Dark reflections. Credits : © A. MYAKISHEV
BREAK A GLASS
Next single.
Coming out soon.
DAYDREAMER (To the moon and back)
Excellent b-side.
Coming out soon.
RADIO
Remastered acoustic song.
Coming out soon.
TALK RIGHT DOWN TO EARTH
Coming out soon.
HEARTBEAT feat. ZOP HOPOP
Second single for the band, for the label ! And we’re proud to mention that Sacha Toorop joined the band ! As Zop Hopop !
First composed on my old Kurzweil, Heartbeat quickly became an obsession : a pastel melody joined to a 126bpm disco rhythm, reverbs and sounds coming straight from the 80’s. A sad cheerfulness…
And when Sacha sent me the text and the imagined voice, on this dark evening of November 2020, emotions immediately arose. We had the thing! Simply spectacular.
Two months later, we went to the studio to record all the voices with a bunch of top class microphones.
But after the session, we had two versions of the song.
The first one with a taste of alternative music and the other, with a delightful disco feeling. We worked on this second version to release our radio edit version.
But we kept the first version to propose a longer psycho disco remix version on Spotify.
Lyrics & voices : Zop Hopop aka Sacha Toorop
From here to the sound of your heartbeat
I don’t want to solve myself
Down by your own mise en abime
I’m your machine
Even in your sleepless night, I am glowing I’m your machine, I’m your machine
Wouldn’t it be the night? Tonight’s the night
From here to the sound of your heartbeat I don’t want to solve myself
I don’t wanna loose you now
Down by the pathway of your synapse
I am your beauty, I am your beauty
You gave me so much, now I get you
You’re my beauty, now you’re my slave... tonight !
The news feed’s scrolling under the bridges
Life is not stoppin’over the fields.
Heroes are missing behind the scene,
Dare you say you love me ?
When it’s all done, when it’s all gone...
From here to the sound of your heartbeat, I don’t want to solve myself,
I don’t wanna loose you now...
Music : Luc G. Meessen, all instruments
Recording : Luc Meessen @ The East Jinx home studio
Arrangements : Luc G. Meessen & Laurent ‘Roo’ Eyen
Mix : Laurent ‘Roo’ Eyen @ Koko Records
Mastering : Benoît De Visscher
ISRC : BE-X82-22-00001 / EAN : 0406494649600
Duration : 4’05” – Tempo : 126 bpm
Release date : February 18, 2022
Credits for the pics taken in the studio during the mixing session : Dominique “Goldo” Houcmant.
Credits for the cover : Part of a neon light composition, Las Vegas, in free use.
HEARTBEAT - VIDEO RELEASE
Our second short movie on Youtube !
This session took place in the fabulous Trocadero, Liège, Belgium.
Thanks a million to…
Zop Hopop, lyrics, voice by Sacha Toorop
Laurent ‘Roo’ Eyen, recording genius, Koko studio
Ben De Visscher, music mastering
Olivier Herman, video guru at Wash Productions
Dominique Houcmant, photographing the session & acting as “Goldo Fish”
Arnaud Radoux, light, sound, rigging, smoke & lifting basket @ Trocadero, Liège, Belgium
Michel Depas, owner @ Trocadero, Liège, Belgium
Antoine Meessen, dj, backliner
Christophe Waeytens, promotion
Laetitia Haas, executive production
Release date : February 18, 2022
Video clip launched on Youtube :
Hit the clip here !
OH MAN, THIS MOBY ONE CANNO' BE
First single for us in our brand new label !
And we start with a pun…
Composed in… and coming straight from New York City.
Walking through the rainy streets, the feet on the ground, the head in the sky, searching for urban feelings… I heard the bass notes pouring down the walls of those crazy buildings. I heard the cab drivers screaming… I heard the sirens of the firemen in front of the Electro Harmonix factory… I heard even the beating heart of the city and its citizens, as we walked to the Upper East Side to buy some music gears…
I fixed some harmonic issues and had the idea to fill the song with a slight percussion loop like David Byrne used to do.
In the plane that brought us back in Europe, I’ve completed the song that we’ve recorded 3 years after by Roo.
Music : Luc G. Meessen, all instruments
Lyrics & sampled voices : Loops looted in several libraries from Logic Pro X and Native Instruments
Recording : Luc Meessen @ The East Jinx home studio
Arrangements : Luc G. Meessen & Laurent ‘Roo’ Eyen
Mix : Laurent ‘Roo’ Eyen @ Koko Records
Mastering : Ben De Visscher
ISRC : BE-X82-21-00001 / EAN : 0406494635733
Duration : 3’40” – Tempo : 120 bpm
Release date : November 26, 2021
Video clip launched on Youtube : January 15, 2022
Hit the clip here !
Scenario & production : The East Jinx
Credits for the video footage : Cottonbro – St. Petersburg, Russia
| CITIES | Location | Dates |
|---|---|---|
- |
No shows announced. | 2025 |
Founded back in 1996 by Nikolaus Niessen, THE MIGHTY SLEEPWALKERS from Aachen, the cultural melting pot at the border triangle of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, can look back upon a major deal at EMI, a co-operation with the German publisher KICK, the Belgian distributor BANG and the booking agency A.S.S. Concerts. This eventful history also included the publication of a number of records as well as more than 500 gigs in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Spain.
The band initially started out as a trio (Nikolaus Niessen – Voice and Cajon, Achim Jenik – double bass and Luc G. Meessen – acoustic guitar) performing catchy and cool pop songs of their own writing, as well as unconventional cover interpretations of songs by various musicians from Iggy Pop to James Brown. The debut album "Can't sleep, gotta walk" published in 1997 gained cult status and is still an absolute must-have among Mighty fans.
In the years to follow, the cast was somewhat reshuffled.
The band was upgraded to a quartet with Bernd vom Dorp’s pulsing drums in 1998 while Frank Lennartz took over the low frequency strings in 2000. During their time with EMI Electrola (1999-2000), the group went on tour with the funk and hip hop band BE from Hannover and others. With their EMI-published singles “Smile (1999)” und “So many things (2000)”, the THE MIGHTY SLEEPWALKERS achieved a remarkable airplay with German and Benelux radio stations.
In 2001, for private reasons, Luc left the band and broke his contract with EMI Electrola…
After 20 years of silence, Luc G. Meessen, as a multi-instrumental musician, has decided to explore new musical fields. If the songs are mostly born and recorded home during the last years, they are partially re-arranged and mixed by Laurent ‘Roo’ Eyen @ Koko Records Studio, Belgium.
The aim of this musical project is simple : to offer creative compositions to Belgian and international artists, renowned or not, targeting the beauty of the pieces, their stories, their depths. The melodic and lyrical returns are then recorded in the studio and mixed down to several formats.
These creative impulses once mixed together give then birth to a new music feeling, called pompously urban waves.
The band initially started out as a trio (Nikolaus Niessen – Voice and Cajon, Achim Jenik – double bass and Luc G. Meessen – acoustic guitar) performing catchy and cool pop songs of their own writing, as well as unconventional cover interpretations of songs by various musicians from Iggy Pop to James Brown. The debut album "Can't sleep, gotta walk" published in 1997 gained cult status and is still an absolute must-have among Mighty fans.
In the years to follow, the cast was somewhat reshuffled.
The band was upgraded to a quartet with Bernd vom Dorp’s pulsing drums in 1998 while Frank Lennartz took over the low frequency strings in 2000. During their time with EMI Electrola (1999-2000), the group went on tour with the funk and hip hop band BE from Hannover and others. With their EMI-published singles “Smile (1999)” und “So many things (2000)”, the THE MIGHTY SLEEPWALKERS achieved a remarkable airplay with German and Benelux radio stations.
In 2001, for private reasons, Luc left the band and broke his contract with EMI Electrola…
After 20 years of silence, Luc G. Meessen, as a multi-instrumental musician, has decided to explore new musical fields. If the songs are mostly born and recorded home during the last years, they are partially re-arranged and mixed by Laurent ‘Roo’ Eyen @ Koko Records Studio, Belgium.
The aim of this musical project is simple : to offer creative compositions to Belgian and international artists, renowned or not, targeting the beauty of the pieces, their stories, their depths. The melodic and lyrical returns are then recorded in the studio and mixed down to several formats.
These creative impulses once mixed together give then birth to a new music feeling, called pompously urban waves.
| LINKS | Information | Date |
|---|---|---|
EN STOEMELINGS |
Music podcast. | 220312 |
BX1 |
Interview on BX1, Brussels. | 220308 |
DH RADIO |
First airplay on DH Radio during a week. | 220301 |
IDLM |
The East Jinx is on the IDLM website, Brussels. | 220226 |
LARSEN MAG |
Good review on LarsenMag, Brussels. | 220225 |
CONCERT MONKEY |
Review on this belgian website. | 220223 |
NOSTALGIE |
First airplay on Nostalgie Radio during a week. | 220219 |
MUSICZINE |
Review on this amazing website. | 220218 |
WIN RADIO |
First airplay on Win Radio during a week. | 220218 |
HEARTBEAT |
Release of the second single. First press actions... | 220218 |
OH MAN, THIS MOBY ONE CANNO' BE |
Release date of the first single. | 210931 |
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