Soulwax

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Soulwax
2 Many DJs at Rock en Seine 2007
2 Many DJs at Rock en Seine 2007
General information
Genre (s) Indie rock , alternative , dance
founding 1995
Website http://www.soulwax.com/
Founding members
Stephen Dewaele
David Dewaele
Current occupation
singing
 Stephen Dewaele
Guitar, keyboard
 David Dewaele
Bass player
 Stefaan van Leuven
Drums
 Steve Slingeneyer
guitar
 Dave Martijn
former members
Drums
 Piet Dierickx (1996–1999)
Drums
 Stephane Misseghers (1999-2004)
Keyboard
 Inge Flipts (1999-2004)

Soulwax is a Belgian rock band . It was founded by the two brothers Stephen and David Dewaele . The other members are the bassist Stefaan van Leuven, the drummer Steve Slingeneyer and the guitarist Dave Martijn.

Musical career

The group Soulwax achieved their international breakthrough in 1998 with their second album Much Against Everyone's Advice . A few releases made it into the charts, including Conversation Intercom and Too Many DJs . In the same year Soulwax also appeared at the open-air concerts PinkPop and Lowlands .

After that, the two brothers concentrated on other creative fields. You took over the moderation of a program on the music channel MTV and published under the name "2 Many DJs". This project mixed elements of house , reggae , dance classics and rock.

Soulwax is published for the music of the in-game radio station "Soulwax FM" in 2013 open world video game Grand Theft Auto V responsible.

In 2020 they had the opportunity to use an EMS Synthi 100 for a longer period of time , one of the first organ-sized synthesizers from 1971, of which only 31 had been made. She published recordings with the device in the album Deewee Sessions Vol. 01 .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Leave The Story Untold
  BE F 50 05/18/1996 (1 week)
Much Against Everyone's Advice
  BE F 6th 
gold
gold
05/24/1999 (24 weeks)
Any Minute Now
  DE 76 09/06/2004 (1 week)
  UK 53 09/04/2004 (2 weeks)
  BE F 2 08/28/2004 (24 weeks)
Nite versions
  BE F 4th 10/01/2005 (20 weeks)
Most Of The Remixes ...
  BE F 2 10/27/2007 (24 weeks)
Belgica
  BE F 6th 05.03.2016 (15 weeks)
From Deewee
  CH 91 04/02/2017 (1 week)
  BE F 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 04/01/2017 (48 weeks)
  BE W 29 04/01/2017 (2 weeks)
Essential
  BE F 4th 06/30/2018 (5 weeks)
  BE W 82 06/30/2018 (8 weeks)
EMS Synthi 100 - Deewee Sessions Vol. 01
  BE F 60 06/06/2020 (3 weeks)
Singles
Conversation intercom
  UK 65 March 25, 2000 (2 weeks)
Much Against Everyone's Advice
  UK 56 06/24/2000 (2 weeks)
Too many DJ's
  UK 40 09/30/2000 (2 weeks)
Conversation Intercom (Dave Bascombe Mix)
  UK 50 03/03/2001 (2 weeks)
Any Minute Now
  UK 34 08/21/2004 (2 weeks)
E Talking
  UK 27 01/29/2005 (2 weeks)
NY Excuse
  UK 35 07/09/2005 (2 weeks)

Albums

  • 1996: Leave the Story Untold
  • 1998: Much Against Everyone's Advice
  • 2000: Untitled (compilation)
  • 2004: Any Minute Now
  • 2005: Nite Versions
  • 2008: Part of the Weekend Never Dies (CD + DVD)
  • 2017: From Deewee
  • 2018: Essential
  • 2020: EMS Synthi 100 - Deewee Sessions Vol. 01

DJ mixes

  • 2006: This Is Radio Soulwax
  • 2008: Part of NYE Never Dies

Singles

  • 1995: 2nd Handsome Blues (EP)
  • 1996: Kill Your Darlings
  • 1996: Caramel
  • 1996: Great Continental Suicide Note
  • 1998: My Cruel Joke ... (feat. Tracy Bonham)
  • 1998: Much Against Everyone's Advice
  • 1998: Conversation Intercom
  • 1999: Too Many DJs
  • 1999: When Logics Die
  • 1999: Overweight Karate Kid
  • 1999: The Salty Knowledge of Tears
  • 1999: More Than This
  • 1999: Temptingly Yours
  • 1999: Scream
  • 1999: Saturday
  • 2000: Too Many DJ's (Dave Bascombe Mix)
  • 2001: Conversation Intercom (Dave Bascombe Mix)
  • 2004: Any Minute Now
  • 2005: E Talking
  • 2005: NY Excuse
  • 2009: We Love Animals ( Crookers feat.Soulwax and Mixhell)

Remixes

Awards

  • Dance Music Award
    • 2003: in the category "Best Compilation" (As Heard on Radio Soulwax Vol. 2)

swell

  1. ↑ Soulwax celebrate the EMS Synthi 100 in new trailer , FACT, May 5, 2020
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: BE (Flanders) BE (Wallonia) DE CH UK
  3. ↑ Awards for music sales: BE

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