The Belgian Sound
The story of Belgian electronic music and club culture — from the early-1980s machine-pulse of EBM and the late-80s invention of New Beat, through the techno temples of Fuse, La Rocca, Cherry Moon and Café d'Anvers and the R&S and Bonzai labels that conquered Europe, to Tomorrowland, Stromae, Charlotte de Witte and Amelie Lens. One of the most influential — and least-credited — dance-music cultures in the world.
A chronological documentary of 650 moments on Loreline.
last updated 2026-07-22
Eras
- The Roots — EBM, Industrial & New Beat — Belgian electronic music begins in the early 1980s — the cold machine-pulse of EBM and industrial (Front 242, A Split Second), the electro-pop of Telex, and the late-80s invention of "New Beat": EBM and acid records slowed to a hypnotic crawl in clubs like Boccaccio. The sound that started it all.
- Belgian Techno & the R&S Years — At the turn of the 1990s Belgium became a techno superpower. R&S Records in Ghent released the records that defined a continent — the hoover-bass, the orchestral stabs — while a homegrown rave circuit exploded. The "Sound of Belgium" conquered Europe.
- The Club Temples — The temples where it all happened: Fuse in Brussels, La Rocca in Lier, Cherry Moon in Lokeren, Café d'Anvers and Boccaccio. The dancefloors, the residents, the all-nighters — the physical heart of the Belgian scene.
- Hardcore, Trance & Bonzai — Through the mid-90s and 2000s the sound splintered and intensified — hardcore and gabber, the euphoric trance of Yves Deruyter and the Bonzai Records empire, the retro-house revivals. Belgium kept exporting dancefloor energy.
- The Festival Era — The 2000s and 2010s turned Belgian dance music into a global festival juggernaut — Tomorrowland in Boom, 10 Days Off in Ghent, Laundry Day in Antwerp — and the rise of Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and the EDM mainstage years.
- Today & the Legacy — The modern Belgian sound and its memory: the global techno of Charlotte de Witte and Amelie Lens, the Soulwax / Deewee world, the festival-pop of Lost Frequencies and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, the new club generation — and the archives that keep the story of where it all came from.
- Chanson & Songwriters — Belgium's great songwriting tradition — from Jacques Brel and the French-language chanson to Arno's ragged rock-chanson, Adamo, Maurane and the singer-songwriters who carried the word.
- Rock & Indie — Belgian rock and indie — dEUS and the Antwerp scene, Soulwax before the remixes, Hooverphonic's trip-hop, K's Choice, Zita Swoon, Balthazar and the post-punk revival.
- Pop & Flemish Hits — The pop mainstream — Flemish and French-language hitmakers, Eurovision moments and the schlager-pop that filled Belgian radio: Will Tura, Clouseau, Sandra Kim, Plastic Bertrand, Axelle Red, Selah Sue and more.
- Hip-Hop & Urban — Belgian hip-hop and urban music — from the Flemish rap of 't Hof van Commerce to Stromae's global crossover, Damso and Hamza's French-language rap, and Angèle's pop-rap wave.
- Metal & Heavy — Belgium's heavy export — the crossover-thrash of Channel Zero, the death-metal of Aborted, the black metal of Enthroned, and the world-renowned post-metal of Amenra and Brutus.
- Jazz, Classical & the Inventors — The deep roots — Adolphe Sax, the Belgian who invented the saxophone; Toots Thielemans, the harmonica and whistling legend; Django-adjacent gypsy jazz; and the Flemish classical tradition.
- — Adolphe Sax — the Belgian who invented the saxophone. Adolphe Sax of Dinant patented the saxophone in 1846.
- — César Franck — the Belgian Romantic. César Franck of Liège, a giant of late-Romantic composition.
- — Eugène Ysaÿe — the violin virtuoso. Eugène Ysaÿe of Liège, the legendary violinist-composer.
- — The gypsy-jazz roots. The Belgian gypsy-jazz tradition around Django Reinhardt's legacy.
- — Jacques Brel — "Ne me quitte pas". Jacques Brel, Belgium's towering chansonnier, and his most famous song.
- — Jacques Brel — "Madeleine". poor jacques.
- — Jacques Brel — "Le Plat Pays". Brel's hymn to the flat country of Flanders.
- — Toots Thielemans — "Bluesette". Toots Thielemans, the Brussels harmonica and whistling legend.
- — Jacques Brel — "Les Vieux". Brel's tender portrait of old age.
- — Salvatore Adamo — "Tombe la neige". Salvatore Adamo, the Belgian-Italian crooner and his worldwide hit.
- — Jacques Brel — Amsterdam. Jacques Brel, the towering Belgian chansonnier, performing 'Amsterdam'.
- — Salvatore Adamo — "Vous permettez, Monsieur". Adamo's tender dancefloor ballad.
- — Jacques Brel — Ne me quitte pas. Brel's 'Ne me quitte pas' is one of the most covered songs in the world.
- — Jacques Brel — "Quand on n'a que l'amour". Brel's early anthem of love as the only thing that matters.
- — Jacques Brel — "Amsterdam" (live). Brel's thunderous live 'Amsterdam', the peak of his stagecraft (1966).
- — Brel — the last concert legacy. Brel's enduring legacy 35 years on (1966).
- — Salvatore Adamo — "Inch'Allah". Adamo's much-covered ballad.
- — Toots Thielemans with Quincy Jones. Toots's collaborations that carried Belgian jazz worldwide.
- — Will Tura — "Ik ben verliefd op jou". More from the emperor of Flemish pop.
- — The PopcornOldies Story Belgium. From the Belgian electronic scene — The PopcornOldies Story Belgium. (c. 1975).
- — Philip Catherine — jazz guitar. Philip Catherine, the celebrated Belgian jazz guitarist (1976).
- — Plastic Bertrand — "Ça plane pour moi". Plastic Bertrand's punk-pop novelty, a global earworm.
- — Frédéric François — Belgian varieté. Frédéric François, a Belgian varieté mainstay.
- — Telex — "Moskow Diskow" (1979). Brussels trio Telex (Marc Moulin, Dan Lacksman, Michel Moers) made deadpan, fully-electronic pop years ahead of its time. "Moskow Diskow" is a founding record of European synth music — Belgium's electronic story starts here.
- — Telex — "Rock Around the Clock". Telex's minimalist electronic reinventions defined early Belgian synth-pop (1979).
- — Telex — "Eurovision" (1980). Telex famously entered Eurovision with a deadpan electro song, years ahead of its time.
- — Annie Cordy — "Tata Yoyo". Annie Cordy, Belgium's beloved variety star.
- — Oscar Benton — "Bensonhurst Blues". Oscar Benton, whose blues ballad was a huge Belgian hit.
- — Liaisons Dangereuses / Marc Verhaeghen. Marc Verhaeghen (The Klinik, Liaisons Dangereuses, Music Man) was a linchpin connecting Belgian EBM and techno (1981).
- — TC Matic — "Oh La La La". TC Matic's angular new-wave rock-chanson.
- — Arbeid Adelt! / the Flemish new-wave electronic fringe. The Flemish new-wave and minimal-electronic scene of the 80s sat alongside EBM (1982).
- — Acid — Belgian speed-metal pioneers. Acid, the Wallonian speed/heavy-metal act, one of Belgium's first international metal exports.
- — The Neon Judgement — Belgian EBM. Leuven's The Neon Judgement were pioneers of Belgian EBM/electro-punk, a key early-80s act in the lineage that runs to New Beat and techno.
- — Ostrogoth — "Full Moon's Eyes". Ostrogoth, Ghent's NWOBHM-styled heavy-metal band.
- — Parade Ground — Belgian synth/EBM. Brussels' Parade Ground were an early Belgian electronic act admired by Front 242 and the wider EBM scene.
- — Poésie Noire — Belgian dark wave/EBM. Poésie Noire were part of the dark-electronic Belgian wave of the mid-80s, a sibling current to EBM.
- — Jacques Brel — the documentary. A retrospective on Brel's life and legacy (1985).
- — The Klinik — industrial/EBM. Antwerp's The Klinik (Marc Verhaeghen, Dirk Ivens) were among the darkest and most influential Belgian EBM/industrial acts of the 80s.
- — Sandra Kim — "J'aime la vie" (Eurovision winner). Sandra Kim won Eurovision 1986 for Belgium at 13 — the country's only win.
- — Cyclone — "Brutal Destruction". Cyclone, early Belgian thrash metal (1986).
- — Bene Gesserit / the Belgian experimental fringe. Belgium's electronic underground had a deeply experimental fringe in the 80s, feeding the industrial/EBM mainstream.
- — A Split-Second — "Flesh" (1986). A Split-Second's "Flesh", played at the wrong (slower) speed by Antwerp DJs, is often cited as the spark of New Beat — the moment Belgian EBM mutated into a new genre on the dancefloor.
- — Target — Belgian technical thrash. Target, an ambitious Belgian tech-thrash band.
- — Nux Nemo — "Hi-Lite". One of the records that, slowed down on Belgian dancefloors, helped define the New Beat tempo and feel.
- — From Popcorn to New Beat. Belgium's earlier "Popcorn" oldies-dance scene fed directly into the new beat tempo and sensibility.
- — Front 242 — "Masterhit". A Front 242 EBM classic, the Belgian machine sound at its most precise.
- — Front Line Assembly-era Belgian EBM. The wider EBM movement that Belgium's Front 242 set in motion.
- — A Split-Second — "Rigor Mortis". A Split-Second's harder EBM/new beat sound was a cornerstone of the early Belgian electronic body music canon.
- — Vaya Con Dios — "Just a Friend of Mine". Vaya Con Dios's smoky debut hit.
- — Front 242 - Headhunter (Official Video). Belgium's Front 242 pioneered EBM (electronic body music); Headhunter is one of the Belgian electronic scene's defining tracks (c. 1988).
- — Antler-Subway & the New Beat labels. Antwerp's Antler-Subway and a cluster of small Belgian labels pressed the New Beat and early-house records that fuelled the late-80s craze.
- — talking about belgian new beat ... New Beat from the Belgian scene — talking about belgian new beat .. (c. 1988).
- — Belgian New Beat TV reportage Vlaams Muzieklandschap Panorama Jambers. New Beat from the Belgian scene — Belgian New Beat TV reportage Vlaams Muzieklandschap Panorama Jambers. (c. 1988).
- — Belgian New Beat TV reportage Live video hits from VHS. New Beat from the Belgian scene — Belgian New Beat TV reportage Live video hits from VHS. (c. 1988).
- — New Beat - The Sound of Belgium. New Beat from the Belgian scene — New Beat - The Sound of Belgium. (c. 1988).
- — La New Beat : le phénomène electro belge !. New Beat from the Belgian scene — La New Beat : le phénomène electro belge !. (c. 1988).
- — Belgian New Beat TV reportage Panorama Jambers. New Beat from the Belgian scene — Belgian New Beat TV reportage Panorama Jambers. (c. 1988)
- — Belgian TV reportage discotheek Boccaccio heropening. From Boccaccio, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — Belgian TV reportage discotheek Boccaccio heropening. (c. 1988).
- — Belgian New Beat TV reportage & Miss Nicky Trax – Acid In The House - FR video from VHS. New Beat from the Belgian scene — Belgian New Beat TV reportage & Miss Nicky Trax – Acid In The House - FR video from VHS. (c. 1988).
- — NEW BEAT FRUM BELGIUM - Boccaccio Remix. New Beat from the Belgian scene — NEW BEAT FRUM BELGIUM - Boccaccio Remix. (c. 1988).
- — Belgian New Beat TV reportage Discotheek Empire (silent recording). New Beat from the Belgian scene — Belgian New Beat TV reportage Discotheek Empire (silent recording). (c. 1988).
- — New beat — "Acid Rock" & the acid crossover. New beat met acid house as the Belgian sound mutated at the end of the 80s.
- — Boccaccio — the birthplace of New Beat. The Boccaccio in Destelbergen, with its mirrored temple interior, is where New Beat was born — DJ's spinning EBM at the wrong speed to a packed, hypnotised floor.
- — The new beat sound — slowed to 33rpm. New Beat's signature trick: playing EBM and acid 45s at 33rpm, creating a darker, hypnotic mid-tempo groove that swept Belgian clubs.
- — The Maxx — "Cocaine" / New Beat hits. New Beat's dark, mid-tempo throb produced a wave of 1988 club records that briefly dominated Belgian nightlife.
- — Rrose Sélavy / In-D — "Virgin in-D Sky's". In-D's "Virgin in-D Sky's" is one of the most iconic New Beat records, a Belgian club staple of 1988.
- — Lords of Acid — early new beat. Praga Khan's Lords of Acid emerged from the new beat scene before going international.
- — Front 242 — "Quite Unusual". A Front 242 club staple, the militant EBM sound that the Belgians invented and exported worldwide.
- — New Beat is born — Boccaccio (1988). In the late 1980s, Belgian DJs slowed EBM and acid records to a hypnotic crawl. Born in clubs like Boccaccio in Destelbergen, "New Beat" became a national craze and the foundation of Belgian techno.
- — The Belgian new beat compilations. New Beat compilations like "This Is The New Beat" gathered the sound into a national craze.
- — Erotic Dissidents / "Move Your Ass" — new beat hits. New Beat threw off a stream of one-off club hits and novelty smashes in 1988-89, a genre that briefly took over Belgian charts and dancefloors.
- — Morton, Sherman, Bellucci — "Music" (new beat). A Belgian new beat project typical of the genre's studio-team approach and deadpan hooks.
- — From EBM to the dancefloor. Front 242 and the EBM pioneers gave new beat its machine-driven DNA, the bridge from industrial to the club.
- — Clouseau — "Daar gaat ze". Clouseau, the Wauters brothers' enduring Flemish pop.
- — Front 242 — "Never Stop!". FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY THE IMAGES BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS
- — Belgian New Beat Video Hits - Part Two: Acid Heavy Tracks (Miss Nicky Trax, Tribe 22, Boy Toy, etc.). New Beat from the Belgian scene — Belgian New Beat Video Hits - Part Two: Acid Heavy Tracks (Miss Nicky Trax, Tribe 22, Boy Toy, etc.). (c. 1989).
- — Belgian TV reportage discotheek Boccaccio Razzia. From Boccaccio, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — Belgian TV reportage discotheek Boccaccio Razzia. (c. 1989).
- — Belgian New Beat Video Hits - Part One: The Introduction. (Jade 4U, A Split Second, Liasons D, etc.). New Beat from the Belgian scene — Belgian New Beat Video Hits - Part One: The Introduction. (Jade 4U, A Split Second, Liasons D, etc.). (c. 1989).
- — Front 242 — "Welcome to Paradise". A Front 242 EBM anthem, the Belgian machine-gospel at full power.
- — Prestige, Ancienne Belgique & the New Beat clubs. A circuit of Flemish clubs — Prestige, the Ancienne Belgique nights — spread the New Beat craze across Belgium in the late 80s.
- — R&S Records — Renaat & Sabine. Renaat Vandepapeliere and Sabine Maes founded R&S in Ghent, building the label whose logo (the Ferrari-inspired horse) became shorthand for European techno.
- — The Klinik — Belgian industrial. Antwerp's The Klinik, cornerstone of Belgian industrial/EBM.
- — Snowy Red / the Belgian minimal-synth wave. Belgium's late-70s/80s minimal-synth pioneers fed the electronic lineage.
- — The Klinik — "Moving Hands". Antwerp's The Klinik, the dark heart of Belgian industrial/EBM.
- — Amnesia — "Hysteria". A defining late-New-Beat / early-house Belgian record, bridging the genres on the cusp of the 90s.
- — Jade 4U / Miss Nicky Trax — New Beat's women. Producers and vocalists like Jade 4U (Nikkie Van Lierop) shaped the New Beat and early-rave sound from the inside.
- — Confetti's — "The Sound of C" (1989). New Beat went pop with Confetti's "The Sound of C" — a chart hit, complete with the hi-NRG dance craze, that carried the Belgian sound into living rooms across Europe.
- — Confetti's — the New Beat dance craze. Confetti's turned New Beat into a televised dance craze, complete with choreography, taking the Belgian sound to pop audiences.
- — Technotronic — "Pump Up the Jam" (1989). Belgium's Technotronic took the new beat / hip-house sound to #1 around the world with "Pump Up the Jam" — the country's biggest electronic pop crossover of the era.
- — New beat goes to TV — the video hits. New Beat invaded Belgian television with dance shows and video-hit compilations in 1988-89.
- — Acid house arrives in Belgium. As new beat peaked, acid house's 303 squelch crossed into the Belgian clubs, pushing toward rave.
- — New beat's provocative pop hits. New beat threw off provocative novelty hits that briefly dominated the Belgian charts.
- — Rhythm Device — "Acid Rock". Frank De Wulf's Rhythm Device "Acid Rock" bridged new beat, acid and the coming techno.
- — Tragic Error — "Tanzen" (new beat hit). Tragic Error's "Tanzen" was one of the bigger new-beat-era Belgian club and chart records.
- — Benny B — "Vous êtes fous". Benny B, whose 1990 hit was one of the first Belgian rap records to chart big.
- — Vaya Con Dios — "Nah Neh Nah". Vaya Con Dios, Dani Klein's jazz-pop, a huge European hit.
- — Eric & Tania (Out Soon Magazine). From the Out Soon magazine archive — Eric & Tania (Out Soon Magazine). (c. 1990).
- — USA Import — the Antwerp temple. The USA Import club in Antwerp was a pivotal early-90s Belgian techno/new-beat venue, a bridge from the new beat era to rave.
- — BELGIAN TECHNO REVOLUTION : Techno Documentary 1 ☼. From the Belgian electronic scene — BELGIAN TECHNO REVOLUTION : Techno Documentary 1 ☼. (c. 1990).
- — T99 — "Anasthasia" (1991). T99’s "Anasthasia", with its orchestral-stab hardcore riff, is one of the most sampled and influential Belgian rave records — the "hoover" and the brass stab that defined an era.
- — CJ Bolland — early R&S. CJ Bolland's foundational early-90s R&S techno from Antwerp.
- — Technotronic — "Get Up!". Technotronic followed "Pump Up the Jam" with another global hi-NRG/hip-house smash.
- — Technotronic — "This Beat Is Technotronic". More hip-house from Belgium's biggest new-beat-era pop export.
- — Lords of Acid — "Rough Sex". Praga Khan's Lords of Acid pushed acid-house provocation to the international stage.
- — Clouseau — "Anne". Clouseau's signature ballad.
- — Cubic 22 — “Night In Motion”. Cubic 22’s “Night In Motion” (1991) — the harder Belgian rave/hardcore end, pushing the hoover sound to its limits.
- — Joey Beltram — "Subsonic" / R&S era. More from Beltram's defining R&S run that put Ghent at the centre of techno.
- — Meng Syndicate — "Sonar System". A Belgian rave-techno record of the early 90s (1991).
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- — T99 — “Anasthasia”. T99’s “Anasthasia” (1991) — the hoover-driven Belgian hardcore/new-beat anthem that defined the sound.
- — Outlander — "Vamp" (R&S). Outlander's "Vamp" on R&S is a defining Belgian rave anthem, all hoover and adrenaline.
- — USA Import — Antwerp (1991). The USA Import club in Antwerp, a key early-90s techno and new-beat venue.
- — USA Import Records & the rave 12"s. Belgian rave ran on import 12"s and labels like USA Import — the hardcore and hoover records that powered Cherry Moon and La Rocca.
- — DETROIT & BELGIAN TECHNO : Techno Documentary 2 ☼. From the Belgian electronic scene — DETROIT & BELGIAN TECHNO : Techno Documentary 2 ☼. (c. 1991).
- — Cubic 22 — "Night in Motion" (Music Man). Cubic 22's rave classic on Ghent's Music Man.
- — Joey Beltram — "Energy Flash" (the floor filler). R&S's "Energy Flash" detonating on the Belgian and European rave floors.
- — Holy Noise / The Loud Crowd — Belgian hardcore. The orchestral-stab, hoover-driven Belgian hardcore sound of 1991 rippled out into UK and Dutch rave.
- — R&S Records — the Ghent powerhouse. Renaat Vandepapeliere and Sabine Maes’s R&S Records in Ghent released the defining techno of the early 90s — Joey Beltram’s "Energy Flash", CJ Bolland, Aphex Twin’s early work. The label that made Belgium a techno capital.
- — Quadrophonia — "Quadrophonia" (1991). A Belgian rave anthem of 1991 — Lords of Acid / Praga Khan-adjacent — that charted across Europe.
- — R&S — the catalogue of classics. R&S's early-90s catalogue reads like a techno canon — Beltram, Bolland, Jaydee, Sun Electric.
- — Lords of Acid — "The Crab Louse". Lords of Acid's provocative Belgian acid-house.
- — Second Phase — "Mentasm" (R&S, 1991). The "Mentasm" / "hoover" riff — Joey Beltram & Mundo Muzique on R&S — became the most-sampled sound in hardcore and Belgian rave.
- — Channel X — "Rave the Rhythm". A Belgian rave classic of the early 90s, all hoover bass and stab riffs.
- — 2 Unlimited — "Get Ready for This". The Belgian-produced (De Coster/Wilde) 2 Unlimited became a global rave-pop juggernaut.
- — Front 242 — "Rhythm of Time". ".
- — Front 242 — "Tragedy for You" (1991). At their commercial peak, Front 242 — the inventors of "Electronic Body Music" — brought the militant Belgian machine sound to international audiences.
- — Lords of Acid — "I Sit on Acid". Praga Khan's Lords of Acid took Belgian new beat and acid into provocative, club-smashing territory and broke internationally.
- — Maurane — the Brussels chanson-jazz voice. Maurane, singing in French with a jazz inflection.
- — CJ Bolland — Camargue. CJ Bolland, a cornerstone of the R&S Records techno sound.
- — Channel Zero — "Suck My Energy". Channel Zero, Belgium's crossover-thrash flagship.
- — Défi J — "Fly Girl". Défi J, an early figure of Belgian French-language hip-hop.
- — Agathocles — the mincecore legends. Agathocles, Belgium's grindcore institution and the 'mincecore' originators.
- — Boccaccio Life Destelbergen 4. From Boccaccio, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — Boccaccio Life Destelbergen 4. (c. 1992).
- — Out Soon launches (1992). Out Soon begins publishing in 1992 — a Belgian print magazine of rave: covers, party listings, record reviews and the flyers of the scene. It runs until 2008.
- — Red Bull Elektropedia presents: Bonzai Records - The Story. From Bonzai, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — Red Bull Elektropedia presents: Bonzai Records - The Story. (c. 1992).
- — Boccaccio — the mixtapes. A row of hand-labelled Maxell cassettes — "Boccaccio 1" through "6" — recorded at the club that gave birth to New Beat. The kind of original tape the Out Soon archive preserves.
- — Praga Khan / Lords of Acid. Maurice Engelen’s Praga Khan and Lords of Acid pushed Belgian new beat and acid house into harder, sexier territory — a key bridge from new beat to the rave 90s.
- — CJ Bolland — "Camargue". CJ Bolland's "Camargue" on R&S, a lush, melodic peak of Belgian techno.
- — CJ Bolland — "Ravesignal III". CJ Bolland's "Ravesignal" series on R&S, peak Belgian techno.
- — CJ Bolland — "Horsepower" (1992). Antwerp-based CJ Bolland was R&S’s in-house genius — "Horsepower" and "The Prophet" are cornerstones of the hard, melodic Belgian techno sound that rippled across Europe.
- — Set Up System — "Fairy Dust". A Belgian new-beat/rave crossover record.
- — Spectrum / Belgian rave 12"s. The Belgian rave 12" sound — hoover, stab, breakbeat — that powered the early-90s floors.
- — USA Import — 1992. USA Import Antwerp, the bridge from new beat to rave.
- — Cubic 22 — "Night in Motion". Cubic 22's "Night in Motion" on Music Man is a quintessential Belgian techno-rave record of 1991-92.
- — Jaydee — "Plastic Dreams" (R&S, 1992). Dutch-Belgian classic on R&S — Jaydee's "Plastic Dreams" is one of the most enduring house records of the 90s.
- — Music Man Records — Ghent techno. Founded by Marc Verhaeghen / The Liaisons Dangereuses crew in Ghent, Music Man Records released foundational Belgian techno and remains active decades on.
- — Telefacts Belgian House Music VTM, 1992 A "Boccaccio Life" Tribute.. From Boccaccio, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — Telefacts Belgian House Music VTM, 1992 A "Boccaccio Life" Tribute. (1992)
- — Telefacts : Belgian House Music (1992) 1/2. From the Belgian electronic scene — Telefacts : Belgian House Music (1992) 1/2. (1992)
- — RETRO 1992 at Cherry Moon Lokeren (1992.00.00-00). A retro mix of Belgian club classics — RETRO 1992 at Cherry Moon Lokeren (1992.00.00-00). (1992)
- — Rave Crusader - Free Volume [Techno Rave][Belgium][1992]. From the Belgian electronic scene — Rave Crusader - Free Volume [Techno Rave][Belgium][1992]. (1992)
- — Track ID 3 (Rave / Techno 1992-1993) (@ Cherry Moon, Belgium). From Cherry Moon, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — Track ID 3 (Rave / Techno 1992-1993) (@ Cherry Moon, Belgium). (1992)
- — Dj Pierre @ Café d'Anvers 1992. From Café d'Anvers, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — Dj Pierre @ Café d'Anvers 1992. (1992)
- — Boccaccio Life Destelbergen (1992) 35min. From Boccaccio, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — Boccaccio Life Destelbergen (1992) 35min. (1992)
- — Dj Marko @ La Rocca on sundays 11-10-1992. From La Rocca, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — Dj Marko @ La Rocca on sundays 11-10-1992. (1992)
- — Front 242 — Religion. Front 242's industrial-EBM, one of Belgium's most influential electronic exports.
- — Frank De Wulf — Belgian techno producer. Frank De Wulf was one of the most important early Belgian techno producers, his "B-Sides" records a blueprint for the Belgian sound.
- — Cherry Moon — Rave Explosion (1993). A Rave Explosion night at the Cherry Moon, the Lokeren temple of Belgian hard trance.
- — Radio Soulwax: This is Belgium Pt. 2: "Cherry Moon On Valium". From Cherry Moon, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — Radio Soulwax: This is Belgium Pt. 2: "Cherry Moon On Valium". (c. 1993).
- — Music Man Records — Ghent techno catalogue. Music Man kept Ghent at the heart of Belgian techno, releasing across the 90s and beyond (1993).
- — Cherry Moon — May 1993. A dated Cherry Moon recording from the Rave Explosion era in Lokeren.
- — Boccaccio — a 1990 night. An archived recording from the Boccaccio, the mirrored temple where New Beat became Belgian house and techno (1993).
- — Cherrymoon Trax — "The House of House" (Bonzai). Cherrymoon Trax's "The House of House" on Bonzai is one of the definitive Belgian hard-trance anthems, named for the Cherry Moon club.
- — Sun Electric / R&S's melodic side. R&S balanced hard techno with melodic, ambient-leaning electronica.
- — Apollo — R&S's ambient sublabel. R&S launched Apollo for ambient/IDM, releasing early Aphex Twin and Biosphere — Belgium's reach beyond the dancefloor.
- — 1993.08.15 | Cherry Moon | Bonzai Records The Hardcore Chapter | Unknown DJ. From Cherry Moon, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — Cherry Moon | Bonzai Records The Hardcore Chapter | Unknown DJ. (1993)
- — "JEFF MILLS 1993 " Belgium. From the Belgian electronic scene — "JEFF MILLS 1993 " Belgium. (1993)
- — Rave Explosion 1993 - Belgium. From the Belgian electronic scene — Rave Explosion 1993 - Belgium. (1993)
- — Rave Party 1993 | The Rave Explosion Party #2 | Belgium. From the Belgian electronic scene — Rave Party 1993 | The Rave Explosion Party #2 | Belgium. (1993)
- — 1993.07.02 | Cherry Moon | The Rave Explosion | Yves Deruyter, The Fly. From Cherry Moon, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — Cherry Moon | The Rave Explosion | Yves Deruyter, The Fly. (1993)
- — 1993 06 04 Cherry Moon The Rave Explosion DJs Yves Deruyter Deg. From Cherry Moon, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — 06 04 Cherry Moon The Rave Explosion DJs Yves Deruyter Deg. (1993)
- — 1993 05 07 Cherry Moon The Rave Explosion DJs Yves Deruyter The Fly. From Cherry Moon, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — 05 07 Cherry Moon The Rave Explosion DJs Yves Deruyter The Fly. (1993)
- — Axelle Red — "Sensualité". Axelle Red, the Flemish soul-pop voice singing in French.
- — Channel Zero — Suck My Energy. Channel Zero, Belgium's foremost metal band.
- — Channel Zero — "Help!". Channel Zero's thrash cover of the Beatles.
- — dEUS — "Suds & Soda". dEUS, the Antwerp art-rock band that defined Belgian indie.
- — Maurane — "Toutes les mamas". Maurane's soulful signature.
- — Fuse opens in Brussels. Fuse opens in the Marollen district of Brussels in 1994 — Belgium’s premier techno club for three decades, and a fixture of Out Soon’s pages until its 2023 closure.
- — Cherry Moon — Yves Deruyter night (1994). A Cherry Moon set from the Rave Explosion era, Yves Deruyter at the Lokeren hard-trance cathedral.
- — Red Bull Elektropedia presents: Fuse: The History Of Belgium's Premier Techno Club.. From Fuse, one of the temples of Belgian club culture — Red Bull Elektropedia presents: Fuse: The History Of Belgium's Premier Techno Club. (c. 1994).
- — Belgian retro-house — the temple sound. A retro-house mix capturing the Cherry Moon / La Rocca / Carat dancefloor sound.
- — Cherry Moon — autumn 1994. Cherry Moon mid-90s, the hard-trance temple at full tilt.
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