Dark electronics from Raveyards on CD ‘Recollect’ – Culture & media

The album of the triumvirate Raveyards has just been released, which includes Francois De Meyer and STAKE members Brent Vanneste and Joris Casier from Wevelgem.

On Friday, August 7, Wevelgem turned twenty-eight years old to Brent Vanneste, the singer-guitarist of STAKE (ex-Steak Number Eight). To celebrate this he gave himself a second EP, under the pseudonym Brennt. As ‘Purple Venom’ progresses, Brennt ramps up the beat of the beats. “The order of the tracks has been thought through. Hopefully, as a listener, you will be part of a trip”, says Vanneste. At Brennt …

On Friday, August 7, Wevelgem turned twenty-eight years old to Brent Vanneste, the singer-guitarist of STAKE (ex-Steak Number Eight). To celebrate this he gave himself a second EP, under the pseudonym Brennt. As ‘Purple Venom’ progresses, Brennt ramps up the beat of the beats. “The order of the tracks has been thought through. Hopefully, as a listener, you will be part of a trip”, says Vanneste. Dark techno is a musical building block for Brennt. He is an electrokid, both in making the tracks and in deejaying. Vanneste hopes that he will soon be able to go free again and fill dance floors. Who does not hope, together with him? That electro kid also goes off the chain in Raveyards. In 2012, this electronic underground dance project was launched by Stefan Bracke (known from The Subs), Pieter de Wilde (who was behind the drum kit for Raketkanon, among others) and Francois De Meyer. The Ghent electro wizard Francois De Meyer contributes the 2.0 version of Raveyards the captaincy. Together with STAKE drummer Joris Casier from Wevelgem, Brent Vanneste is part of that 2.0 line-up. Without the coronavirus, Raveyards would have dropped his album ‘Recollect’ back in the spring, and the eight tracks are impossible to compartmentalize. It is not dance, not electro, not hip hop. It is all this and often at the same time. “The album ‘Recollect’ is more punkier than our previous work, also in view of the live performances that will hopefully be back in the foreseeable future”, says Vanneste. “This sounds like fairly well-reasoned, but it is by no means. Sound-wise, ‘Recollect’ is reminiscent of both the 80s and the 90s. Genres such as electronic noise and breakbeat techno have certainly inspired us. Still, ‘Recollect’ sounds very 2020 as a whole. Live, De Meyer is responsible for the bones of the sound, Casier loosely plays on the digital drums and Vanneste enjoys the synthesizers to pour an analogue and digital sauce over it. Experience this experience, because Raveyards certainly is on stage. Hopefully very soon on a stage near you. (svv)

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