{"id":1351,"date":"2021-04-16T20:18:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T20:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2021-04-16T20:30:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T20:30:30","slug":"hooverphonic-the-wrong-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogae-az.org\/index.php\/2021\/04\/16\/hooverphonic-the-wrong-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Hooverphonic will take you to ‘The Wrong Place’ \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Belgium’s choice for the Eurovision Song Contest is Hooverphonic, a band which encompass alternative, electronica, electropop, rock, and a mixture of others. The band is the eleventh act of semi-final 1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Photo Credit: Zeb Daemen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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10 Facts that you would be tricked without knowing!<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1. The group was founded in 1995 by guitarist\/programmer Alex Callier, keyboardist Frank Duch\u00eane, and guitarist Raymond Geerts. The band originally called themselves Hoover, but later changed their name to Hooverphonic after discovering other groups were already using the Hoover name and to avoid any legal issues with the vacuum cleaner company.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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2. Even though, the band originally was created by three members, in 1998 one of the original members, Frank Duch\u00eane left the band due to musical differences. The band still consist of three members:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Alex Callier (48) is one of the founding members. He studied sound engineering at the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound in Brussels. He is the main programmer\/composer and producer, keyboard and bass player for the group and the ‘main musical force’. In 2000 he was awarded the ZAMU Award for best Belgian producer for the soundtrack of the film Shades. Interestingly, he also worked as a sound engineer for VRT, the Belgian Eurovision broadcaster. Alex Callier has also been a member of the jury of The Voice van Vlaanderen for several seasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Raymond Geerts (61) is also a founding member. He\u2019s been the group\u2019s guitarist since 1995. He also co-wrote some of the group’s songs, including ‘Inhaler’ – the first song by Hooverphonic, and songs like ‘Cinderella’ and ‘2 Wicky’. Geerts started playing drums in his youth, but later taught himself how to play the guitar. Raymond was also a member of band called ‘The Ditch’ for a while as its drummer. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Geike Arnaert (41) is the lead singer of the band. She first joined Hooverphonic in 1997 and is the voice most associated with the band. Geike left the group in 2008 but returned in late 2020, to many’s surprise, expecting to hear Luka Cruysberghs on this year’s Eurovision track, like last year’s ‘Release Me’. The vocalist for the band has changed several times, Lybeert, Liesje Sadonius, Kyoko Bartsoen, and No\u00e9mie Wolfs were all part of the band at some point.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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