Morton (Jo Casters), Sherman (
Herman Gillis) and Belluci (Roland Beelen) were among the founders of the
New Beat
New beat is a Belgian electronic dance music genre that fuses elements of new wave, hi-NRG,Simon Reynolds: ''Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture.'' Routledge 1999, , p. 124. EBM and hip hop (e.g. scratching).Ti ...
musical trend that started in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
and expanded to elsewhere in Western Europe in and around
1987
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...
. Combined, they released over 100 recordings under various names in less than a year during the peak of the movement.
Aliases
* The Acid Kids
* The Airplane Crashers
*
Balearic Beach
* Beat Professor
* Berliner Meisterschaft
* Boys & Girls At The University
* The Brotherhood Of Sleep
* The Brothers
* Bulgarka
* Chinese Ways
* The Crumbsuckers
* Danse Macabre
* Ei Mori
* Erotic Dissidents
* Explorers Of The Nile
* Freak Brothers
* Fruit Of Life
* The Hippies On LSD
* J.E.T.
* Kings Of
Agreppo
* Mission Impossible
* The Moneymakers
* Mr. Horse
* New Beat Generation
* New Beat Sensation
* Opium Monks
* Probably The Best Band In The World
* Secrets Of China
* Super Nova
* Taste Of Sugar
* The Techno Bastards
* TNT Clan
* Trio Balkana
* The Vacuum Cleaners
The nickname "Morton-Sherman-Belucci" is allegedly a parody on the prolific 1980s Hi-NRG producer team of
Stock, Aitken & Waterman.
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External links
Belgian electronic music groups
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