The Neon Judgement is a Belgian

Belgium

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 new wave

New Wave music

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 band.

The band was started in Leuven

Leuven

Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...

 in 1981 by Dirk Da Davo and TB Frank.

On the 21st of August 1985, the band opened a new alternative music festival, named Pukkelpop

Pukkelpop

Pukkelpop is an annual music festival which takes place near the city of Hasselt, Belgium in mid-to-late August. It is held within a large enclosure of fields and woodland—between a dual carriageway called Kempische Steenweg—in the village of Kiewit, approximately 7 km north of Hasselt...

. The Neon Judgement was the very first band who played at Pukkelpop

Pukkelpop

Pukkelpop is an annual music festival which takes place near the city of Hasselt, Belgium in mid-to-late August. It is held within a large enclosure of fields and woodland—between a dual carriageway called Kempische Steenweg—in the village of Kiewit, approximately 7 km north of Hasselt...

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The band briefly stopped performing in 1998, but reformed in 2004 and started playing live again to promote a series of remixes and rereleases of their material. The touring continued into 2006, with the band promising on their homepage that, "Live, The Neon Judgement will continue to give art terrorism a good name, finding new ways of marrying noise and beauty, machines and magic."

Dirk Da Davo is also active in the side project Neon Electronics, for which he started his own record label Dancedelic-D and he both reworks old classics and composes new material.

Out on September 10 via Pias is The Neon Judgement's Redbox. The release comes after the success of the 100% vintage "Box" 2 cd released back in October 2005. The Redbox audio work mainly contains the band's work during the second part of the 80s. This time the cd gets flavored with remix work from such acts as David Carretta (Awful Day rmx), Blackstrobe (13.13 rmx), Lifelike (Miss Brown rmx) and Helmut Kraft (Chinese black rmx). The Redbox release also holds a brand new recording, namely a cover version of "Heroes" (David Bowie/Brian Eno). The song will be released as a cd single around the end of August. In related news the band will perform its first full album ever (the entire album 1981-1984 in the same running order as on the album) exclusively on September 21, 2007 in the Brussels (Belgium) venue Ancienne Belgique.

Back in November, 2005, the Belgian duo The Neon Judgement did a show at the Machina Festival at the Broadway Club in São Paulo. Machine Festival celebrated the first eight years of the site FiberOnline and the launch of the label Fiber Records. The event gathered about 1.300 people. Fiber Records released the DVD "The Neon Judgement – Live at Machina Festival" in 200 including the whole concert or 13 songs.

In 2009 they released a new album 'Smack'.

Selected discography

• Suffering (Tape) (1981)

Factory Walk - Sweet Revenge - Harem - The Machine - Army Green (WO III) - Schyzophrenic Freddy

• TV Treated (Tape) (1982)

TV Treated - Stay Mad - Sister Sue - On My Own

• Factory Walk - (7" single) / ABP (1980)

side a. Factory Walk
side b. Sweet Revenge

• Concrete - (7" single) / ABP (1981)

side a. Concrete (It Feels So Strong)
side b. Concrete (NY Stoney Wall Doll)

• Cockerill Sombre - (12") / ABP (1982)

a1. Please, Release Me, Let Me Go-Go
a2. Too Cold Too Breathe
b1. The Fashion Party
b2. 1 Jump Ahead

• 1981-1984 - (LP) (1985)

01. The Fashion Party
02. Concrete (It Feels So Strong)
03. Too Cold To Breathe
04. One Jump Ahead
05. Nion
06. TV Treated
07. Please, Release Me, Let Me Go-Go
08. I Must Be On My Own
09. Factory Walk
10. Concrete (N.Y., Stoney Wall Doll)

• MBIH! - (mini-album) (MLP) / ABP (1985)

01. MBIH!
02. I Wish I Could
03. Let's Get Born
04. Tomorrow In The Papers
05. Brain Dance
06. Sister Sue
07. See That!

• Tomorrow In The Papers - (7¨/12¨/CDS) (1985)

01. Tomorrow In The Papers
02. Who Do You Love

• Awful Day - (12") (1986)

01. Awful Day
02. TV Treated (New Version)
03. The Man (Remix)

• Mafu Cage - (LP/CD) / PIAS (1986)

01. Awful Day
02. The Man
03. He's Gonna Drop
04. Be Nice To Me
05. Rise (I Hope One Day)
06. 1958
07. Voodoo Nipplefield
08. Dead Friend's Body
Extra tracks on CD:
09. Tomorrow In The Papers
10. Antoine
11. TV Treated
12. The Man (Remix)

• Voodoo Nipplefield - (12") (1986)

01. Voodoo Nipplefield
02. Antoine

• The First Judgements - (CD) / PIAS (1987)

01. The Fashion Party
02. Concrete (It Feels So Strong)
03. Too Cold To Breathe
04. Nion
05. TV Treated
06. Please, Release Me, Let Me Go-Go
07. I Must Be On My Own
08. Factory Walk
09. Concrete (N.Y., Stoney Wall Doll)
10. I Wish I Could
11. Let's Get Born
12. Tomorrow In The Papers
13. Brain Dance
14. Sister Sue
15. See That!

• A Man Ain't No Man When A Man Ain't Got No Horse, Man - (12"/CDS) (1987)

01. Chinese Black
02. I'm Half
03. Kid Shyleen
04. Wand'rin' Star

• Miss Brown - (7"/12") (1987)

01. Miss Brown
02. Hot Sally

• Horny as Hell - (LP/CD) / PIAS (1988)

01. Billy Tcherno And Pretty Petrouchka
02. Sultan Of Sex
03. Horny As Hell
04. The Bad Luck
05. Trashy Lady
06. The Sea
07. Hot Sally
08. I Stood In Between
09. STLG
10. Miss Brown

• TV TREATED - (12") (1989)

01. TV Treated
02. The Fashion Party

• General Pain and Major Disease - (LP/CD) / PIAS (1989)

01. Kid Shyleen
02. Tomorrow In The Papers
03. Miss Brown
04. Factory Walk
05. Chinese Black
06. Awful Day
07. TV Treated (New Version)
08. The Man (Remix)
09. The Fashion Party
10. I Wish I Could

• Games Of Love - (12"/CDS)(1989)

01. Games Of Love
02. No Truth To Tell
03. Games Of Love (Mojo Mix)
04. Conditioned Reflex

• Blood and Thunder - (LP/CD) / PIAS (1989)

01. Facing Pictures
02. 1313
03. Damned I Love You
04. Games Of Love
05. Don't Wish Me Luck
06. This City
07. Ritual Of Earth
08. Le Suicide Du Beau Serge
Extra tracks on CD:
09. Conditioned Reflex
10. No Truth To Tell

• 1313 - (12"/CDS) (1989)

01. 1313 (Long Version)
02. To The Bone

• Alaska Highway - (12"/CDS) (1990)

01. Alaska Highway
02. Never Change
03. That Dance
04. Torture

• The Insult - (LP/CD)/ PIAS (1990)

01. The Insult
02. Alaska Highway
03. Here She Comes
04. I And I (Get A Hold)
05.Build A House
06. All The Colours
07. Never Change
08. The Right To Reject
09. Pink Coat
10 Out Of Heaven
Extra tracks on CD:
11. That Dance
12. Torture

• Baby's On Fire - (CDS) (1991)

01. Baby's On Fire
02. Baby's On Fire (Remix)
03. Are You Real (Remix)

• Are you real? - (CD) / PIAS (1991)

01. Are You Real
02. This Strange Effect
03. Heart Of Stone
04. Home
05. Forever Be Mine
06. Baby's On Fire
07. Jackson, Come Home
08. Julia
09. Sophisticated
10. Holster Hip
11. Are You Real (Remix)
12. Baby's On Fire (Remix)

• At Devil's fork - (CD) / SPV (1995)

01. Ugly Face
02. I Don't Mind
03. A Nicer Person
04. Right Now
05. Understand
06. Overruled
07. She Lies In The Sun
08. So Help Me, God!
09. Serve
10. It Is What It Is
11. Concrete (Dip Me In Heat)
12. TV Treated (1995)
13. Chinese Black (Revisited)

• A Nicer Person - (MCD) (1995)

01. A Nicer Person (Great Remix)
02. Overruled (Judged Remix)
03. A Nicer Person (Dealer's Remix)

• Dazsoo - (CD) / KK records (1998)

01. Dis Go On
02. Mirror
03. Itchy
04. Out Of My Mind
05. Hdrom Temptation
06. Jazzbox
07. Turki
08. Up In Flames
09. What A Day
10. O.R.P.
11. Slow Motion

• Out Of My Mind - (CDS) (1998)

01. Out Of My Mind (Radio Edit)
02. Out Of My Mind (Dub Mix)
03. Out Of My Mind (Mad Mix)
04. Out Of My Mind (Transkit Mix)

• Jazzbox - (CDS) (1998)

01. Jazzbox
02. Jazzbox (NBG Mix)
03. Jazzbox (Plastika Mix)
04. Jazzbox (Transkit Mix)

• TV Treated - Tiga MIxes - (12") (2003)

01. TV Treated (Tiga's Treated Vox)
02. TV Treated (Tiga's Dub For Ivan)
03. TV Treated (Original)

• Fashion Party - Hedman Remix / Pulsinger Remixes - (12") (2004)

01. Fashion Party (Headman Remix)
02. Fashion Party (Black Carpet Remix)
03. Fashion Party (Original Mix)

• The First Judgements - (2-12") (2005 re-release)

Disc One:
01. The Fashion Party
02. Concrete (It Feels So Strong)
03. Too Cold To Breathe
04. One Jump Ahead
05. Nion
Disc Two:
01. TV Treated
02. Please, Release Me, Let Me Go-Go
03. Factory Walk
04. I Must Be On My Own
05. Concrete (N.Y., Stoney Wall Doll)

• The First Judgements - Outbox - (12") (2005)

01. Factory Walk (The Hacker Remix)
02. Nion Nion (Terence Fixmer Remix)
03. The Fashion Party (Millimetric Remix)

• The Neon Judgement - Box / PIAS 2 cd (October 10, 2005)

‘INBOX01’ / cd1
01. TV Treated – (1982)
02. Tomorrow In The Papers – (1985)
03. The Fashion Party – (1983)
04. Factory Walk – (1982)
05. I Wish I Could – (1985)
06. Concrete (It Feels So Strong’) – (1984)
07. Nion –(1985)
08. Too Cold To Breathe – (1983)
09. Please, Release Me, Let Me Go-Go – (1983)
10. I Must Be On My Own – (1985)
11. S.T.L.G – (1985)
12. Brain Dance –(1985)
13. The Fashion Party(live)
14. Concrete (live) (N.Y., Stoney Wall Doll)
15. Sister Sue (live)

‘OUTBOX02’ / cd2 (remixes)
01. Factory Walk - “ The Hacker RMix”
02. Nion – “Terence Fixmer RMix”
03. Fashion Party –“ Millimetric RMix”
04. TV Treated – “Tiga Vox RMix”
05. Too Cold To Breathe – “Vive La Fête RMix”
06. Tomorrow In The Papers – Implant’s ‘Krafty RMix’
07. TV Treated –“ Neon Electronics 3D RMix”
08. Fashion Party – “Headman RMix”
09. Machine Life (previously unreleased recorded 1980)
10. Schizofrenic Freddy (previously unreleased recorded 1980)
11. Sweet Revenge (b side first single – previously unreleased version- recorded 1980)

• ‘Mixing9ties’ (exclusive digital release)

01. Jazzbox
02. A Nicer Person
03. Jazzbox (NE rmx)
04. Overruled
05. Turki
06. So Help Me God!
07. Serve
08. Itchy
09. Johnny
10. Out Of My Mind (Swirl People rmx)
11. We R In Love (prev.unreleased)
12. Right To Reject (NE rmx)
13. Spirals (prev.unreleased)
14. Mirror
15. Are You real? (rmx01)
16. Dis Go On
17. Jackson (rmx001)
18. Great Rabbits

• Smack (2009)

01. Smack (Radio Edit)
02. The Great Consumer
03. I Cut Loose
04. The Speed of Sound
05. Leash
06. Hey You
07. We are Confused
08. Little Red Shoes
09. Listen
10. Smack (Extended Mix)

External links

• The official site of The Neon Judgement
• The official site of Neon Electronics