N.1 in Belgium. Some good music.
Belgium is an interesting little country where I spent my teens, and where I started making music. Over the centuries, it has been invaded and occupied by many ex-superpowers (Spain, France, The Netherlands), and with it’s three linguistic communities, it is a surprisingly culturally-rich and unique place.
I naïvely though that everyone everywhere would be as open-minded and non-sectarian when it comes to art & music. Wrong. So badly wrong.
In retrospect, I feel I owe an immense debt of gratitude to Belgium for making me incapable of thinking in terms of musical genres, or incapable of staying within any kind of stylistic boundary (no matter how hard I sometimes try).
Merci. Dank u. Danke schön.