IC 434 was founded in 1994 by Geert de Wilde and was named after the so-called Horsehead Nebula, a beautiful galactic cloud in the impressive constellation of Orion. As you can expect from the name of the project, the lyrics mainly contain astronomical descriptions, linked with some very personal experiences Geert had with death and other obscure subjects - all lyrics are autobiographic. The mysteries on our planet and in the universe also have an important place in the lyrics, just as animal rights, nature in general and the sickness of our society.
Impressed by one of the concerts in 1996, Dirk Ivens (THE KLINIK, DIVE and SONAR) decided to offer IC 434 a contract on his label DAFT (BODY) RECORDS. Three albums were released on that label between 1996 and 2002. The first IC 434 album, WEATHERING SKIES, was re-released in 2006 and is still available just by sending a private message (not available at regular stores). Other older items are sold out.
The sound is completely based on the 80's Korg M1, with only a couple of additional samples. This doesn't mean that IC 434 tends to create a typical old school sound, but just a kind of timeless dark electronic and 'danceable' music, combining elements from now and earlier days.
Geert also started with a side project, PANGEA, in 1998. Some people describe it as a mix of EBM and Goa/Psy Trance. Doing remixes of the PANGEA song 'Permafrost', Guy Van Mieghem asked Geert to join his legendary act VOMITO NEGRO after Gin Devo left in 2002. Geert of course accepted and together they performed live and started working on new VOMITO NEGRO songs. Unfortunatelly, Guy recently had to quit most of his musical activities for reasons of health.
Remixes made for:
Brainleisure - Crawl In Vain
Experiment Haywire - Mean Enough Hot Enough
Grandchaos - God Is Dead
Hocico - Ladykiller (Obedience remix)
Implant - The Age Of Experiment (Space Lab remix by Pangea)
Neikka RPM - Find A Way
Psy'Aviah - Broken Child
+ Nebula-H featuring Pangea - Andalusiòn
Some live impressions:
Horsehead (May 2008) & Skull Watch (December 2006):
It’s an honor to meet you, & to have your support,
Digital Current - was created with the mindset to break out of musical norms. To create something fresh with classical elements and sweeping, pulsing electronic thump. It's a unique blend of drum and bass, IDM, breaks, virtual orchestra, techno, ambient, reggae, chill, & rock.
You can check out my new CD “The Fallen Rise” at cdbaby.com (mp3 & hardcopy), fixtstore.com (mp3 only) under the indie section or on iTunes - Just click on the appropriate photo links on my page to purchase.
I’m already at work on a remixed album and have numerous demo’s uploaded to listen to.
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