The Neon Judgement

The Neon Judgement
Origin	Leuven, Belgium
Genres	New Wave Synthpop EBM
Years active	1981–present
Labels	DanceDelic D Le Son du Maquis Play It Again Sam
Members	Dirk Da Davo TB Frank
Website	[1]

The Neon Judgement is a Belgian New Wave band, formed in Leuven in 1981 by members Dirk Da Davo (keyboards/vocalist) and TB Frank (guitarist/vocalist). These Belgian musicians have ofted been considered the pioners of Electronic Body Music (EBM) together other Belgian band Front 242. The high-tech genre form the early 80´ies, combining industrial and electro music, from which later originated new beat and techno.

Davo Da Davo and TB Frank veered between minimalistic industrial drones and odd, new wave-ish synth pop and dance music, underlain by cold, mechanical rhythms. Their initial music is aggressive, danceable and dominated by synthesizers and drum-machines. A bit later on in their career the guitar also gets a prominent place in their music..

The Neon Judgement recorded most of its output for the Play It Again Sam label in Belgium, beginning with 1986's Mafu Cage. Their first American release did not come until 1987, with the sex-themed concept album Horny As Hell. Subsequent recordings included Blood and Thunder (1989), The Insult (1990), and Are You Real (1992).

The duo took a three-year hiatus to rethink the direction of their music, after which they returned in 1995 with At Devil's Fork, an LP recorded with percussionist Ben Forceville entirely in a wooded area.

The band briefly stopped performing in 1998, but reformed in 2004 and started performing live again to promote a series of remixes and re-releases of their material. The touring continued into 2006, with the band promising on their website 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 have 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.

At November 2005, the Neon Judgement did a show at the Machina Festival at the Broadway Club in São Paulo, Brazil. The festival celebrated the first eight years of the site FiberOnline and the launch of the label Fiber Records. Fiber Records released the DVD The Neon Judgement – Live at Machina Festival in 2005 featuring the whole concert of 13 songs.

In 2007, the Neon Judgement released the compilation album Redbox. The release comes after the success of the 100% vintage 2 CD Box released in October 2005. Redbox mainly contains the band's work during the second half of the 1980s. The album also features remixes from acts such as David Carretta, Blackstrobe, Lifelike, and Helmut Kraft. Redbox also contains a brand new recording, namely a cover version of "Heroes" (by David Bowie and Brian Eno).

The band's most recent album is Smack, released in 2009.

Discography

• Suffering (Tape) (1980)

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

• TV Treated (Tape) (1980)

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

• MBIH! - (mini-album) (MLP) / ABP (1983)

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!

• The Neon Judgement 1981-1984 - (LP) (1984)

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)

• 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)

• A Nicer Person - (MCD) (1995)

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

• 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)

• 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

• 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 (2CD) / PIAS (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’ - (Digital release) (2006)

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

• Red Box - (CD) (2007)

01. Heroes 02. Chinese Black 03. Miss Brown 04. Awfull Day 05. The Man (remix) 06. Games of Love 07. 1313 08. Kid Shyleen 09. Voodoo Nipplefield (edit) 10. Are You Real? 11. Jazzbox 12. Right To Reject (Neon Electronics rmx) 13. Awfull Day (David Carretta rmx) 14. Chinese Black HK In my manoir" rmx 15. 1313. (Blackstrobe rmx) 16. Miss Brown (Lifelike rmx) "re-edit"

• A Fashion Party - Live @ AB - (CD) (2008)

01. Introduction 02. The Fashion Party 03. Concrete (It Feels So Strong) 04. Too Cold To Breathe 05. One Jump Ahead 06. Nion 07. TV Treated 08. Please Release Me, Let Me Gogo 09. I Must Be On My Own 10. Factory Walk 11. Concrete (NY, Stoney Wall Doll)

• Smack - (CD) (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)

• Smack EP - (Digital Release) (2010)

01. The Great Consumer (Dj 3000 Remix) 02. Leash (Christopher Kah Remix) 03. I Cut Loose (Bodyspasm Vs DDD Remix) 04. We Are Confused (radical G Remix) 05. Smack (3D re - edit) 06. The Great Consumer (DJ 3000 Vocoder emix) 07. Leash (original version) 08. The Great Consumer (original version)

• Early Tapes - (Vinyl) (2010)

A Side Factory Walk Sweet Revenge Harem The Machine Army Green (WOIII)

B Side Schyzofrenic Freddy TV Treated Stay Mad Sister Sue On My Own

• Early Tapes - (Digital + Hard Copy) (2010)

Factory Walk Sweet Revenge Harem The Machine Army Green (WOIII) Schyzofrenic Freddy TV Treated Stay Mad Sister Sue On My Own Extra Tracks: Shyzofrenic Freddy (live, recorded @ Arno'z, Leuven (Belgium) June 25, 1982) Concrete (Vegas) (live, recorded @ Arno'z, Leuven (Belgium) June 25, 1982) Sexhead ( Dirk Da Davo), taken from the 1987 12" release 'Where Even Angels Fall"

External links

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