OMG! It's 9:30 AM And I'm Listening To Front 242!

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More Front 242 talk here since... sadly the thread title is the non-obviously-searchable "Tragedy (For You)"

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 17:43 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG! It's 2:47 PM and I'm listening to... Margueritas? Actually I have no fucking clue who this is but it's groovy.

(xpost Title search + judicious use of quotes R UR friend, DB)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 17:45 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG more Front 242 talk!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Never stop.

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 17:48 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

It's 9:45 PM (Eastern Time)

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 00:40 (twenty years ago)

I'm currently in an internet cafe being subjected to Richard Marx. It's 9:47 am.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 12:47 (twenty years ago)

OMG! It's 9:38 AM and I'm listening to GusGus!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)

I'm currently at work yearning to go back home and listen to R. Kelly's new album. It is 3:49 pm

― Die Emanzipation von Baaderonixx (redukt) (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)

your clock is slow, Dan. Ugh, now I'm hearing Los Lonely Boys. Who buys this fucking shit?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 12:50 (twenty years ago)

My clock isn't slow, I just can't type. 3, 4, what's the diff?

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

I'm surrounded be loud, annoying tourists, and they're now playing John Mellencamp. It is time for me to leave this place.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 13:01 (twenty years ago)

NO ALEX PUT DOWN THE GUN

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 13:07 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

front 242 on tour this fall.

― drone/a/saur (william), Sunday, 18 September 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

9:57 PM PST

― tricky (disco stu), Thursday, 29 September 2005 03:57 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Anyone going ?

(I'm in Belgium, so I've just ordered a ticket for their 25th anniversary (a double show on March 3rd and 4th))

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

wow - i'm gonna buy tix for that anniversary week-end straight away!

― Baaderonixx says DANCE!! TAKE A CHANCE!!! are you ready for... TRUE ROMANCE (baa, Monday, 7 November 2005 09:51 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

ohboyoyboyoyboyohboy! Tomorrow and Saturday! (link = full lineup with The Hacker, Fixmer, Carretta, etc.)

Alfa Matrix newsletter, yesterday:

Important news concerning FRONT 242 double gig Brussels !

On Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th March, Belgium's electronic music pioneers FRONT 242 will be celebrating the band's 25th anniversary with their fans and friends at the legendary Ancienne Belgique concert hall in Brussels - Belgium for two explosive sold-out nights...

To make the event even more special, the band's label ALFA MATRIX will be offering you CD's and DVD's from FRONT 242 (and related) at very special "anniversary" prices... Make sure you visit our merchandising stand at the Ancienne Belgique and receive on top one exclusive FREE 17-track CD compilation (until stocks are exhausted).

In related news, when visiting FRONT 242 during their rehearsals, we picked up rumours that the following songs will also be played during one or both nights: Until death us do part, Circling overland, Tragedy for you, Quite unusual, ...

See you all there to join the rhythm...

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 2 March 2006 21:02 (twenty years ago)

(and yes, all of those were supposed to be "ohboy")

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 2 March 2006 21:07 (twenty years ago)

You're going? I chickened out when I saw the price of the tix...

― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 March 2006 21:51 (twenty years ago)

Yes, I'm going both nights. Didn't think it was that expensive, if you see who's going to be there. It's a small two-day festival, for €40. (Bauhaus, no support: €33. dEUS: €33 for one of the shows yesterday and today)

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 2 March 2006 22:04 (twenty years ago)

yeah I guess... Were you at the Bauhaus night at AB?

― Le Baaderonixx de Clignancourt (baaderonixx), Thursday, 2 March 2006 22:05 (twenty years ago)

No, I wasn't, sadly. Had a ticket but I was sick on the day of the show. anyway. Front, in a couple of hours! (parked near the venue already, typing this on my cell phone.)

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 3 March 2006 18:18 (twenty years ago)

Wow. That was quite unusual, to say the least. They played loads of old classics... Quite unusual, no shuffle, don't crash, kampfbereit (with a quote from kraftwerk's radioactivity, moldavia, welcome to paradise, headhunter, ... Can't wait to see what they'll do tomorrow!

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 3 March 2006 21:49 (twenty years ago)

just got home, here's a couple of tracks I forgot to mention when I was leaving the venue (previous message) : Gripped By Fear, Commando Mix, Rhythm Of Time, Loud, Never Stop, Punish Your Machine, Religion, Melt

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 01:02 (twenty years ago)

ooh, and also Body To Body. and Circling Overland. and one I didn't recognize. final encore: Soul Manager.

That's about it, I think.

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 01:12 (twenty years ago)

No, I'm not jealous.

I LIE.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 March 2006 01:13 (twenty years ago)

oops. final encore was Rhythm Of Time. sorry. (remind me not to post here when not 100% sober)

And the visuals. I haven't mentioned the visuals yet. They were incredible. Unfortunately, I've only seen one big camera near the PA and nothing else, so I'm going to have to assume these two shows aren't going to be released on DVD. :-(

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 01:27 (twenty years ago)

Also unfortunately, people always spontaneously start to talk in my vicinity during shows, it seems. Nevertheless, here's that (quickly equalized, temporary version because I'm a bit deaf at the moment) Kampfbereit I mentioned, with a bit in French and a few lines from Radioactivity thrown in.

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 01:37 (twenty years ago)

from the "tragedy (for you)" thread:

can any front 242 fans help me out? heard "headhunter v1.0" the other day for what might have been the first time, but I've heard chunks of it before - I can place the opening bit as sampled by dennis dj's "cerol na mao", but the bit which starts at around thirty seconds in - where have I heard that before? kraftwerk? miami bass? blackstrobe? the ingame music for the first command & conquer? argh!

-- etc (et...), August 31st, 2005

. . . wait, maybe I've gotten it the wrong way round - that pulsing keyboard bit's sampled by the avalanches on "flight tonight", isn't it?

― etc, Saturday, 4 March 2006 02:12 (twenty years ago)

And here are a couple of cell phone pics of the small but nice Expo242 exhibition.

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 12:06 (twenty years ago)

video in Dutch on Belgian TV. interview and a couple of short clips.

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 13:43 (twenty years ago)

(click on "Meer collageartiesten dan echte muzikanten" to the right of the pic to start the video)

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 13:44 (twenty years ago)

in case I haven't bored anyone to death about last night's show yet: the final corrected setlist. I'll try to not repeat the 20 overenthusiastic posts I did yesterday after tonight's show :-)

01. first in, first out
02. body to body
03. no shuffle
04. don't crash
05. religion
06. welcome to paradise
07. commando remix
08. quite unusual
09. melt
10. circling overland
11. gripped by fear
12. loud
13. moldavia
14. (don't know this one) ("inspired by the freedom fight"? "I feel home again"?)
15. take one
16. headhunter
----
17. kampfbereit
18. punish your machine
----
19. soul manager
20. rhythm of time

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 15:01 (twenty years ago)

DAMN! 14 = Together

*finally shuts up now*

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Wow! Again! Today, they did all the other classics: lovely day, u-men, operating tracks, im rhythmus bleiben, until death, happiness,... And about five or six tracks they also played yesterday like headhunter, paradise, body to body. Woo!

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 22:05 (twenty years ago)

Somehow it's comforting knowing a)there's someone out there completely out of their minds over Front 242 and b)that they're actually seeing them live in this day and age

I was going to check out their first album recently, haven't gotten around to it yet. One song sounded pretty good anyway.

― Bimble The Nimble (Bimble...), Saturday, 4 March 2006 22:11 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, well, they still rule. If you see what came after them in that genre (the supporting acts on both days), it's pretty clear that only the originators are still the best. The immortal Front classics, however, will never, eh, die.

Oh, and they did Masterhit and Crapage too, by the way.

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 4 March 2006 23:59 (twenty years ago)

(-only)

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 March 2006 00:00 (twenty years ago)

show 2:

01. first in, first out
02. body to body
03. u-men
04. lovely day
05. religion
06. welcome to paradise
07. masterhit
08. tragedy > for you <
09. crapage
10. 7rain
11. until death (us do part)
12. one with the fire
13. moldavia/neurobashing
14. together
15. im rhythmus bleiben
16. headhunter
----
17. operating tracks
18. happiness
----
19. loud
20. take one

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 March 2006 14:22 (twenty years ago)

There must be recordings of these to be released. Or else. (I listened to Re:Boot last night to semi-pretend I was there.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 March 2006 14:24 (twenty years ago)

17. kampfbereit

what i would give to have witnessed this!

― stirmonster (stirmonster), Sunday, 5 March 2006 14:30 (twenty years ago)

i think it'd be either very good or terrible. i used to love front 242 up til whatever it was they released after the evil and off boxes. only ever saw them once in glasgow in 89 but the sound was immense. and they played shostakovich incredibly loud just before soundchecking.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Sunday, 5 March 2006 15:40 (twenty years ago)

2 minutes of Happiness, one of the newer tracks, filmed from the balcony (43 mb download), found on the Red Team forum. Yes, it was very loud. Compared to some of the other tracks, not much crowd movement here.

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 March 2006 17:00 (twenty years ago)

OMG! 17 hours left! Quick!

(wtf?)

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 March 2006 17:04 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

Finally got the Mut@ge Mix@ge remix comp from back in 1994 used the other week. Great, of course, but it doesn't hurt to have your remixers be the Prodigy, the Orb and Underworld.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 18 May 2006 15:12 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

OMG! It's 10:20 AM And I'm Watching The Awesome "Take One" Video!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9dFpJ6GiwRc

― scott seward, Friday, 14 December 2007 15:21 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

just spent the day revisiting a large chunk of the F242 catalogue.
damn it stands up well.
i'd completely forgotten the pleasures that headphone listening to 242 can induce.
i was lucky to see the Front By Front tour, and fuck it was good.
easily one of my favourite gigs.
when cruising the ILM archives, i expected a barrage of hatred towards the band, so this thread came as a pleasant surprise i have to say.

― mark e, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:33 (eighteen years ago)

Hmm, I have to disagree re. the test of time. Recent spins have left me a bit cold.

― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:48 (eighteen years ago)

ahh well.
its all to do with nostalgia innit.
i'm sooo loving the old technonlogy sounds today.
then again, the love maybe due to the fact i shaved my head this morning.
Oh, and surely Front 242 are meant to leave you feeling cold.
Warm and cuddly they were never meant to be ?

― mark e, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 21:53 (eighteen years ago)

four months pass...

New free 2-track single available for download now:

http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=1534_0_8_0_C

― StanM, Sunday, 15 June 2008 16:23 (eighteen years ago)

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