Hooverphonic唯一一张现场版专辑，在去掉了Trip-Hop和drum & bass的电子感觉之后Geike Arnaert的声音在提琴、钢琴、吉他这样简单的配器下更显得更加淳美精致，并带有些爵士风味，让你静静的聆听，完全沉醉于其中...

Hooverphonic is a Belgian band that formed in October 1995. Though originally categorized as a trip hop group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a lone genre, but rather encompass alternative, electronica, electropop, rock, and a mixture of others. 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.

In San Francisco ontmoette Alex Callier jaren geleden een taxichauffeur die in de sixties tot 'president of the LSD Golf Club' benoemd was, omdat hij karrenvrachten acid slikte voor hij loos ging op een poepchic golfterrein. Die psychedelische sfeer laat zich ook voelen op Hooverphonics zesde plaat. Daarop belijdt Alex Callier meer dan ooit zijn liefde for all things sixties. In de dwingende single 'Expedition Impossible' bijvoorbeeld, waarin een Doorsorgeltje en Geike Arnaert een glansrol delen. Maar ook de caleidoscopische ballad 'Black Marble Tiles' of het hippieachtige duet '50 Watt' ademen een psychedelische sfeer uit. Om het sixties-plaatje perfect te maken nam de groep alle songs analoog op, in één take. Dat had duidelijk invloed op het bekende geluid: Hooverphonic legt de bombast van vroeger naast zich neer (al hoor je zowaar een klavecimbel in 'The Eclipse Song') en de band klinkt minder strak dan op vorige platen. Toch blijven er genoeg aanknopingspunten. Het prachtige 'Gentle Storm' en 'Billie' zijn in essentie très Hooverphonic, net als de opener 'Stranger', die wel erg doet denken aan 'Nirvana Blue' (van de Jackie Cane-plaat). Hooverphonic for president! Van welke club, maakt voor ons niet eens uit. (PIAS) (GVA) (****)

Out of print in the U.S.! Import pressing of the 1998 album from the Belgian Ambient/Electronic Pop band (originally known as Hoover in Europe). 13 tracks including 'One Way Radio', 'Lung', 'Battersea', 'Eden' and more. Sony/BMG. 2008.

Hooverphonic are a Belgian band that formed in October 1995. Though originally categorized as a trip hop group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a lone genre, but rather encompass alternative, electronica, electropop, rock, and a mixture of others. 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.

Hooverphonic is a Belgian band that formed in October 1995. Though originally categorized as a trip hop group, they quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be described as a lone genre, but rather encompass alternative, electronica, electropop, rock, and a mixture of others. 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.