Minimalistix was a
progressive trance
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music project from
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, consisting of members Dave Lambrechts, Janus De Decker, Johan Casters, Peter Bellaert and Steve Sidewinder (Andy Vandierendonck) Poison Ivy (Els Mortelmans) voice and performance on stage and existing from 2000 to 2010.
The group was started by Bellaert (alias Brian Koner) who purchased his first
synthesizer at the age of eighteen, and gained his first
recording contract in 1991, when he signed to Snowball Records. The group first gained mainstream recognition with the white label
single
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, "Struggle for Pleasure" (a
remix of the 1983
Wim Mertens
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track) in Belgium
dance clubs
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. In 2000 the track reached the
Top 10 of
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an radio dance tracks. Two of the group's singles reached the Top 40 in the
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. "Close Cover" peaking at #12 and "Magic Fly" (remix of
Space's 1977
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) at #36. Meanwhile "Struggle For Pleasure" reached #38 in the
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chart, and "Close Cover" made #34.
[ Minimalistix Dutch Wikipedia Entry]
Minimalistix's first album, ''Elements'', was released in 2002.
Discography
Singles
*2000 "Struggle for Pleasure"
phear*2000 "Voices for Jana"
phear*2001 "A Forest"
phear*2001 "A Forest (Remixes)"
phear*2001 "Close Cover"
phear
*2001 Twin Peaks Theme "Falling"
phear
*2002 "Close Cover" - Progressive and Hard Trance Mixes
phear/Data*2002 "Magic Fly"
ostiko*2003 "Magic Fly (Remixes)"
*2007 "Whistling Drive" (aka Young Folks)
he Dance Division/Liberator Music*2007 "Whistling Drive" / "Struggle for Pleasure"
ardstylers/Mostiko*2008 "Code to Blue (MP3 release)
*2010 "Ashk"
Albums
*2002 ''Elements''
oskito*2002 ''Tranthem'' - Mixed By Minimalistix
uperb Trax
Remixes
*2000 The Traveler & In Motion "Believe"
ive AM*2000 Trancid "I Would Stay"
phear*2001
Lost Witness "Did I Dream" (Song to the Siren)"
ata*2001 Montini "The Sound of Innocence Goes On"
phear
*2002
Tillmann Uhrmacher "On the Run"
elstar TV*2002 Flesh & Bones "My Time Has Come"
ostiko*2002 Posion I.V. "Adagio for Strings"
ony Music Entertainment*2002 CREA & D.A.I. "Free And Easy"
vex Trax
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*2002
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"
Sunlight"
olystar*2002
4 Strings "Diving"
oylstar*2002
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"The Earthshaker"
ang On!*2002 Flesh & Bones "I Love You"
elstar TV*2002 DJ Gert "Give Me Some More"
2K*2002
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"I'll Be Your Angel"
ultiply*2002 Redd Square ft.
Tiff Lacey
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"In Your Hands"
nferno*2003 Kira "2 Hearts"
ostiko*2003
Junkie XL
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ft.
Solomon Burke "Catch Up To My Step"
oadrunner*2003 Decoy & Roy "Inner Life"
ecadance Recordings*2005 White Widow "I Am Leaving You"
ostiko*2006 Knarf FC "Fortune"
ostiko*2007
Regi ft.
Scala "I Fail"
ostiko
References
Belgian trance music groups
Belgian dance music groups
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