New Beat
The accident that became a genre. A 45 played at 33 with the pitch pushed up, the Antwerp and Ghent clubs that adopted it, the records pressed in a matter of weeks, and a national craze that burned out inside three years.
Part of The Belgian Sound
38 moments in this segment.
- - From Popcorn to New Beat. Belgium's earlier "Popcorn" oldies-dance scene fed directly into the new beat tempo and sensibility.
- - Nux Nemo - "Hi-Lite". One of the records that, slowed down on Belgian dancefloors, helped define the New Beat tempo and feel.
- - New beat - "Acid Rock" & the acid crossover. New beat met acid house as the Belgian sound mutated at the end of the 80s.
- - Antler-Subway & the New Beat labels. Antwerp's Antler-Subway and a cluster of small Belgian labels pressed the New Beat and early-house records that fuelled the late-80s craze.
- - La New Beat: le phénomène electro belge!. New Beat from the Belgian scene, La New Beat: le phénomène electro belge!. (c. 1988).
- - Boccaccio - the birthplace of New Beat. The Boccaccio in Destelbergen, with its mirrored temple interior, is where New Beat was born, DJ's spinning EBM at the wrong speed to a packed, hypnotised floor.
- - NEW BEAT FRUM BELGIUM - Boccaccio Remix. New Beat from the Belgian scene, NEW BEAT FRUM BELGIUM - Boccaccio Remix. (c. 1988).
- - talking about belgian new beat... New Beat from the Belgian scene, talking about belgian new beat.. (c. 1988).
- - The new beat sound - slowed to 33rpm. New Beat's signature trick: playing EBM and acid 45s at 33rpm, creating a darker, hypnotic mid-tempo groove that swept Belgian clubs.
- - The Maxx - "Cocaine" / New Beat hits. New Beat's dark, mid-tempo throb produced a wave of 1988 club records that briefly dominated Belgian nightlife.
- - Lords of Acid - early new beat. Praga Khan's Lords of Acid emerged from the new beat scene before going international.
- - Rrose Sélavy / In-D - "Virgin in-D Sky's". In-D's "Virgin in-D Sky's" is one of the most iconic New Beat records, a Belgian club staple of 1988.
- - The Belgian new beat compilations. New Beat compilations like "This Is The New Beat" gathered the sound into a national craze.
- - New Beat is born - Boccaccio (1988). In the late 1980s, Belgian DJs slowed EBM and acid records to a hypnotic crawl. Born in clubs like Boccaccio in Destelbergen, "New Beat" became a national craze and the foundation of Belgian techno.
- - Erotic Dissidents / "Move Your Ass" - new beat hits. New Beat threw off a stream of one-off club hits and novelty smashes in 1988-89, a genre that briefly took over Belgian charts and dancefloors.
- - Morton, Sherman, Bellucci - "Music" (new beat). A Belgian new beat project typical of the genre's studio-team approach and deadpan hooks.
- - Belgian New Beat Video Hits - Part Two: Acid Heavy Tracks (Miss Nicky Trax, Tribe 22, Boy Toy, etc.). New Beat from the Belgian scene, Belgian New Beat Video Hits - Part Two: Acid Heavy Tracks (Miss Nicky Trax, Tribe 22, Boy Toy, etc.). (c. 1989).
- - Belgian New Beat Video Hits - Part One: The Introduction. (Jade 4U, A Split Second, Liasons D, etc.). New Beat from the Belgian scene, Belgian New Beat Video Hits - Part One: The Introduction. (Jade 4U, A Split Second, Liasons D, etc.). (c. 1989).
- - Prestige, Ancienne Belgique & the New Beat clubs. A circuit of Flemish clubs, Prestige, the Ancienne Belgique nights, spread the New Beat craze across Belgium in the late 80s.
- - Amnesia - "Hysteria". A defining late-New-Beat / early-house Belgian record, bridging the genres on the cusp of the 90s.
- - Jade 4U / Miss Nicky Trax - New Beat's women. Producers and vocalists like Jade 4U (Nikkie Van Lierop) shaped the New Beat and early-rave sound from the inside.
- - Confetti's - the New Beat dance craze. Confetti's turned New Beat into a televised dance craze, complete with choreography, taking the Belgian sound to pop audiences.
- - Confetti's - "The Sound of C" (1989). New Beat went pop with Confetti's "The Sound of C", a chart hit, complete with the hi-NRG dance craze, that carried the Belgian sound into living rooms across Europe.
- - Technotronic - "Pump Up the Jam" (1989). Belgium's Technotronic took the new beat / hip-house sound to #1 around the world with "Pump Up the Jam", the country's biggest electronic pop crossover of the era.
- - New beat goes to TV - the video hits. New Beat invaded Belgian television with dance shows and video-hit compilations in 1988-89.
- - Acid house arrives in Belgium. As new beat peaked, acid house's 303 squelch crossed into the Belgian clubs, pushing toward rave.
- - New beat's provocative pop hits. New beat threw off provocative novelty hits that briefly dominated the Belgian charts.
- - Rhythm Device - "Acid Rock". Frank De Wulf's Rhythm Device "Acid Rock" bridged new beat, acid and the coming techno.
- - Tragic Error - "Tanzen" (new beat hit). Tragic Error's "Tanzen" was one of the bigger new-beat-era Belgian club and chart records.
- - Belgian Popcorn-to-house mix. The Popcorn oldies-dance sound that fed into Belgian new beat and house.
- - Technotronic - "Get Up!". Technotronic followed "Pump Up the Jam" with another global hi-NRG/hip-house smash.
- - Technotronic - "This Beat Is Technotronic". More hip-house from Belgium's biggest new-beat-era pop export.
- - Lords of Acid - "Rough Sex". Praga Khan's Lords of Acid pushed acid-house provocation to the international stage.
- - Lords of Acid - "The Crab Louse". Lords of Acid's provocative Belgian acid-house.
- - Lords of Acid - "I Sit on Acid". Praga Khan's Lords of Acid took Belgian new beat and acid into provocative, club-smashing territory and broke internationally.
- - Praga Khan / Lords of Acid. Maurice Engelen’s Praga Khan and Lords of Acid pushed Belgian new beat and acid house into harder, sexier territory, a key bridge from new beat to the rave 90s.
- - Lords of Acid - I Sit on Acid. The provocative Belgian acid-house act Lords of Acid (2000).
- - New Beat Megamix The Boccaccio Mix. New Beat from the Belgian scene, New Beat Megamix The Boccaccio Mix. (2014)
