The Glimmers (BE)

Saturday Sep. 18 – Tou scene 1 at 01:30

It’s been a crazy decade for the Glimmers. It all started when they created Eskimo Recordings way back in 1999, a label that now hosts big shot names like Lindstrom & Prins Thomas and future disko kings Aeroplane. On that label the Glimmers released several projects and mix albums. The press loved everyone of them. ‘Serie Noire : Dark Pop and New Beat’ (2002) was probably the most innovative one they ever did so far, and it gave The Glimmer Twins their well deserved breakthrough in the international DJ scene. Serie Noire ended up as number two in that years list of Best Compilations in Jockey Slut magazine (R.I.P.).

Their amalgamation of new-beat-funk-dub-house-techno-party-hip-hop-electro-new-wave-edgy-post-punk-disco-rock and a bit of pop was a revelation to those bored of linear mix albums. It became their trademark and according to DJ Magazine, ..The Glimmers are the most adventurous DJ duo in the world !

Remixes have been made for Grace Jones, MGMT, Bloc Party, The Killers, New Order, Roxy Music, Isolee, Phoenix, Munk, Pop Del Arte, Snow Patrol, Soulwax, Calvin Harris, Shirley Bassey, Junkie XL, The Chemical Brothers, Doves, Moby and Phenomenal Hand Clap Band. A lot of those remixes were released successfully and a few of them never saw the daylight officially.

This belgium duo is about to release their new album Whomp that sucker! in September at the same time as Numusic. As the Glimmers describe it ..”This time there are no musicians involved. Nothing is recorded live, all the music here is sampled, ripped, stolen and abused.. No guest appearances, no pop or rock stars on vocals, no hypes. This time we only serve second hand discoid beats, analogue synths, bleeps, bass and FX and a few gimmicks here and there..”

Now is this something worth hearing? Yeah, we think so….