Absynthe Minded

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Absynthe Minded
Bert Ostyn (guitar) and Jan Duthoy
Bert Ostyn (guitar) and Jan Duthoy
General information
Genre (s) Rock / jazz
founding 1999
Website www.absyntheminded.be
Current occupation
Bert Ostyn
Renaud Ghilbert
Jan Duthoy
Sergei Van Bouwel
Jakob Nachtergaele

Absynthe Minded is a Belgian rock band around singer and guitarist Bert Ostyn.

history

Bert Ostyn was initially active as a solo artist from 1999. In 2000 he and other musicians founded the band Tao Tse Tse , which was renamed the Absynthe Minded Quartet in 2002 . Under this name they toured alone and as opening act for various other bands and artists, including Spinvis and Zita Swoon .

In 2003 they released their first album History makes Science Fiction EP . The musicians were Renaud Ghilbert, Sergej van Bouwel and Jan Duthoy, plus the drummer Jakob Nachtergaele. "Quartet" has been deleted from the band name.

In 2004 they released the album Acquired Taste . New Day was recorded in January 2005. After touring Belgium and the Netherlands , they recorded 16 songs and released an album in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands in March. In the summer of that year, New Day was also released in Portugal. From this album comes the first single by Absynthe Minded, My Heroics, Part One , which was also played a lot on the radio.

In 2007 Absynthe Minded recorded the album There Is Nothing . In August 2009 the album Absynthe Minded came out in Belgium and the Netherlands.

In January 2010 Absynthe Minded received four Music Industry Awards in the categories "Hit of the Year", "Best Album", "Best Rock / Alternative" and "Best Band".

Discography

  • History makes science fiction EP (2003)
  • Acquired taste (2004)
  • New day (2005)
  • There is nothing (2007)
  • Absynthe Minded (2009)
  • Fill me up (Best Of) (2010)
  • As it ever was (2012)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Optreden Absynthe Minded geannuleerd .
  2. ↑ http://foerdefluesterer.de/Artikel/News/Absynthe-Minded-.3064.html
  3. ↑ All winnaars van de MIA's 2009 ( Memento from 23 August 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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