Outsiders: Kanal w/ 77_82 & Nicky Rat

Belgian sound, since ’77. Recorded in basements, live or in the studio, released in different formats or played on the radio. Like a country and its capital, hostile and fragmented, where violence, claustrophobia and tenderness are part of the culture. More than a scene, this selection shows the instability of an era, turning it into a force that laid the ground for an independent culture, made in urgency and still going today. A real and imaginary city, built from records, memories, demands and boredom.

The Cultural Decay - Brave New World - Sexy Robot - 1981 Contingent - Violence - Contingent - 1980 Un entretien avec Jeanne Moreau - Les Disques du Crépuscule - TWI 007 - 1980 Section 25 - Je veux ton amour - Factory Benelux - FAC BN 5 - 1981 Suicide - 23 Minutes in Bruxelles - Red Star Records - 1980 Gene Eastend - Fight - Monopole - 1981 Perfectine - J’ai pas peur - Sub-Continental - 2026 Spermicide - Belgique - No Wonder - 1980 Polyphonic Size - Action Man - Care Of Play It Again Sam - 1982 Suspects - Bombs - Doggy Doo Records - 1981 Tipical Me - Claustrofobian - Colour Record - 1985 Noise Gate - Splendor - Noise Product - 1987 Isabelle & Les Nics-Nacs - Situations - Sub-Rosa - 2014 Buzz Buzz & The Common Oi! - Brussels - Maximum Labour - 2014 Lost Legion - LSD - The Baby - 1982 Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dream PT.II - Industrial Records - 1980 Mensen Blaffen - Hippopotame - Colour Record - 1986 Barrera - Silencio - La Vida Es Un Mus - 2021 Chainsaw - Kill The Blanks - Romantik Records - 1977 Warsaw - They Walked The Line - Self-Released - 1977 The Durutti Column - For Belgian Friends - Factory Benelux - FBN 10 - 1981 Antena - Achilles - Les Disques Du Crépuscule - TWI114 - 1982