Soulwax
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Soulwax, headed by David and Stephen Dewaele, are an alternative rock
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...

/electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 band from Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...

, Belgium
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...

. Next to the Dewaele brothers, Soulwax consists of bassist Stefaan Van Leuven and drummer Steve Slingeneyer. They were first noticed after the release of their album Much Against Everyone's Advice
Much Against Everyone's Advice
Much Against Everyone's Advice is a 1998 album by Belgian alternative rock band Soulwax. It includes a hidden track that can be found by rewinding about 50 seconds before "Conversation Intercom"...

. But after that the Dewaeles started focusing on their other projects such as The Flying Dewaele Brothers and 2manydjs, but also hosting a show on Belgian television, 'Alter8'. Since the release of their Nite Versions
Nite Versions
Nite Versions is an electronic album by Soulwax. It was released on September 26, 2005 on the PIAS record label. The album contains reworkings and remixes of tracks from earlier Soulwax album Any Minute Now....

 album they have been touring around the globe, almost non-stop.

Career

The 2004 album Any Minute Now spawned three singles in "E Talking", "NY Excuse" and the title track. "E Talking"'s music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 was controversial and restricted to post-watershed
Watershed (television)
In television, the term watershed denotes the time period in a television schedule during which programs with adult content can air....

 broadcast on music television channels. Set in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

's Fabric nightclub
Fabric (club)
Fabric is a nightclub in London, United Kingdom. It was voted number 1 in DJ Magazine's "Top 100 Clubs in the World" poll in 2007 and number 2 in 2008, 2009 and 2010...

, everyone in the video is depicted as being on a different drug, from A-Z (including popular drug nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....

s). http://youtube.com/watch?v=lH-wuTV8TnY

The duo has also produced a number of official and unofficial remixes, including "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
"Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" is the fifth single from LCD Soundsystem, released on February 21, 2005. The accompanying music video paid tongue-in-cheek homage to Spike Jonze's and Michel Gondry's music videos for Daft Punk's "Da Funk" and "Around the World," respectively...

" and "Get Innocuous!" by LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...

, "Robot Rock
Robot Rock (song)
"Robot Rock" is the first single from Daft Punk's 2005 album Human After All. Whilst the single reached a moderately high chart position, many critics found the song overly repetitive...

" by Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...

 and DARE
DARE (song)
"DARE" is a song by Gorillaz and is featured on their 2005 album Demon Days. It was released 29 August 2005 as the second single from the album and became the first Gorillaz single to hit number one on the UK Singles Chart. On online music stores such as iTunes, the radio edit of the song was...

 by Gorillaz
Gorillaz
Gorillaz is an English musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. This project consists of Gorillaz music itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters...

. David and Stephen are friends of artists Tiga
Tiga (musician)
Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...

, LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...

 and Whomadewho. The album Nite Versions
Nite Versions
Nite Versions is an electronic album by Soulwax. It was released on September 26, 2005 on the PIAS record label. The album contains reworkings and remixes of tracks from earlier Soulwax album Any Minute Now....

(2005
2005 in music
-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...

) is a collection of remixes of tracks from the album Any Minute Now.

In January 2006, Soulwax released their second remix album. The album, titled This Is Radio Soulwax, was covermount
Covermount
Covermount is the name given to storage media or other products packaged as part of a magazine or newspaper...

 into the February 2006 issue of Mixmag
Mixmag
Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...

. Their third remix album, Part of NYE Never Dies was also covermount into Mixmag, this time in late 2008.

In summer 2006, Soulwax completed a 'Nite Version remix' of Gossip
Gossip (band)
Gossip is a three-piece American indie rock band formed in 1999. The band consists of singer Beth Ditto, guitarist Brace Paine and drummer Hannah Blilie. After releasing several recordings, the band broke through with their 2006 studio album, Standing in the Way of Control . A follow-up, Music for...

's "Standing in the Way of Control", as well as their 'Ravelight Dub' and 'Ravelight Vocal Mix' of Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

' "Lovelight". The summer 2006 tour was filmed by director Saam Farahmand, and resulted in a Radio Soulwax documentary, "Part of the Weekend Never Dies
Part of the Weekend Never Dies
Part of the Weekend Never Dies is a rockumentary film depicting the worldwide concert tour of the Belgian band Soulwax.Director Saam Farahmand filmed Soulwax on their recent international tour dates, capturing all the excitement, chaos and humour of the world tour...

".

In August 2006, Soulwax were working on tracks for the new album from Tiga
Tiga (musician)
Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...

. In late 2006, it was announced in Belgian magazine HUMO
HUMO
HUMO is a popular Belgian weekly radio and television magazine, written in Dutch.Originally the magazine was titled Humoradio, a portmanteau of 'humor' and 'radio'....

 that David and Stephen Dewaele had formed a band with Shane Doran and his brother in-law Fergadelic called Die Verboten
Die Verboten
Die Verboten is a Belgian krautrock-influenced band formed by David and Stephen Dewaele of Soulwax. The project, which also includes English-born electro artist Riton and his brother-in-law, was announced in late 2006 in Belgian weekly magazine HUMO....

.

In 2007, Soulwax produced remixes of "Gravity's Rainbow
Gravity's Rainbow (song)
"Gravity's Rainbow" is a song by British act Klaxons which appears on their album Myths of the Near Future. It is named after Thomas Pynchon's novel of the same name. The song was first released on Angular Records as a Double A-side with "The Bouncer" in March 2006 and was limited to 500 copies on...

" by Klaxons
Klaxons
Klaxons are a British indie rock band, based in London. Following the release of numerous 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on 29 January 2007....

, and "Phantom Pt. II" by Justice
Justice (French band)
Justice is a French electronic music duo consisting of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay . The duo is one of the most successful groups on Ed Banger Records and is managed by the label's head, Pedro Winter...

. Remixes for "Ice Cream" by New Young Pony Club
New Young Pony Club
New Young Pony Club are an English electronic band from London, consisting of members from London, Hereford, Cambridge and Bromley. Their influences are prominently from post-punk and New Wave....

 and "Pogo" by Digitalism
Digitalism (band)
Digitalism is a German electro house duo founded in 2004 in Hamburg and consisting of Jens "Jence" Moelle and İsmail "Isi" Tüfekçi. They are signed to French label Kitsuné Music, and have released four singles to date: "Idealistic", "Zdarlight", "Jupiter Room", and "Pogo"...

 had been rumoured, but were never completed.

Soulwax, under the guise of 2manydjs, headlined their own 'Radio Soulwax' tent at the Rock Ness Festival
Rock Ness Festival
RockNess is an annual music festival which takes place in Scotland at Clune Farm, Dores, on the banks of Loch Ness near Inverness. The first Rockness festival took place on 24 June 2006 and has grown in size every year since. In June 2008 AEG took over as the main promoter of the festival...

 held on 9 June 2007. The following day at Rock Ness Festival, they played a Soulwax Nite Versions show in the 'Clash Arena'. Later that month, they took part in the Wild in the Country
Wild in the Country
Wild in the Country is a 1961 film drama starring Elvis Presley in which he portrays a troubled young man from a dysfunctional family who pursues a literary career. The screenplay was written by playwright Clifford Odets.-Synopsis:...

 event at Knebworth Park on 30 June 2007.
In December 2007, they held Radio Soulwax-mas, a massive X-mas party in Flanders Expo with guests such as Tiga, Erol Alkan, Boys Noize
Boys Noize
Boys Noize is the stage name of Alexander Ridha, a German electronic music producer and DJ. It is similar to the name of Ridha's label, Boysnoize Records, which he established in 2005...

, Justice
Justice (French band)
Justice is a French electronic music duo consisting of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay . The duo is one of the most successful groups on Ed Banger Records and is managed by the label's head, Pedro Winter...

, Riton, Mixhell, Daniele Baldelli, Hong Kong Dong, Das Pop
Das Pop
Das Pop is a Belgian band founded in Ghent by schoolfriends Reinhard Vanbergen, Niek Meul, Lieven Moors and Bent Van Looy.-Biography:Das Pop was initially called Things to Come, but the band changed its name to Das Pop when Tom Kestens joined the band...

, Goose, Milk Inc, etc.

Soulwax have also produced the debut album by fellow Belgians Das Pop
Das Pop
Das Pop is a Belgian band founded in Ghent by schoolfriends Reinhard Vanbergen, Niek Meul, Lieven Moors and Bent Van Looy.-Biography:Das Pop was initially called Things to Come, but the band changed its name to Das Pop when Tom Kestens joined the band...

. The album will be released in the UK in 2009.

In 2009 December, Soulwax produced a song, for Crookers
Crookers
Crookers are an Italian DJ/production duo who have worked together since 2003. When the two artists met, both were trying to branch out of their genre and explore dance music. Their first collaboration worked...

 with Mixhell. The song called "We Love Animals". In addition, Soulwax produced the song "Talk to Me
Talk to Me (Peaches song)
"Talk to Me" is an Electro-Soul song written by Peaches and her longtime collaborator and friend Gonzales, and produced by Soulwax. It is the first single from the album I Feel Cream...

" by Peaches
Peaches (musician)
Merrill Beth Nisker , better known by her stage name Peaches, is a Canadian electronic musician and performance artist who lives in Berlin, Germany. Her songs are noted for disregarding traditional gender norms and their use of sexually explicit lyrics...

.

As Heard on Radio Soulwax

The only official compilation As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2
As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2
As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 is the first album to be released by Soulwax alter-egos 2 Many DJs. It consists of 45 remixed tracks by a series of diverse artists including Dolly Parton, Basement Jaxx and 10cc. While some of the tracks are simply remixes, most tracks are mashup collages with the...

, was released in 2002 and is composed of 45 tracks the Dewaele brothers were able to clear the rights from. They originally requested rights for 187 tracks and got clearances for 114 of them. 62 were refused and 11 remained untraceable.

All the unofficial releases (As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 1 and 3 through 11) are in fact a compilation of the Radio Soulwax shows 2manydjs did for various radios including Studio Brussel
Studio Brussel
Studio Brussel is a radio station in Belgium, owned by the VRT. The music played is considered more alternative than the other big radio stations, and is aimed mainly at a youth audience....

 (Belgium
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...

) , Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

 (UK), KISS 100
Kiss 100 London
Kiss is a UK radio station broadcasting on FM and Digital Radio, specialising in hip hop, R&B, urban and electronic dance music. It also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio around the UK & nationally on Freeview, Sky and TalkTalk TV...

 (UK) and Eins live (Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

).

VIVID Sydney 2011

As part of the Vivid Live Festival in Sydney, David and Stephen Dewaele behind 2manydjs and electro-rock outfit Soulwax will present a one-off series of radio shows on 'Triple J' Australian national radio station. The series will be broadcast nationally 6pm nightly from 31 May 2011 to 3 June 2011.

Other work

The 2001 track "Theme from Discothèque" is by David and Stephen Dewaele from Soulwax, under the name Samantha Fu. They produced this track for a Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...

-based dancegroup called Kung Fu.

Recently Soulwax admitted they'd been putting out material under pseudonyms and secret aliases and music magazine NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

 decided to attempt to establish what those aliases were. After doing a quick google for anonymous DJs they were put on the hunt to discover the identity of mysterious producer Fake Blood. DJ Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan
Erol Alkan is a London-based electro DJ of Turkish Cypriot descent.-DJ and club promoter:In 1993, Erol Alkan started DJing in various Indie nightclubs in London....

, seemingly as a joke
Joke
A joke is a phrase or a paragraph with a humorous twist. It can be in many different forms, such as a question or short story. To achieve this end, jokes may employ irony, sarcasm, word play and other devices...

, said to his press officer "Tell NME, Fake Blood is Soulwax" which they then repeated and printed it as practically gospel
Gospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...

 despite that being highly illogical.

On February 2, 2009, Soulwax made a guest appearance on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

, playing 420 song introductions in a period of 60 minutes.

Film

In 2004 Soulwax compiled the soundtrack for the Belgian movie Steve + Sky
Steve + Sky
Steve + Sky is a 2004 Belgian comedy-drama film directed and written by Felix Van Groeningen and starring Titus De Voogdt, Delfine Bafort and Johan Heldenbergh.- Plot :...

. Soulwax contributed three instrumental tracks on this compilation under the name "Kawazaki".

Soulwax's remix of the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want
You Can't Always Get What You Want
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a song by The Rolling Stones released on their 1969 album Let It Bleed. Written primarily by Mick Jagger with assistance from Keith Richards, it was named as the 100th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone in its 2004 list of "500 Greatest Songs of All...

" is the credit song of, and featured in the movie 21
21 (2008 film)
21 is a 2008 drama film directed by Australian director Robert Luketic and stars Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, and Aaron Yoo. The film is inspired by the true story of the MIT Blackjack Team as told in Bringing Down the House, the...

.

Director Saam Farahmand has filmed Soulwax on their international dates (2005–2007), capturing all the excitement, chaos and humour of the world tour. Soulwax filmed 120 shows with one camera in Europe, Japan, US, Latin America and Australia. This resulted in 2 films; a live music film and a documentary which includes 2manydjs, Soulwax Nite Versions and features James Murphy, Nancy Whang
Nancy Whang
Nancy Whang is an American singer and musician known for her work with The Juan MacLean and LCD Soundsystem. She has also recorded with Soulwax, and appears in the film Part of the Weekend Never Dies...

, Erol Alkan, Tiga, Justice, Busy P, The Naked Guy, So-Me, Peaches
Peaches (musician)
Merrill Beth Nisker , better known by her stage name Peaches, is a Canadian electronic musician and performance artist who lives in Berlin, Germany. Her songs are noted for disregarding traditional gender norms and their use of sexually explicit lyrics...

, Kitsuné, Klaxons and many more in behind the scenes footage, interviews, etc.
As of April 2008, Soulwax's clubbing film/documentary Part of the Weekend Never Dies
Part of the Weekend Never Dies
Part of the Weekend Never Dies is a rockumentary film depicting the worldwide concert tour of the Belgian band Soulwax.Director Saam Farahmand filmed Soulwax on their recent international tour dates, capturing all the excitement, chaos and humour of the world tour...

is finished. They performed a sold out gig at the London Royal Festival Hall, during which they did a première of the film. It came out on DVD September 2008.

Radio Soulwax

Soulwax's current project is a website called Radio Soulwax, in which a continuous mix will be playing all day. It will feature 24 hour-long mixes with visuals similar to those used in the 2manydjs live sets, and will include music from many different decades. After they complete this project, they have stated in interviews that they will work on their next studio album.


Soulwax - Machine was conceived and directed by Saam Farahmand, who was inspired to create an interpretation of the ethos behind the project. The result is a film that encapsulates the audio visual obsession of Radio Soulwax.

Albums

  • Leave the Story Untold
    Leave The Story Untold
    Leave The Story Untold is the debut album by Belgian alternative rock band Soulwax, first released on May 14, 1996 and re-released a decade later once the band had found new fans with their work under the guise of 2 Many DJs....

    (1996) (produced by Chris Goss
    Chris Goss (U.S.)
    Christopher Ryan Goss, born August 17, 1958, is an American record producer and musician.-Selected discography:Throughout his career Goss has worked with a wide range of musicians in various genres.* 1988 - Masters of Reality by Masters of Reality...

    )
  • Much Against Everyone's Advice
    Much Against Everyone's Advice
    Much Against Everyone's Advice is a 1998 album by Belgian alternative rock band Soulwax. It includes a hidden track that can be found by rewinding about 50 seconds before "Conversation Intercom"...

    (1998)
  • Any Minute Now
    Any Minute Now
    Any Minute Now is an electronic rock album by Soulwax. It was released on August 23, 2004 on the PIAS record label, peaking at #53 in the UK...

    (2004)
  • Nite Versions
    Nite Versions
    Nite Versions is an electronic album by Soulwax. It was released on September 26, 2005 on the PIAS record label. The album contains reworkings and remixes of tracks from earlier Soulwax album Any Minute Now....

    (2005)
  • This Is Radio Soulwax
    This Is Radio Soulwax
    This Is Radio Soulwax is a DJ mix album which was compiled and mixed by Belgian electronic band Soulwax, released in February 2006 as a covermount CD in that month's issue of Mixmag magazine in the United Kingdom....

    (2006)
  • Most of the remixes...
    Most of the Remixes
    Most of the Remixes... is an electronic album by Soulwax. It was released on October 22, 2007 and features a collection of remixes made by Soulwax for other artists...

    (2007)
  • TBA (2011?)

Singles

Year Song UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

Album
1995 "2nd Handsome Blues" (10" Vinyl EP) - -
2000 "Conversation Intercom" #65 Much Against Everyone's Advice
Much Against Everyone's Advice
Much Against Everyone's Advice is a 1998 album by Belgian alternative rock band Soulwax. It includes a hidden track that can be found by rewinding about 50 seconds before "Conversation Intercom"...

2000 "Much Against Everyone's Advice" #56 Much Against Everyone's Advice
Much Against Everyone's Advice
Much Against Everyone's Advice is a 1998 album by Belgian alternative rock band Soulwax. It includes a hidden track that can be found by rewinding about 50 seconds before "Conversation Intercom"...

2000 "Too Many DJ's" #40 Much Against Everyone's Advice
Much Against Everyone's Advice
Much Against Everyone's Advice is a 1998 album by Belgian alternative rock band Soulwax. It includes a hidden track that can be found by rewinding about 50 seconds before "Conversation Intercom"...

2001 "Conversation Intercom" (re-mix) #50 Much Against Everyone's Advice
Much Against Everyone's Advice
Much Against Everyone's Advice is a 1998 album by Belgian alternative rock band Soulwax. It includes a hidden track that can be found by rewinding about 50 seconds before "Conversation Intercom"...

2004 "Any Minute Now" #34 Any Minute Now
Any Minute Now
Any Minute Now is an electronic rock album by Soulwax. It was released on August 23, 2004 on the PIAS record label, peaking at #53 in the UK...

2005 "E Talking
E Talking
"E Talking" is a song by Soulwax from their 2004 album Any Minute Now. It reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart in 2005. A snipet of the song is featured on their 2005 album Nite Versions, through a hidden track in the pregap....

"
#27 Any Minute Now
Any Minute Now
Any Minute Now is an electronic rock album by Soulwax. It was released on August 23, 2004 on the PIAS record label, peaking at #53 in the UK...

2005 "NY Excuse" #35 Any Minute Now
Any Minute Now
Any Minute Now is an electronic rock album by Soulwax. It was released on August 23, 2004 on the PIAS record label, peaking at #53 in the UK...


Remixes

  • dEUS - "Everybody's Weird"
  • Einstürzende Neubauten
    Einstürzende Neubauten
    Einstürzende Neubauten is a German post-industrial band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U...

     - "Stella Maris"
  • Kolk
    Kolk
    A kolk is an underwater vortex that is created when rapidly rushing water passes an underwater obstacle in boundary areas of high shear. High velocity gradients produce a violently rotating column of water, similar to a tornado. Kolks are capable of plucking multi-ton blocks of rock and...

     - "Uma"
  • Tahiti 80
    Tahiti 80
    Tahiti 80 are a French indie pop band from Rouen and Paris. The group was founded in 1993 by Xavier Boyer, Pedro Resende, Médéric Gontier and Sylvain Marchand....

     - "Heartbeat"
  • Zita Swoon
    Zita Swoon
    Zita Swoon is a Belgian indie rock group. They entered the music scene of Antwerp in 1993, still under the name A Beatband with the EP "Jintro Travels The Word In A Skirt". The group is typical of the music scene in Antwerp, with members playing in numerous other groups. Best known member is singer...

     - "My Bond With You And Your Planet: Disco!"
  • Muse
    Muse (band)
    Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard...

     - "Muscle Museum
    Muscle Museum
    -Re-release:A 'US Mix' of "Muscle Museum" was released on 7" vinyl—backed with a live version of "Escape"—and double CD—backed with a live version of "Agitated", the 'Timo Maas Sunstroke Remix' of "Sunburn", the 'Saint US Mix' of "Sober" and the 'Soulwax Remix' of the...

    "
  • Miss Kittin
    Miss Kittin
    Miss Kittin is an electronic music DJ, vocalist, and songwriter. Since rising to prominence in 1998 for her singles "1982" and "Frank Sinatra" with The Hacker, she has worked with other musicians such as Chicks on Speed, Felix da Housecat and Golden Boy...

     - "Requiem for a Hit
    Requiem for a Hit
    "Requiem for a Hit" is a song by french recording artist Miss Kittin featuring L.A. Williams. It is the second single from the Miss Kittin's first solo album I Com...

     (2 Many DJs Remix)"
  • Lords of Acid
    Lords of Acid
    Lords of Acid is a Belgian-American post-industrial/techno band, led by musician Praga Khan. They debuted with the controversial new beat single "I Sit on Acid" in 1988...

     - "I Sit on Acid 2000"
  • Sugababes
    Sugababes
    The Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London...

     - "Round Round
    Round Round
    "Round Round" is a song performed by British girl group Sugababes, released on 12 August 2002 through Island Records. It was written by band members Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Heidi Range, as well as Miranda Cooper, Niara Scarlett, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Shawn Lee, and Lisa...

    "
  • Arthur Argent - "Hold Your Head Up"
  • Chaka Khan
    Chaka Khan
    Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...

     - "I Feel You"
  • Whitey
    Whitey
    Whitey may refer to:People:* Whitey Alperman , baseball player* Richie Ashburn , MLB player and broadcaster* Whitey Bimstein , boxer and boxing trainer* James J...

     - "Leave Them All Behind"
  • Kylie Minogue
    Kylie Minogue
    Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

     - "Can't Get You out of My Head
    Can't Get You out of My Head
    "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, which was released from her eighth studio album Fever . The song was released worldwide as the lead single from the album, which was released on 8 September, 2001. The song was written and produced...

    "
  • Ladytron
    Ladytron
    Ladytron are an English electronic band formed in 1999 in Liverpool, Merseyside. The group consists of Helen Marnie , Mira Aroyo , Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu .Their sound blends electropop with New Wave and shoegazing elements. Ladytron described their sound as "electronic pop"...

     - "Seventeen
    Seventeen (Ladytron song)
    "Seventeen" is the first single from the album Light & Magic by the music group Ladytron. A new version "Seventeen 05", made by the band, featured on "Destroy Everything You Touch" single.-Maxi CD, UK:# "Seventeen" – 4:41...

    "
  • Playgroup
    Playgroup (band)
    Playgroup is a British dance act. Basically the project of musician and designer Trevor Jackson, they were associated with the electroclash movement.Jackson has also performed under the names Underdog and Skull.-Albums:...

     - "Make It Happen"
  • DJ Shadow
    DJ Shadow
    Joshua Paul Davis better known as DJ Shadow is an American music producer, DJ and songwriter. He is considered a prominent figure in the development of instrumental hip hop and first gained notice with the release of his highly acclaimed debut album Endtroducing....., which was constructed...

     - "Six Days"
  • David Bowie
    David Bowie
    David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

     - "Rebel Rebel"
  • Felix Da Housecat
    Felix da Housecat
    Felix da Housecat is an American DJ and record producer, mostly known for house music and electroclash. His name was inspired by Felix the Cat....

     - "Rocket Ride"
  • LCD Soundsystem
    LCD Soundsystem
    LCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...

     - "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
    Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
    "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" is the fifth single from LCD Soundsystem, released on February 21, 2005. The accompanying music video paid tongue-in-cheek homage to Spike Jonze's and Michel Gondry's music videos for Daft Punk's "Da Funk" and "Around the World," respectively...

    "
  • Daft Punk
    Daft Punk
    Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...

     - "Robot Rock
    Robot Rock
    Robot Rock is the third full-length album by Joy Electric. In 2006, it was rereleased on iTunes, along with Melody & CHRISTIANsongs. This was the first Joy Electric album that almost completely left the fairy-tale theme and took on a more "punk rock" attitude...

    "
  • Gorillaz
    Gorillaz
    Gorillaz is an English musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. This project consists of Gorillaz music itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters...

     - "Dare
    DARE (song)
    "DARE" is a song by Gorillaz and is featured on their 2005 album Demon Days. It was released 29 August 2005 as the second single from the album and became the first Gorillaz single to hit number one on the UK Singles Chart. On online music stores such as iTunes, the radio edit of the song was...

    "
  • The Gossip
    The Gossip
    Gossip is a three-piece American indie rock band formed in 1999. The band consists of singer Beth Ditto, guitarist Brace Paine and drummer Hannah Blilie. After releasing several recordings, the band broke through with their 2006 studio album, Standing in the Way of Control . A follow-up, Music for...

     - "Standing in the Way of Control
    Standing in the Way of Control (song)
    "Standing in the Way of Control" is a single by the American indie rock band The Gossip from the album of the same name. The remix by Le Tigre was released in 2005, the original was then released as a single in 2006, and was re-released again on February 26, 2007...

    "
  • Robbie Williams
    Robbie Williams
    Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

     - "Lovelight
    Lovelight
    "Lovelight" is a pop song written and originally performed by Lewis Taylor for his 2003 album Stoned, Part I. In 2006, the song was covered by British singer Robbie Williams...

    "
  • Klaxons
    Klaxons
    Klaxons are a British indie rock band, based in London. Following the release of numerous 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on 29 January 2007....

     - "Gravity's Rainbow
    Gravity's Rainbow (song)
    "Gravity's Rainbow" is a song by British act Klaxons which appears on their album Myths of the Near Future. It is named after Thomas Pynchon's novel of the same name. The song was first released on Angular Records as a Double A-side with "The Bouncer" in March 2006 and was limited to 500 copies on...

    "
  • Justice
    Justice (French band)
    Justice is a French electronic music duo consisting of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay . The duo is one of the most successful groups on Ed Banger Records and is managed by the label's head, Pedro Winter...

     - "Phantom Pt. II
    Phantom (song)
    "Phantom" is the fourth single by Justice. It was released on CD and as a download with remixes by Boys Noize and Soulwax. The song contains a sample of Goblin's "Tenebre ".- Track listing :*CD # "Phantom"# "Phantom Pt. II"...

    "
  • LCD Soundsystem
    LCD Soundsystem
    LCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...

     - "Get Innocuous"
  • Hot Chip
    Hot Chip
    Hot Chip are an English electronic indie band. They have released four studio albums—Coming on Strong, The Warning, Made in the Dark and One Life Stand.-Formation:...

     - "Ready for the Floor
    Ready for the Floor
    "Ready for the Floor" is the Grammy Award-nominated second single by the British Electronic group Hot Chip from their 2008 album Made in the Dark...

    "
  • Human Resource vs 808 State
    808 State
    808 State are a British electronic music outfit, formed in 1987 in Manchester, taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine and their common state of mind...

     - "Dominator"
  • West Phillips - "Sucker For A Pretty Face"
  • Rolling Stones - "You Can't Always Get What You Want
    You Can't Always Get What You Want
    "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a song by The Rolling Stones released on their 1969 album Let It Bleed. Written primarily by Mick Jagger with assistance from Keith Richards, it was named as the 100th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone in its 2004 list of "500 Greatest Songs of All...

    "
  • Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band - "A Fifth of Beethoven
    A Fifth of Beethoven
    "A Fifth of Beethoven" is a disco instrumental recorded by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band. It was adapted by Murphy from the first movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. The record was produced by noted production music and sound effects recording producer Thomas J. Valentino. It was one of...

    "
  • The Chemical Brothers
    The Chemical Brothers
    The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...

     - "Hey Boy Hey Girl
    Hey Boy Hey Girl
    "Hey Boy Hey Girl" is a song by English big beat duo The Chemical Brothers. It was released as a single from their 1999 album Surrender. The vocal sample "Hey girls, B-boys, superstar DJs, here we go!" was taken from "The Roof is on Fire" by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three...

    "
  • Tiga
    Tiga (musician)
    Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...

     - "Mind Dimension 2"
  • MGMT
    MGMT
    MGMT is an American alternative rock band founded by Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. After the release of their first album, the members of their live band, Matthew Asti, James Richardson and Will Berman, joined the core band in the studio...

     - "Kids
    Kids (MGMT song)
    "Kids" is the third single from MGMT's album Oracular Spectacular. It was released as a single on October 13, 2008.The song was the center of a legal dispute with the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, over the "insulting" compensation he offered for his illegal use of the song during a party...

    "
  • Dizzee Rascal
    Dizzee Rascal
    Dylan Kwabena Mills , better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a Ghanaian British rapper, songwriter and record producer. His music is a blend of garage, hip hop, grime, ragga, pop and electronic music, with eclectic samples and more exotic styles...

     - "Bonkers
    Bonkers (song)
    "Bonkers" is a song by British rapper Dizzee Rascal and American producer Armand Van Helden. It is the first single released from Rascal's fourth album, Tongue n' Cheek. Rascal released the track under his own record label, Dirtee Stank Recordings on 17 May 2009 in the United Kingdom; where it...

    "
  • Paul Chambers - "Yeah, Techno!"
  • LCD Soundsystem
    LCD Soundsystem
    LCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...

     - "You Wanted A Hit"
  • Late Of The Pier
    Late of the Pier
    Late of the Pier are a four-piece dance-punk band from Castle Donington, England, currently signed to Phantasy. Their debut album Fantasy Black Channel was released on 11 August 2008 by Parlophone produced by Erol Alkan.- History :...

     - "Best In The Class"

Production For Other

  • Tiga
    Tiga (musician)
    Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...

     - Sexor
    Sexor
    Sexor is the debut album from Montreal DJ/Producer Tiga. It was released in 2006 on the Different label. It won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.Tiga borrowed the sleeve design from Bryan Ferry's album In Your Mind.-Track listing:...

     (2006)
  • Tiga
    Tiga (musician)
    Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...

     - Ciao!
    Ciao! (Tiga album)
    Ciao! is the second studio album from Montreal DJ/Producer Tiga. It was released April 27, 2009 on Tiga's own label Turbo and international label PIAS.- Reception :Initial critical response to Ciao! was generally positive...

     (2009)
  • Peaches
    Peaches (musician)
    Merrill Beth Nisker , better known by her stage name Peaches, is a Canadian electronic musician and performance artist who lives in Berlin, Germany. Her songs are noted for disregarding traditional gender norms and their use of sexually explicit lyrics...

     - "Talk to Me
    Talk to Me (Peaches song)
    "Talk to Me" is an Electro-Soul song written by Peaches and her longtime collaborator and friend Gonzales, and produced by Soulwax. It is the first single from the album I Feel Cream...

    " (2009)
  • Crookers
    Crookers
    Crookers are an Italian DJ/production duo who have worked together since 2003. When the two artists met, both were trying to branch out of their genre and explore dance music. Their first collaboration worked...

     - "We Love Animals (with Mixhell)" (2010)

Discography as 2manydjs

Official compilations
  • As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2
    As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2
    As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 is the first album to be released by Soulwax alter-egos 2 Many DJs. It consists of 45 remixed tracks by a series of diverse artists including Dolly Parton, Basement Jaxx and 10cc. While some of the tracks are simply remixes, most tracks are mashup collages with the...

    (2002)

Unofficial compilations
These unofficial compilations are bootleg recordings of radio shows that 2manydjs did for Studio Brussel
Studio Brussel
Studio Brussel is a radio station in Belgium, owned by the VRT. The music played is considered more alternative than the other big radio stations, and is aimed mainly at a youth audience....

.
  • 12 albums - As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 0 to As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 11
  • Hang All DJs (all volumes)


A bootleg recording of their Essential Mix
Essential Mix
The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 03:00 and 05:00 Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, The Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music....

 for BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

in 2005 was released under the title 50,000,000 Soulwax Fans Can't Be Wrong.

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