In 2018, Triggerfinger, Flanders' loudest rock trio, celebrated its 20th anniversary. For years Ruben Block, Mario Goossens and Paul Van Bruystegem stubbornly followed their own path by building a rock solid live reputation without much airplay. Their breakthrough with the European public came rather by chance with a delicate cover of Lykke Li's 'I follow rivers'. The many tours occasionally take their toll, but with their camaraderie and joy of playing they beat every obstacle. Their record 'Colossus', a collaboration with American producer Mitchell Froom, proves that they keep growing artistically as well.
With testimonials from Ruben Block (singer/guitarist), Mario Goossens (drummer), Paul Van Bruystegem (bassist), Wladimir Geels (ex-bassist), Ferry Roseboom (label manager), Jo Francken (producer), Giel Beelen (presenter 3FM), Frank Vander linden (fellow musician), Pieter Embrechts (fellow musician), Christophe Lambrecht (presenter Studio Brussel), Wolfgang Boss (Universal Germany), Walter Broes (producer Sin Alley) and Greg Gordon (producer Triggerfinger).
Marc Moulin (1942-2008) was a musical jack-of-all-trades. With Telex he was one of the precursors of electro-pop. But he was also a jazz pianist, producer, composer, Eurovision Song Contest candidate, humorist and radio host. The lounge music he made as a solo artist for the prestigious jazz label Bluenote was visionary. Musically, Marc Moulin is always ahead of his time. With Placebo he is one of the pioneers of jazz rock. He experiments with prehistoric synthesizers (the Moog) and very unusual sounds of rhinos and water drops, always looking for a new sound. Telex's 'Moskow Diskow' grows into an anthem in electronic music, which would have inspired Michael Jackson to write 'Billie Jean'. His lounge music hits like a bomb and inspires the work of St Germain, among others. Or was it the other way around?
