Electronic Sound Issue 74 2021

English | 100 pages | True PDF | 16 MB

Never mind the chocolate. Forget the moules-frites. Give no further thought to Plastic Bertrand or Kevin De Bruyne or that bronze statue of a little boy having a wee. Because what Belgium is most famous for is Telex, the trio responsible for some of the very finest early European synthpop records. Who could forget classics such as ’Moskow Diskow’ and ‘Euro-Vision’? We rest our case. Marc Moulin, the journalist and label owner who came up with the original idea for Telex back in 1978, is sadly no longer with us, but we’re delighted to be able to talk to the two surviving members of the band, frontman Michel Moers and synth virtuoso Dan Lacksman, for this month’s cover story. Four decades on from their best known records, they’ve lost none of their love for all things electronic. Or their wry sense of humour.