Label: Bio Rhythm RHYTHMZ-DOT 
Release Date: March 2015

Mastered by Alden Tyrell

Description:

Re-issue of A Thunder Orchestra's 'Shall I Do It?', a haunting yet beautiful slice of hypnotic proto techno from the vaults of the rich eighties Belgian new beat / synth wave / EBM noir scene, written and recorded by Dirk Desaever (aka Danton's Voice & White House White) in 1985 and released on a handful of cassette tapes only. Re-discovered by Walhalla records and included on their 'Underground Wave Volume 4' compilation in 2014, now re-mastered and available on 12'' format for the first time ever. Things started to move when label boss Paul du Lac heard this gem being played by Germany's finest, Mick Wills, in one of his trademark epic dj-sets, with the pounding drums, haunting synths and the eerie kid's voice making him fall in love at the spot. It turned out Mick didn't play the original, but, like so often, his own re-edited version: slightly pitched, extended and re-constructed in an utterly brilliant way, perfectly suiting the darkest hours of the night. Eventually, intrigued as the label was with the song and being a big fan of mr. Will's editing craftsmanship, one thing led to the other, and Bio Rhythm is now proud to officially present the original A Thunder Orchestra's 'Shall I Do It?' in the full glory it deserves, including two reconstructed versions by Mick Wills, one that starts with the intro just like the original and a special beat version for even more convenient dj use. The beauty of darkness... shall we do it?

A Thunder Orchestra - Shall I Do It? (Mick Wills Reconstruction #2)

Dirk Desaever - Collected 1984 - 1989 (EXTENDED PLAY)
Side A is a reissue of the highly sought after Disdain EP from 1988 by White House White. While it’s the most straightforward New Beat / EBM section of this Collected, Desaever’s sense of dramaturgy, his sound design, rhythmic patterns and use of film samples create a dark and mysterious ambiance at odds with the smiley atmosphere prevalent in most contemporary New Beat productions with infectious grooves focused on setting bodies in motion. 

On Side B, three previously unreleased tracks in a similar spirit to WHW’s sound with a dark and sleazy atmosphere, elegant arrangements that sound of an almost baroque persuasion, mysterious film samples and dance-inducing rhythmic sections that range from 104 to 108 BPM.

DIRK DESAEVER'S COLLECTED 1984 - 1989: A THREE FORMAT RELEASE ON MUSIQUE POUR LA DANSE.
Musique Pour La Danse is thrilled to present its latest “Collected” anthology, the label’s most ambitious release since it released an extensive anthology of music produced by New Beat pioneer Ro Maron back in 2015. 

This time label managers Olivier Ducret (Muriaux, CH) and Ed Isar (Paris, FR) have focused on another essential Belgian producer: Dirk Desaever, the man behind White House White, A Thunder Orchestra and Danton’s Voice. Rare and sought after, his records fetch high prices among collectors. Some of his productions under these aliases have appeared in crucial compilations such The Sound of Belgium series as well as Walhalla’s Underground Wave, along with edits by Mick Wills for Biorythm and Marcel Dettman for Dekmantel. 

What was initially supposed to be a simple reissue affair soon turned into a much wider project, as Desaever shared heaps of amazing unreleased material with the label. It seemed much more interesting to shed light on the dark side of this producer’s body of work, rather than to focus on content already reissued elsewhere. 

After listening to noisy tape rips over and over, Ducret & Isar opted to break this release down in three formats (EP, LP distributed via NEWS and a cassette sold by the label direct), each one with different content. They entrusted sound engineer Lorenzo Targhetta with remastering the music and it’s impressive how much he managed to polish the sound without altering the unmistakable grain of music committed to cassette tape.

Get it on vinyl / tape

Dirk Desaever - Collected 1984 - 1989 (EP Trailer)[Musique Pour La Danse ]

DIRK DESAEVER - COLLECTED 1984 - 1989 (LONG PLAY) 
The pièce de résistance of Collected 1984 - 1989, all the music on this LP has never been heard before, except for a single tune released on a rare 7” in 1988. The track selection and sequence is the result of Ducret & Isar closely listening to the many hours of unreleased material Desaever shared with them. 

The record can be approached as an imaginary album or even the soundtrack of a lost film or TV show. The idea was to tell a story about Desaever’s music by highlighting its themes and variations. While some tunes can be imagined within a New Beat context, it’s clear they were not created with clubs in mind. In fact, most of the material here is actually closer to minimal wave, synth wave and dark wave. With a certain gothic melancholia as the common thread running through the record, some tracks can only be described as lofi library music with a strong medieval reminiscence, others are closer to the wave aesthetic, and finally a few could even be considered ambient. 

Desaever’s house holds many rooms, each one different from the other. After completing a grand tour of the mansion and seeing the bigger picture, it will become clear for listeners how truly unique this producer sounds, even compared with other Belgians from the 80s. Saved from oblivion and irremediable decay, the music on this LP is now just waiting to be played and listened as well as to inspire.

DIRK DESAEVER'S COLLECTED 1984 - 1989: A THREE FORMAT RELEASE ON MUSIQUE POUR LA DANSE.
Musique Pour La Danse is thrilled to present its latest “Collected” anthology, the label’s most ambitious release since it released an extensive anthology of music produced by New Beat pioneer Ro Maron back in 2015. 

This time label managers Olivier Ducret (Muriaux, CH) and Ed Isar (Paris, FR) have focused on another essential Belgian producer: Dirk Desaever, the man behind White House White, A Thunder Orchestra and Danton’s Voice. Rare and sought after, his records fetch high prices among collectors. Some of his productions under these aliases have appeared in crucial compilations such The Sound of Belgium series as well as Walhalla’s Underground Wave, along with edits by Mick Wills for Biorythm and Marcel Dettman for Dekmantel. 

What was initially supposed to be a simple reissue affair soon turned into a much wider project, as Desaever shared heaps of amazing unreleased material with the label. It seemed much more interesting to shed light on the dark side of this producer’s body of work, rather than to focus on content already reissued elsewhere. 

After listening to noisy tape rips over and over, Ducret & Isar opted to break this release down in three formats (EP, LP distributed via NEWS and a cassette sold by the label direct), each one with different content. They entrusted sound engineer Lorenzo Targhetta with remastering the music and it’s impressive how much he managed to polish the sound without altering the unmistakable grain of music committed to cassette tape. 

COLLECTED 1984 - 1989 LONG PLAY

Dirk Desaever - Collected 1984 - 1989 (LP Trailer)[Musique Pour La Danse ]

THE CASSETTE (100% unreleased content) 
The cassette version of Collected 1984 - 1989 is 100% unreleased, with a focus on a more vocal / new wave / synth pop / bedroom EBM aspect of Dirk Desaever's works, that kinda asked to be released on this specific format, and urged to be played on an walkman while walking in the city during sunset, or cruising on the Belgian motorway in your car stereo. 

DIRK DESAEVER'S COLLECTED 1984 - 1989: A THREE FORMAT RELEASE ON MUSIQUE POUR LA DANSE.
Musique Pour La Danse is thrilled to present its latest “Collected” anthology, the label’s most ambitious release since it released an extensive anthology of music produced by New Beat pioneer Ro Maron back in 2015.

This time label managers Olivier Ducret (Muriaux, CH) and Ed Isar (Paris, FR) have focused on another essential Belgian producer: Dirk Desaever, the man behind White House White, A Thunder Orchestra and Danton’s Voice. Rare and sought after, his records fetch high prices among collectors. Some of his productions under these aliases have appeared in crucial compilations such The Sound of Belgium series as well as Walhalla’s Underground Wave, along with edits by Mick Wills for Biorythm and Marcel Dettman for Dekmantel.

What was initially supposed to be a simple reissue affair soon turned into a much wider project, as Desaever shared heaps of amazing unreleased material with the label. It seemed much more interesting to shed light on the dark side of this producer’s body of work, rather than to focus on content already reissued elsewhere.

After listening to noisy tape rips over and over, Ducret & Isar opted to break this release down in three formats (EP, LP distributed via NEWS and a cassette sold by the label direct), each one with different content. They entrusted sound engineer Lorenzo Targhetta with remastering the music and it’s impressive how much he managed to polish the sound without altering the unmistakable grain of music committed to cassette tape.

Buy cassette + digital

Dirk Desaever - Collected 1984 - 1989 (Cassette Trailer)[Musique Pour La Danse ]

Episode 16 of Chambre Noire radio show on https://soundcloud.com/n10-as, recorded by https://soundcloud.com/bunzinelli (March 28th 2019)

Nika Son - the long neck of the matuku
Pressure of speach - Tippex Reality
James Bernard - Lapis Lazuli
Leo Anibaldi - Part 3
Nakara Percussions - Balimba
Spinvis & Vinkenoog - Spiegel (Max Abysmal Remix)
Dirk Desaever - Reviews
Puma & The Dolphin - I'm just to shy
Alexis Le-Tan - To Move
La Batterie - Let There Be Drums (Max Abysmal's Spooky Remix)
Arthur Brown - The Morning Was Cold

Handmade collage by https://soundcloud.com/bunzinelli

Chambre Noire n10.as Show #16

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MICK WILLS (MinimalRome/Nation/Light Sounds Dark/Rat Life/Rush Hour/Pinkman/Vielspaß-Prego/Sign Bit Zero/Gigolo Records/Phil e/Signals)
For DJ bookings please contact: info@mickwills.de 

Next Gigs:
23.11.2024 
ARMA
03.08.2024 
GARBICZ Festival - Poland
21.07.2024
OUTLINE Festival
13.07.2024
GAMMA Festival
14.10.2023
Terror Clash - Mexico City
22.07.2023
GAMMA Festival
07.07.2023
OUTLINE Festival
19.05.2023
IFM Festival - Den Haag / Holland
27.01.2023
Wilde Renate - Berlin / Germany
07.01.2023
Transit - Chemnitz / Germany
03.12.2022
Somewhere in Zürich / Switzerland
27.11.2022
OMBRA Festival - Barcelona / Spain
08.10.2022 
Sameheads - Berlin / Germany
10. - 12.09.2022
Sensor - Mount Aragats / Armenia
14.08.2022
DT Camp 2022 / Lithuania
29.07.2022
Laut - Barcelona / Spain
16.07.2022
Mutabor - Moskow / Russia
03.06.2022
Neue Welt - Leipzig / Germany
28.05.2022 
Intergalactic FM Fest - Den Haag / Nederlands
05.03.2022
Warehouse - Madrid / Spain
31.12.2021
NYE - Mutabor - Moscow / Russia
01.05.2021 
BETA 2021 - Mutabor - Moscow / Russia
14.08.2020 
DT CAMP 2020 - Vilnius / Lithuania
08.08.2020 
Healthy Summer - Crete / Greece tbc.
22.05.2020 + 23.05.2020 
IFM Festival - Den Haag / Nederlands - Cancelled due to Corona virus!!!
08.05.2020
RYE Wax - London / Great Britain
27.03.2020 
Pinkman Showcase - Budapest / Hungary - Cancelled due to Corona virus!!!
21.03.2020 
Salon - Zur wilden Renate - Berlin / Germany - Cancelled due to Corona virus!!!
24.01.2020
One o One - Clermont-Ferrand / France
31.12.2019 
Drugstore - Belgrade / Serbia
30.11.2019
HoRsT - Frankfurt / Germany 
02.11.2019
Mutabor - Moscow / Russia
30.10.2019
Objekt klein a - Dresden / Germany 
18.10.2019
Pinkman ADE 2019 Label Night @ Cinetol - Amsterdam /Nederland
23.08.2019 
Dekmantel Selectors - Pirovac / Croatia
10.08.2019
DT Camp 2019 / Lithuania 
29.06.2019
Mechatronica x Pinkman @ Griessmühle - Berlin
15.06.2019
Moog - Barcelona / Spain 
29.05.2019 
Fettschmelze - Karlsruhe / Germany 2
25.05.2019
Panopticum - Stuttgart / Germany 
17.05.2019
Tell Me Bar - Sofia / Bulgaria
19.04.2019
BAR - Rotterdam / Holland 
w/ Dollkraut, Mick Wills, Unit Moebius & Job Sifre
13.04.2019
Garage Noord - Amsterdam / Holland 
16.03.2019 
OK16 - Minsk / Belarus
01.02.2019 
Tresor - Berlin / Germany
21.12.2018
Opium Club - Vilnius / Lithuania (Cancelled)
23.11.2018 
The Shelter - Cluj / Romania
17.11.2018
Gamma Festival - Delta @ Blank - St. Petersburg / Russia
16.11.2018
Lizdas - Kaunas / Lithuania 
18.10.2018
Pinkman Night @ ADE - Jack Amsterdam / NL
w/ Marsman - Gamma Intel
15.09.2018
w/ TLR - Split / Croatia
14.09.2018
w/ TLR - Zagreb / Croatia
08.09.2018 
Panoramabar - Berlin / Germany tbc
31.08.2018
Kaiku - Helsinki / Finland 
14.07.2018
Noorderschip
NDSM Pier 1, Amsterdam / NL
w/ Pasiphae - Betonkust
30.06.2018
Capriccio @ Bossa Nova Civic Club - New York City / NY  
w/ Alex From Queens - Andi
29.06.2018 
Bump City @ Nomad World Pub - Minneapolis / MN
w/ Naughty Wood - Collin Gorman Weiland (live) - Angelica - Zwaremachine (live) - Grant Mayland  
23.06.2018
We Are Monsters @ Monarch - San Francisco / CA
w/ Traxx - Blackmoon77 - Carlos Souffront - Mozhgan 
22.06.2018 
@ Kinda Tropical - Austin / TX
w/ Zanias - Joshua Cordova
16.06.2018
The Function @ Smartbar - Chicago / IL
w/ Traxx - Justin Aulis Long   
15.06.2018
@ The Black Lodge - Los Angeles / CA
w/ Willie Burns - Vexation(live) - Force Placement - Kosmik 
26.05.2018
Pluton - Moscow / Russia tbc
19.05.2018
w/ Black Seed - Verona / Italy 
20.04.2018
Terminal - Lyon / France 
19.04.2018 
Arma night at Säule / Berghain - Berlin 
23.03.2018
Pinkman Label Night @L'International - Paris - / France 
17.02.2018
Psycho Thrill @ Golzheim / Düsseldorf
03.02.2018
De School - Amsterdam / Holland 
20.01.2018
Klub 20/44 - Belgrade / Serbia 
13.01.2018
Planet Parallel 10 Years x Phase @ Griessmühle - Berlin 
31.12.2017
Astron Bar - Athens / Greece
25.11.2017
Sakog Kulturwerk - St. Pantaleon / Austria 
09.11.2017 
Positive Education Festival - Saint-Étienne / France 
28.10.2017
Mosaique - St. Petersburg / Russia 
Releaseparty - MSQ003 
"DMT/JASSS -Mick Wills Edit & Cut"
14.10.2017
Kran - Bucharest / Romania
29.09.2017 
Razzmatazz - Barcelona / Spain 
15.09.2017
Terminal Club - Lyon / France
09.09.2017
about blank - Berlin / Germany

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