In my six months living in Belgium, I quickly came to the realization that there is awesome talent here and a very multi-cultural music scene but then, when it comes to international recognition, Belgian artists are nowhere to be found. Yes, there was Technotronix but for the rest, people will be hard pressed to mention any Belgian recording artist outside of Belgium.
I decided to give you a video sampling of some of Belgium’s finest. I hope you enjoy the videos and get a different opinion of Belgian music.
Hadise – “Dum Tek Tek”
A Belgian Resident who went up for Turkey at last year’s Eurovision Song Festival
Leki – “Elvis”
Resident of Antwerp – Got first record contract at the age of 16
Bai Kamara Jr – “Hope our misery doesn’t entertain you”
Resident of Brussels
There are tons more of talented musicians hiding in the “Belgian Underground”. They just need to be heard. Maybe things change with Tom Dice having a good chance of winning the Eurovision Festival this year and maybe organizations like “The Belgian 40″, a group of musicians that formed a independent label to get their music heard, will make a difference.
I will write in more detail about the Belgian 40 in the next blog post. Stay tuned for good music coming from this corner of the world.
