I LOVE SARAH (BE) Indie / Pop / Avant Garde / Rock

I LOVE SARAH have been described as follows:

- “armpit-fresh rambling pop” (http://www.goformusic.be)
- “There is an electrical current which flows from these two opposites and creates the sensation of being hit by a "a slice of lemon, wrapped around a large gold brick" as Douglas Adams would say. If you like your rock with posts in it, you can't fail to love this band!” (http://www.moid.be)
- “simple music” (Gazet Van Antwerpen, 19/06/2004)
- “Their music reminds of mobile ringtones and rings in my ears like a beautiful story we tell to our children to scare them. And it works ! Unbelievable ! Goddamn ! This is pure music, between pop, degenerated rock and not giving a fuck.” (http://www.webzinenameless.net)
- “The drummer was talented, the avant-garde pop level was high, they put things on fire, covered Thin Lizzy, used Casio sound effects without making fools out of themselves, changed tempo like they'd never done anything else and overcame every technical problem.” ( http://www.kindamuzik.net)

Wixel is the indietronica outfit of young Belgian Wim Maesschalck. His music can be described as a warm & organic mix of acoustic instruments and gentle electronic treatments with a lot of care for detail and subtle nuances. <br><br> Comparisons have been made with bands ranging from Hood to Fennesz, from Manyfingers to Sigur Ros. After (sold-out) releases on small European cd-r labels like Soundzfromnowhere and Mechanized Mind, summer 2006 saw the release of Wixel's debut Heart, The album has already generated quite some attention from the Belgian press and resulted in several shows and appearances on compilations, including a track on the Domino sampler that came free with a recent issue of The Wire. <br><br> Wixel has played countless shows in various formations, from introvert laptop sets to ‘unplugged’ acoustic gigs with a full band. Now he's looking to play his music across Belgium and Europe with a 3-piece live band. <br><br>
Tomàn is a quartet from West-Flanders. They fancy old analogue synths and mix them into their organic rocksound with lots of tension build-ups and eruptions. <br><br> Think American Analog Set, Explosions In The Sky, GrandaddyÂ… Their first full album, "Catching a Grizzly Bear, Lesson One", mixed by Jürgen De Blonde (aka Köhn) of De Portables, was released in april 2005 on Zeal Records – an instant Duyster favourite . <br><br> This year saw the release of their second full length album “Perhaps we should have smoked the salmon first”, to even greater critical acclaim. For those of you in need of new keywords, how about repetition, sparse electronics, choirs, melancholy, warm guitars, or Flemish blokes having fun? <br><br>