. A marked departure from their debut, the album is driven less by breakbeats and samples and more by organic string elements and traditional song structures.
The single "Club Montepulciano" was a hit in native Belgium and a minor college hit in the U.S., while "Renaissance Affair" was featured in the North American commercial campaign for the new Volkswagen Vapor Beetle. "This Strange Effect
" and "Eden
" were both featured in American cell phone commercials-- "This Strange Effect" for the Motorola SLVR, and most recently in 2006, "Eden" for the Cingular 8525. "Eden" was also used in the 1998 slasher film "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
". At the time of their release, both songs were also featured in two separate third season episodes of La Femme Nikita. Shortly afterward, Sarah Brightman
recorded a cover of "Eden" on her 1998 album "Eden
".
, which expands on the sound of Milk with a warmer, more approachable sound. Highlights from the album are the string-laden "Out Of Sight", "Mad About You", and the title track.
The same year, Hooverphonic was asked to write a song specifically for the opening ceremony of the 2000 European Football Championship, which took place in Brussels
, Belgium. The result - a 12-minute long track called "Visions" - became the theme song of the championship, and Hooverphonic's performance at the opening ceremony was heard/seen by more than 1 billion people.
On the heels of Trees success, the band became the first Belgian outfit to headline the Belgian musical festival Rock Werchter
in 2001.
Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane
. The album tells the story of the fictional title character, a celebrity and singer catapulted into stardom at the expense of her relationship with her twin sister. Driven to the brink of insanity by the pressures of fame, Jackie quits show business and returns home to attempt reconciliation, where her sister kills them both with a poisoned last supper.
Jackie Cane retains the dreamy elements of Hooverphonic's previous works, most notably on songs "Nirvana Blue" and "Human Interest" (which contains references to "Echoes" by Pink Floyd
), but tracks like "The World Is Mine" (the first single) and "Day After Day" have a clear Broadway
influence and quality to them. The album went platinum in Belgium and won the group ZAMU's Best Pop/Rock Band and Best Album awards in 2002.
, featuring a selection of songs from the band's body of work, as well as the new songs "Antarctica" and "The Last Thing I Need Is You", and a cover of Lee Hazlewood
's "My Autumn's Done Come". The band launched into an extended European tour in September 2003, performing in over 100 concert halls.
, was released in December 2005. Both CDs include the same 11 tracks, however, they are all different versions.
(Singles '96 - '06
) was released to end the relation with Sony/BMG. The band is now going to work without a label.
The President of the LSD Golf Club
, was released in October 2007 in Belgium and Holland. The album was released in Europe in March 2008. Following the release, Geike announced she would be leaving the band to pursue a solo career.
, Permanent Midnight
and Bernardo Bertolucci
's Stealing Beauty
. It was also used in an episode of Entourage
. "Eden" was a part of the soundtrack of the sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
.
"Inhaler" was featured in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
and is also on the series soundtrack.
"Renaissance Affair" and "This Strange Effect" were used in the Belgian movie Shades
, as was "Shades" (the theme composed for the film). "Renaissance Affair" was also used in the USA in a Volkswagen New Beetle TV ad circa 2000. Alex Callier
worked as the composer for the movie. "This Strange Effect" was also used in the 20th episode of the third season of the TV show La Femme Nikita. In episode 10 of season three of the same television series, the song "Eden" was used.
"Battersea" was used in the 1999 pilot
of NBC
TV series Third Watch
and in the end of the show's last episode ("Goodbye to Camelot
"), in 2005.
"Mad About You" was used in the CBS TV series Cold Case, in the third-season episode "Sanctuary". The song was also featured in the film A Lot Like Love
during the New Year's Eve sequence, the 2002 film "New Best Friend
" and in the movie Driven
.
"The World is Mine" was featured as the theme song of UK television series Mile High
(2003–2005), following the lives of airline crew at the fictional UK airline "Fresh!".
Hooverphonic music has also appeared in a number of adverts and other TV series.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
rock/pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
group, formed in 1995. Though early on categorized as a trip hop
Trip hop
Trip hop is a music genre consisting of downtempo electronic music which originated in the early 1990s in England, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which...
group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a lone genre, but rather encompass alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
, electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, electropop, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, and mixture of others. The band originally called themselves Hoover, but later changed their name to Hooverphonic after discovering other groups were already using the Hoover name and to avoid any legal issues with the vacuum cleaner company
The Hoover Company
The Hoover Company started out as an American floor care manufacturer based in North Canton, Ohio. It also established a major base in the United Kingdom and for most of the early-and-mid-20th century, it dominated the electric vacuum cleaner industry, to the point where the "hoover" brand name...
.
On 10 October 2008, Geike Arnaert
Geike Arnaert
Geike Arnaert was the lead singer of the Belgian band Hooverphonic from 1997 up to October 2008.Arnaert was born on 13 September 1979, in Heuvelland, Belgium...
, the lead singer of the band, announced she would leave the group by the end of the year to pursue her solo career. Arnaert had been working on solo material for a few months. The last concert of Hooverphonic with Geike was on 13 December 2008 in Tele-Club, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It was filmed by the local MTV station and was shown on Russian TV in 2009.
On 29 October 2010, Hooverphonic announced their new single on their website. The videoclip showcased fourteen possible singers but only one of them, Noémie Wolfs, proved to be the real successor of Geike Arnaert. On 4 November 2010, the new singer was announced on De Laatste Show at the VRT
Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep
The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie , or VRT, is a publicly-funded broadcaster of radio and television in Flanders ....
, the Flemish public broadcasting organization.
A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
The original members of the group were vocalist Liesje SadoniusLiesje Sadonius
Liesje Sadonius is a Flemish singer/songwriter. She has worked with many bands around Belgium and Europe and was the original lead singer of the Belgian group Hooverphonic.-Hooverphonic:Hooverphonic formed in 1995 with Sadonius as their singer...
, keyboardist Frank Duchêne, bassist Alex Callier
Alex Callier
Alex Callier is a member of Belgian band Hooverphonic. He studied sound engineering in the Rits school in Brussels and attended several music classes in both his hometown, Sint Niklaas, and Antwerp. Between 1994 and 1997 he worked as a sound engineer for the Belgian VRT TV channel...
, and guitarist Raymond Geerts. The band achieved international recognition through the inclusion of the track "2Wicky" (from A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular is the first album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic when the band was only known as Hoover. It was the only album with singer Liesje Sadonius. The song "2Wicky" was featured in the movies Stealing Beauty by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, I Know What You...
) on the soundtrack to Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci is an Italian film director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor and The Dreamers...
's 1996 film Stealing Beauty
Stealing Beauty
Stealing Beauty is a 1996 drama film directed by Academy Award-winning Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci and written by Bertolucci and Susan Minot. It stars Liv Tyler, D.W. Moffett, Jeremy Irons, and Rachel Weisz...
. "2Wicky" also appeared on the soundtracks of I Know What You Did Last Summer
I Know What You Did Last Summer
I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 American horror film. The film stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr. The screenplay was written by Kevin Williamson, writer of Scream, and very loosely based on Lois Duncan's popular novel of the same title...
and Heights
Heights
Heights is a 2004 Merchant Ivory Productions film that follows a pivotal twenty-four hours in the interconnected lives of five New Yorkers...
. The track's main riff is sampled
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
from Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
' recording of the 1960s hit Walk On By.
Sadonius left Hooverphonic on amicable terms shortly after the release of A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular. Kyoko Baertsoen, singer for fellow Belgian trip-hop band Lunascape, filled in for Sadonius for three months of a European tour in 1997 before Geike Arnaert
Geike Arnaert
Geike Arnaert was the lead singer of the Belgian band Hooverphonic from 1997 up to October 2008.Arnaert was born on 13 September 1979, in Heuvelland, Belgium...
was made the permanent singer in early 1998. Additional session musicians: Eric Bosteels was a session drummer with Hooverphonic from 1997–98, replaced by Mario Goossens until 2005. David Poltrock was keyboard player from the group on-and-off from 1998 until 2005. In 1998 Hooverphonic contributed to the Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
tribute album For the Masses
For the Masses
For the Masses is a 1998 tribute album to Depeche Mode, specifically the works of Martin Gore. The album charted in America and reached the Top 20 in Germany, making it the most successful Depeche Mode tribute album of all time....
, with their cover of "Shake the Disease
Shake the Disease
"Shake the Disease" is Depeche Mode's thirteenth UK single , and was not released on an actual studio album but was released on the compilation The Singles in the same year, along with "It's Called a Heart". It reached #18 in the UK singles chart...
".
Blue Wonder Power Milk
After an extensive European tour with artists such as Massive AttackMassive Attack
Massive Attack are an English DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, England consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working with co-producers, as well as various session musicians and guest vocalists, they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be of the trip...
, Morcheeba
Morcheeba
Morcheeba are a British band, mixing influences from trip hop, rock, R&B, and pop.They have produced 7 albums since 1995, two of which reached the UK top ten.-Biography:...
and Apollo 440
Apollo 440
Apollo 440 are an English band formed in Liverpool in 1990. Apollo 440 have written, recorded and produced four albums, collaborated with and produced other artists, remixed as Apollo 440 and as ambient cinematic alter-ego Stealth Sonic Orchestra, and created music for film, television,...
, and a tour opening for Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Apple met international acclaim for her 1996 debut album, Tidal, which was a critical and commercial success...
in the United States in 1997, the band released Blue Wonder Power Milk
Blue Wonder Power Milk
Blue Wonder Power Milk is the second album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic, the first one featuring lead singer Geike Arnaert. The singles released from this album are "This Strange Effect", "Lung", "Club Montepulciano" and "Eden"....
in 1998 with 18-year-old Arnaert on vocals. A marked departure from their debut, the album is driven less by breakbeats and samples and more by organic string elements and traditional song structures.
The single "Club Montepulciano" was a hit in native Belgium and a minor college hit in the U.S., while "Renaissance Affair" was featured in the North American commercial campaign for the new Volkswagen Vapor Beetle. "This Strange Effect
This Strange Effect
"This Strange Effect" is a song written by Ray Davies of The Kinks and released first by Dave Berry in July 1965. The single was released in the United States in September 1965. It reached #1 in the Netherlands and Belgium and No.37 on the UK singles chart....
" and "Eden
Eden (song)
"Eden" is the third single from Belgian group Hooverphonic's album Blue Wonder Power Milk released in 1998 . The album peaked at 12 on the Belgian Music charts, charting for 13 weeks...
" were both featured in American cell phone commercials-- "This Strange Effect" for the Motorola SLVR, and most recently in 2006, "Eden" for the Cingular 8525. "Eden" was also used in the 1998 slasher film "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1998 slasher film and sequel to the 1997 film I Know What You Did Last Summer. The screenplay was written by Trey Callaway, based on characters originally created in a popular novel by Lois Duncan. Callaway's script was published in an edited "young adult"...
". At the time of their release, both songs were also featured in two separate third season episodes of La Femme Nikita. Shortly afterward, Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She is famous for possessing a vocal range of over 3 octaves and singing in the whistle register...
recorded a cover of "Eden" on her 1998 album "Eden
Eden (Sarah Brightman album)
Eden is a 1998 album by English soprano Sarah Brightman. It was released under license by Nemo Studios to Angel Records.Like Brightman's later album, La Luna, Eden juxtaposed mostly English pop songs with mostly Italian opera songs. This was a departure from her previous albums which was almost...
".
The Magnificent Tree
The band followed up Blue Wonder Power Milk with 2000's The Magnificent TreeThe Magnificent Tree
The Magnificent Tree is the third album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic. The singles released from this album are "Mad About You", "Out Of Sight", "Vinegar & Salt" and "Jackie Cane"....
, which expands on the sound of Milk with a warmer, more approachable sound. Highlights from the album are the string-laden "Out Of Sight", "Mad About You", and the title track.
The same year, Hooverphonic was asked to write a song specifically for the opening ceremony of the 2000 European Football Championship, which took place in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Belgium. The result - a 12-minute long track called "Visions" - became the theme song of the championship, and Hooverphonic's performance at the opening ceremony was heard/seen by more than 1 billion people.
On the heels of Trees success, the band became the first Belgian outfit to headline the Belgian musical festival Rock Werchter
Rock Werchter
Rock Werchter is a Belgian annual music festival held in the village of Werchter, near Leuven, since 1974. It is one of the five biggest annual rock music festivals in Europe...
in 2001.
Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane
2002 saw the group shifting gears again, this time releasing the concept albumConcept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane
Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane
Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane is the fourth album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic. It is a concept album, telling the story of fictional singer Jackie Cane...
. The album tells the story of the fictional title character, a celebrity and singer catapulted into stardom at the expense of her relationship with her twin sister. Driven to the brink of insanity by the pressures of fame, Jackie quits show business and returns home to attempt reconciliation, where her sister kills them both with a poisoned last supper.
Jackie Cane retains the dreamy elements of Hooverphonic's previous works, most notably on songs "Nirvana Blue" and "Human Interest" (which contains references to "Echoes" by Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
), but tracks like "The World Is Mine" (the first single) and "Day After Day" have a clear Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
influence and quality to them. The album went platinum in Belgium and won the group ZAMU's Best Pop/Rock Band and Best Album awards in 2002.
Sit Down and Listen to Hooverphonic
In 2003, the band released a live (i.e. recorded live with an orchestra but without any audience) album entitled Sit Down and Listen to HooverphonicSit Down and Listen to Hooverphonic
Sit Down and Listen to Hooverphonic, also known as Sit Down and Listen To, is an album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic. It was recorded live with an orchestra, but without any audience and was released in 2003...
, featuring a selection of songs from the band's body of work, as well as the new songs "Antarctica" and "The Last Thing I Need Is You", and a cover of Lee Hazlewood
Lee Hazlewood
Lee Hazlewood , born Barton Lee Hazlewood was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s.Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added an ominous...
's "My Autumn's Done Come". The band launched into an extended European tour in September 2003, performing in over 100 concert halls.
No More Sweet Music
The band's fifth studio album, a double CD entitled No More Sweet Music/More Sweet MusicNo More Sweet Music
No More Sweet Music is a double album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic. It is the group's fifth studio album, and was released in 2005. The first disc is titled More Sweet Music and contains 11 songs performed in the familiar Hooverphonic style, whilst the second disc contains the very same 11...
, was released in December 2005. Both CDs include the same 11 tracks, however, they are all different versions.
Singles '96 - '06
In 2006 the band left Sony/BMG, complaining of lack of label support for No More Sweet Music. A best-of albumGreatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
(Singles '96 - '06
Singles '96 - '06
Singles '96 - '06 is an anthology of the Belgian band Hooverphonic's singles. It compiles single versions of tracks from all of the band's previous albums...
) was released to end the relation with Sony/BMG. The band is now going to work without a label.
The President of the LSD Golf Club
In an interview for the Spanish TV program Nosolomusica, Alex Callier gave some hints of a new, more psychedelic orientation for the band's music. During a show in Moscow (October 2007) the band revealed the first single of the new album, "Expedition Impossible"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tngzeajrco4. Alex Callier told Side-Line Magazine that the new album also means an abrupt end with their previous label Sony.The President of the LSD Golf Club
The President of the LSD Golf Club
The President of the LSD Golf Club is the sixth studio album album by the Belgian band Hooverphonic. The title The President of the LSD Golf Club was originally intended for The Magnificent Tree, but the title was not allowed by Sony, Hooverphonic's label at the time.The album has quite a different...
, was released in October 2007 in Belgium and Holland. The album was released in Europe in March 2008. Following the release, Geike announced she would be leaving the band to pursue a solo career.
The Night Before
On October 29, 2010, Hooverphonic released the single "The Night Before" to introduce new singer Noémie Wolfs. This was followed on November 26 by the release of the full length album "The Night Before". The album went platinum in Belgium soon after its release.Use of music in television and movies
"2 Wicky" has appeared in numerous movies, including I Know What You Did Last SummerI Know What You Did Last Summer
I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 American horror film. The film stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr. The screenplay was written by Kevin Williamson, writer of Scream, and very loosely based on Lois Duncan's popular novel of the same title...
, Permanent Midnight
Permanent Midnight
Permanent Midnight is a 1998 biographical romantic comedy-drama film directed by David Veloz starring Ben Stiller. The film is based on Jerry Stahl's autobiographical book of the same name, and tells the story of Stahl's rise from a small-time television writer to his success as a comedy writer...
and Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci is an Italian film director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor and The Dreamers...
's Stealing Beauty
Stealing Beauty
Stealing Beauty is a 1996 drama film directed by Academy Award-winning Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci and written by Bertolucci and Susan Minot. It stars Liv Tyler, D.W. Moffett, Jeremy Irons, and Rachel Weisz...
. It was also used in an episode of Entourage
Entourage (TV series)
Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons...
. "Eden" was a part of the soundtrack of the sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1998 slasher film and sequel to the 1997 film I Know What You Did Last Summer. The screenplay was written by Trey Callaway, based on characters originally created in a popular novel by Lois Duncan. Callaway's script was published in an edited "young adult"...
.
"Inhaler" was featured in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
and is also on the series soundtrack.
"Renaissance Affair" and "This Strange Effect" were used in the Belgian movie Shades
Shades (film)
Shades is a 1999 Belgian film directed by Erik Van Looy and written by Looy, Paul Breuls and Guy Lee Thys. The story is loosely inspired on the Belgian murderer Freddy Horion and his escape from prison in 1982....
, as was "Shades" (the theme composed for the film). "Renaissance Affair" was also used in the USA in a Volkswagen New Beetle TV ad circa 2000. Alex Callier
Alex Callier
Alex Callier is a member of Belgian band Hooverphonic. He studied sound engineering in the Rits school in Brussels and attended several music classes in both his hometown, Sint Niklaas, and Antwerp. Between 1994 and 1997 he worked as a sound engineer for the Belgian VRT TV channel...
worked as the composer for the movie. "This Strange Effect" was also used in the 20th episode of the third season of the TV show La Femme Nikita. In episode 10 of season three of the same television series, the song "Eden" was used.
"Battersea" was used in the 1999 pilot
Television pilot
A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...
of NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
TV series Third Watch
Third Watch
Third Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....
and in the end of the show's last episode ("Goodbye to Camelot
Goodbye to Camelot (Third Watch)
"Goodbye to Camelot" is the 132nd and final episode of the American television series Third Watch. It was the 22nd episode of the 6th season.-Plot summary:...
"), in 2005.
"Mad About You" was used in the CBS TV series Cold Case, in the third-season episode "Sanctuary". The song was also featured in the film A Lot Like Love
A Lot Like Love
A Lot Like Love is a 2005 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nigel Cole. The screenplay by Colin Patrick Lynch focuses on two individuals whose relationship slowly evolves from lust to friendship to romance over the course of seven years...
during the New Year's Eve sequence, the 2002 film "New Best Friend
New Best Friend
New Best Friend is a 2002 American film based on a story by author James Edwards. The film was originally owned by MGM, which eventually let this film go...
" and in the movie Driven
Driven
Driven is a 2001 film directed by Renny Harlin and starring Sylvester Stallone, who also wrote and produced. It centers on a young racing driver's effort to win the ChampCar World Series...
.
"The World is Mine" was featured as the theme song of UK television series Mile High
Mile High
Mile High is a British television drama based on the lives of the cabin crew members of "fresh!", a budget airline based in London. The name of the show comes from the "Mile High Club". The show was broadcast on Sky1 from 2003 to 2005.-Background:...
(2003–2005), following the lives of airline crew at the fictional UK airline "Fresh!".
Hooverphonic music has also appeared in a number of adverts and other TV series.
External links
- Hooverphonic official site
- Alex Callier's MySpace page
- [ Allmusic: Hooverphonic]
- Hooverphonic's official YouTube Channel
- Hooverphonic on Last.fm