T99 were a

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music group best known for their song "Anasthasia", which reached number 14 in the

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in May 1991. T99 was initially Patrick DeMeyer, who released three solo works under this pseudonym. However, he heard Olivier Abbeloos (also of

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) working on the track "Anasthasia", and suggested that they jointly release it as T99. From then on, T99 was a duo made up of de Meyer and Abbeloos. They experienced brief success with "Anasthasia" and the follow-up, "Nocturne". Their only album release, '' Children of Chaos'', contained seventeen tracks which varied from

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, along with a

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performance art piece. Their sound was

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in tracks by

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, and

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. "Anasthasia" appeared on the soundtrack to the 1999 film, ''

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''. De Meyer later went on to write material for

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and 2 Unlimited, while Olivier Abbeloos started the label Holographic.

Discography

Albums

* '' Children of Chaos'' (1992) * '' Complete Works: The Best of T99'' (2000)

Singles

References

External links

T99 at Discogs

Musicmatic
- for the release date
Soundcloud
- Olivier Abbeloos (aka T99)
Holographic
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