2 Belgen

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Lena 00:00 Tools
Lena - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Operation Coup de Poing 00:00 Tools
Lena - 2003 Digital Remaster;2003 - Remaster; 00:00 Tools
Lena - 2003 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Opération Coup De Poing 00:00 Tools
Opération Coup De Poing - 2003 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
In the Night 00:00 Tools
Quand le film est triste 00:00 Tools
Lena (original version) 00:00 Tools
Opération Coup De Poing - 2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Lena - 2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
The Third From the Left in the Top Row 00:00 Tools
Some Kind of Madness 00:00 Tools
Call Me 00:00 Tools
Local Cocaine 00:00 Tools
Same Song Never Again 00:00 Tools
Queen of Mine 00:00 Tools
Fever (live) 00:00 Tools
Secret soul 00:00 Tools
The Third From the Left on the Top Row 00:00 Tools
The Carpet on My Wall 00:00 Tools
ChinaTown 00:00 Tools
Kisses Sweet and Sour 00:00 Tools
Soulsmasking (live) 00:00 Tools
I Uv U Ess Betten Unkinell 00:00 Tools
Cara & Sara 00:00 Tools
In The Night - 2003 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Quand Le Film Est Triste - 2003 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
In The Night (Club Version) 00:00 Tools
The day my pat went mad 00:00 Tools
Quand Le Film Est Triste - 2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Lena (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Local Cocaine - 2003 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Queen Of Mine - 2003 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Local Cocaïne 00:00 Tools
In The Night - 2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
The Third From The Left On The Top Row - 2003 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
lena (versión circuncidada) 00:00 Tools
Lena (2003 Digital Remaster) (2003 - Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Local Cocaine - 2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Lena ( Version Circuncidada) 00:00 Tools
Lena (2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Lena (2003 Digital Remaster;2003 - Remaster;) 00:00 Tools
Fever - Live; 2003 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Some Kind Of Madness - 2003 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Same Song Never Again - 2003 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Lena (Djamel version) 00:00 Tools
Lena Lena 00:00 Tools
Lena (2003 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
Queen Of Mine - 2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
I Uv U Ess Betten Unkinell - 2006 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
The Third From The Left On The Top Row - 2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
I Am a Star 00:00 Tools
Opération Coup De Poing (2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Call Me - 2003 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Same Song Never Again - 2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Lena (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Some Kind Of Madness - 2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Opération coup de poing (Brigadier Sabary) 00:00 Tools
Cara & Sara - 2006 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Fever - Live; 2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Secret Soul - 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Opération Coup De Poing (2003 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
lena (ragga radio mix) 00:00 Tools
Secret Soul - 2006 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Call Me - 2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
I Uv U Ess Betten Unkinell - 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Lena (1985) 00:00 Tools
Kisses Sweet And Sour - 2006 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
The Carpet On My Wall - 2006 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
fever 00:00 Tools
In The Night (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Lena (extended) 00:00 Tools
The Day My Pat Went Mad - 2006 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Soulsmasking - Live; 2006 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
2 Belgen - Lena 00:00 Tools
lena (club mix) 00:00 Tools
I uv uess betten unkinell 00:00 Tools
Dancing Thoughts 00:00 Tools
Lena (Ragga Extended Mix) 00:00 Tools
Lena ( Djamel Version) 00:00 Tools
soulsmasking 00:00 Tools
Lena (strictly dance mix) 00:00 Tools
I Was a Fool 00:00 Tools
The Carpet On My Wall - 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
The Day My Par Went Mad 00:00 Tools
Lena [Djamel Version] 00:00 Tools
The Day My Pat Went Mad - 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Local Cocaine (2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Lena 3:58 00:00 Tools
Kisses Sweet And Sour - 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Lena [Version Circuncidada] 00:00 Tools
Soulsmasking - Live; 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Lena (club remix) 00:00 Tools
Chinatown - 2006 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Lena (remix) 00:00 Tools
The Third From The Left 00:00 Tools
Brigadier Sabari (Trop Petit) 00:00 Tools
local cocaпne 00:00 Tools
In The Night (2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Quand Le Film Est Triste (2003 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
Cara & Sara - 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Some Kind Of Madness (2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I Have A Bright Mind 00:00 Tools
LENA (EXTENDED VERSION) 00:00 Tools
Quand Le Film Est Triste (2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Chinatown - 2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Monsterkes 00:00 Tools
My Meat Won't Keep 00:00 Tools
Cara & cara 00:00 Tools
Lena - Versión Circuncidada; 2003 Remastered Version 00:00 Tools
Fever - Live;2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Lena - Versión Circuncidada; 2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
lena (extended clubmix) 00:00 Tools
Opration Coup De Poing 00:00 Tools
Queen Of Mine (2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
I totter to my feet 00:00 Tools
Lena [Extended] 00:00 Tools
The Day My Pet Went Mad 00:00 Tools
Same Song Never Again (2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Call Me (2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Dusty Water 00:00 Tools
Lena (original) 00:00 Tools
Queen Of Mine (Club Mix) 00:00 Tools
Soulsmasking - Live;2006 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
Operation coup de poing 1984 00:00 Tools
Secret Soul (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
The Third From The Left On The Top Row (2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Kisses Sweet And Sour (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Afternoon 00:00 Tools
Collect These Shades on My Face 00:00 Tools
When Fire Breaks Out 00:00 Tools
The Third On The Left From The Top Row 00:00 Tools
Lena (Remble Mix) 00:00 Tools
lena extended clubmix 00:00 Tools
Cara & Sara (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
The Carpet On My Wall (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Soulsmasking (Live) (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
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2 Belgen-Lena (Ragga Radio Mix) 00:00 Tools
Sudden Fortunes 00:00 Tools
Questions 00:00 Tools
Hammer 00:00 Tools
Operation Coup De Poing (Maxi Version) 00:00 Tools
Local Cocaine (2003 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
The Third From The Left On The Top Row (2003 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
Some Kind Of Madness (2003 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
Fever (Live; 2003 Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
Energy (Special DJ Mix) 00:00 Tools
Opération Coup de poing (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Fever (Live) (2003 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Lena - Djamel Version; 2003 Digital Remaster 00:00 Tools
I Uv U Ess Betten Unkinell (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
Lena - 2003 - Remaster 00:00 Tools
Cara Sara 00:00 Tools
The Day My Pat Went Mad (2006 Digital Remaster) 00:00 Tools
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2 Belgen was founded in Ghent, Belgium, and initially consisted of guitar player (later multi-instrumentalist) Rembert De Smet and drummer Herman Celis. The name ("two belgians") was jokingly explained as "the only thing we had in common : our nationality". Almost all the songs are written by Rembert De Smet, who also characterizes the music by the extensive use of the guitar-synthesizer (then a small revolution), playing bass & rhythm on the same guitar and by his quite unique singing style. They sign a deal with Antler (a firm in Aarschot best known for its productions in the alternative genre, eg. Chowchow, Poesie Noire, Nacht Und Nebel, Siglo XX ...) and record a first single with Roland Beelen as producer : this is the single "Quand le film est triste / Lena", of which they immediately sell more than 5,000 copies. As Roland Beelen explained in Wit-Lof from Belgium : "The very first success came almost automatic. It was a very attractive formula : Herman & Rembert were only two, but between the two of them they did almost all the instruments of a complete band. They had their own material and consequently could perform live at a very low cost. 2 Belgen where kind of a curiosity and had very nice melodies too. We didn't have the means of producing those songs very well, but that wasn't necessary : the quality was there". They soon record an untitled debut album with Roland Beelen as producer. Funny and experimental, yet energetic and danceable pop is the result, as was best shown from songs like "The third from the left in the top row" and "I totter to my feet". For the second album "Soulsmasking" (partially produced by Michael Wadada of the english band Suns of Arqa), the band also consisted of Jean-Lou Nowé (vocals, synth), Herman Truyens (percussion) and even included Chris Whitley on guitar (American who was residing in Belgium at the time and had a band called A Noh Rodeo at that time, later on became a internationally renowned singer-songwriter). This album became a big disappointment though, despite the nice single "Call me". Herman Celis, part of the initial duo left the band (and went on to play with Nacht und Nebel), he was replaced with the drummer of Tank of Danzig Uli Kraemer. Rembert also forms "a real band", with Alan Gevaert (A Noh Rodeo, later in the backing of Arno & Charles & The White Trash), Jean-Lou Nowé and Koen Brando (ex-Blanc de Blanc). Rembert decided that "the audience that is enjoying or getting mad with albums at home, is not the audience that is buying albums. "Soulsmasking" made that clear. It even isn't enough to get your album out on the radio : no, the dance-circuit, that's where the money is". Thus, the successors become a bit more mainstream and do loose them a bit of their ever so important "street credibility", but all carry one or two singles which you can hear at every party in the country : "Operation coup de poign" (a song by African artist Alpha Blondy), "Lena" (a re-recording of the B-side of theirs first single, in a danceable remix. This version became a true club-classic of the time.), "Queen of mine" (with B.J.Scott in the backing vocals). These three all get to the top ten of the national hitparades. After 1987 news about the band becomes very scarce, although it wasn't until 1993 that the band was officially declared "deceased". Rembert de Smet did some productions in dance-related territory, before landing in the Spanish cultural club in Ghent, which fueled his passion for Spanish guitars : he has released already two albums with his band Está Loco, cheerful flamencopop with Spanish lyrics Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.