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

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really. a new album? i'm listening to my dusty tape of the first album. which i guess i gotta say i like more than the other Cranes I have had and heard. But i do like some of the other ones too.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 27 September 2004 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Switched off after the dire "Population 4" but have to admit that Ned's AMG review got me interested in "Future Songs"

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:02 (nineteen years ago) link

OMG! It's 5:03 pm and I'm Listening to the Geto Boys!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:03 (nineteen years ago) link

hahaha! how often does that happen?

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link

OMG! It's 11:08 and I'm listening to Current 93/ HÖH's "Island"!!!

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link

OMG it's 511 and i am listening to a cranes bootleg.
does she play any guitar on the new one?

― kephm, Monday, 27 September 2004 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link

hahaha! how often does that happen?

the words "blue" and "moon" spring to mind.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link

that current 93 tape i was listening to today was sounding good. i like that one song where someone is singing "na na na na na na na na hey hey goodbye" in the background.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:10 (nineteen years ago) link

OMG! It's 5:10 and I'm listening to Mahler 8!

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:16 (nineteen years ago) link

I was listening to mahler the other day! I don't remember what time it was though.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:20 (nineteen years ago) link

I'd forgotten how demented 'The Fall of Christopher Robbins' was..

― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:21 (nineteen years ago) link

OMG it's 5:26 and I'm listening to "Metal Box"! For the first time ever!

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link

omg it's 22.47 and i'm listening to the Mohabbatein soundtrack with Lata Mangeshkar & Udit Narayan.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Monday, 27 September 2004 20:50 (nineteen years ago) link

OMG I wish I wasn't at work.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 27 September 2004 21:05 (nineteen years ago) link

OMG! There's no beer in the fridge! CRISIS!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 27 September 2004 21:18 (nineteen years ago) link

That 242 comeback record was WANK. So awful.

― Xii (Xii), Wednesday, 29 September 2004 19:54 (nineteen years ago) link

seven months pass...

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

OMG more Front 242 talk!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Never stop.

― donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

It's 9:45 PM (Eastern Time)

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

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

NO ALEX PUT DOWN THE GUN

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

two months pass...

front 242 on tour this fall.

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

9:57 PM PST

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

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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

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

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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

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

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

No, I'm not jealous.

I LIE.

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

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

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

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

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

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

(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 (eighteen years ago) link

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 (eighteen years ago) link

DAMN! 14 = Together

*finally shuts up now*

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

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Front 242 have just announced that they'll stop touring after this year. Final dates here...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3w0JeJNjBZ/?igsh=cWh5MGFpeW14dWd4

― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Sunday, 25 February 2024 13:54 (one month ago) link

rest in peace, brave warriors. your work is done. we salute you.

― scott seward, Sunday, 25 February 2024 15:12 (one month ago) link

there should be an old industrial musician home that people can go to.

― scott seward, Sunday, 25 February 2024 15:12 (one month ago) link

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