quoted 3 lines speaking of Frank De Wulf and all that has got me curious about> speaking of Frank De Wulf and all that has got me curious about
> the Belgian New Beat movement. Has anyone got any definitive info
> on the subject?
"Definitive" as in ...? Born in the Belgian club scene in the lateish '80s,
drove everyone crazy when it first started, heavy sexual imagery (check out
some of the track titles!), slowish BPMs, the direct offspring of
the more melodic side of industrial dance and acid house. Didn't last
too long, mostly because there wasn't enough innovation within the scene to keep
it going, but there were some good tracks. People like the Lords of Acid,
Praga Khan, and as someone else mentioned, F DeWulf, came from the new beat
scene.
For what it's worth, I see goa trance as a direct descendant of new beat,
both in terms of overall style and philosophy.