Belgium Underground : interview of Catherine Plenevaux

13 September 2017

aymeric de tapole, Benjamin Franklin, Brussels, Bruxelles, capelo, Catherine Plenevaux, Céline Gillain, colombey, El-G, experimental, Front De Cadeaux, label, lexi disques, loupiotes, maison de disque, pop, Tav Exotic, underground

Catherine Plenevaux is the founder and editor of Brussels record label Lexi Disques. Since its first release in 2008, the single la pente/loupiotes by Benjamin Franklin, this boutique label proposes records at the crossing of experimental music and pop. With a special affection for 45 rpm vinyl eps, the label is sometimes a challenge for […]

Belgium Underground : interview with Nicolas Ekla

24 June 2016

electronic, electropop, Lem, Les Brochettes, Ming, Nicolas Ekla, Paratroops, pop, post punk, Trumpet Call

Since his beginnings with his band Paratroops and then with Trumpet Call, Nicolas Ekla has carried on in his own sweet way with legendary groups such as Les Brochettes, Ming and today Lem, a path he narrates in details on his blog mémoire du futur. Fascinated by the french poètes maudits, by Rimbaud, by Baudelaire, Fassbinder’s cinema, Jacno’s electropop, science -fiction, synthesizers, his only fear is airplanes. Belgium Underground interviewed him at home.