The Glimmers

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The Glimmers are two peas from a rare breed of pod; both Benoelie and Mo are alight and burning with an enviable passion that so few people possess. It's the kind of zeal that keeps them enthusiastic about every gig, the kind of love that keeps them viewing their expansive 20-year career as nothing more than a paid hobby ("We are unemployed. We just play music."), the kind of fascination that keeps them still yearning to find the name of a record they heard almost 25 years ago (true story). Hailing from Ghent, Belgium, the party capital that later birthed Soulwax/2ManyDJs, The Glimmers both fell deeply under music's spell at a young age. The two were undoubtedly a likely duo: Mo, a rapt child dazzled by the scratch-coated records disposed from his family bar's jukebox, was avidly building his own record collection, while Benoelie grew from a family deeply rooted in nightlife and party culture. At the ripe age of 16, old enough to DJ but too young to drink, they found themselves gigs together at a local bar called Mistral. A few years later, their residency at a club called Fifty Five saw them sweating out 11-hour marathon sets every week; workouts that nurtured their flexible attitude and inimitable style.

The Glimmers took their unique genre-blurring style to a factory in Ghent for their next night-time takeover, Pablo Eskimo Bar. Once a factory to produce Eskimo underwear, The Glimmers filled the walls with their revolutionary sound and found it was the perfect ambience to get beats, not knickers, in a twist. Mingling disco with post-punk, reggae, hip hop - and everything in-between - to create unimaginable concoctions, the night that began with 300 people soon attracted over 7,000 hedonists flocking from all over the world. The remarkable success of the club night spawned a compilation series in which the mighty sound of Eskimo was encapsulated on disc. 8 celebrated Eskimo compilations later, with a widely acclaimed DJ Kicks mix and a Blue Note CD released on the side, The Glimmers find themselves continually shuffling between cities with smiles as big as their tour schedules. Most recently, The Glimmers have been pushing remixes and their own productions, each auditory gem equipped with the unmistakable charm of unfettered independence.

"That was very good learning school and I think that is really the base of how we play now. We were so focussed on covering the whole musical landscape as much as possible, though, of course, we had 10-11 hours time compared to nowadays having two-hours, sometimes an hour-and-a-half."
The Glimmers

The Glimmers' affinity with artistic freedom comes shining through on Fabriclive 31, a vivid, alluring mix that defiantly breaks free from all musical trends and restraints. The Glimmers shimmer with a highly surprising collection of classic tracks, each as extraordinary as the next, that synchronize and blend together with an unparalleled synergy. Rock out in the back of the classroom with a history lesson taught by The Glimmers, where spread across the chalkboard are some of the most influential, underappreciated, forgotten, essential, interesting and cutting-edge (even by today's standards) beat pioneers. Sway to Black Slate's reggae-tinted drums, tread to electro-acoustic legend Pierre Henry, break to a Freeez classic and shake to Padded Cell's techy take on Mekon, all within the space of one disc. Producers that sat tall in the charts 20-30 years ago still sound more innovative than the chart-dwellers these days. Perhaps the mission statement on their Eskimo compilations says it best: "The future is present in the past. The past presents the future."


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Tracklisting:

  1. Listen
    1
    Roxy Music
    Same Old Scene (Glimmers Remix)
    Virgin
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    2
    Fingerprintz
    Wet Job
    Virgin
  3. Listen
    3
    The League Unlimited Orchestr
    Things That Dreams Are Made Of (Instrumental Remix)
    EMI
  4. Listen
    4
    Pop Dell' Arte
    No Way Back
    Different
  5. Listen
    5
    The Glimmers
    Kobe's In Columbia
    Diskimo
  6. Listen
    6
    Prins Thomas Vs. Blackbelt Andersen
    En Real Tjukkas
    Trailerpark
  7. Listen
    7
    The Holy Ghost
    The Word (The Dub)
    Holy Ghost Inc
  8. Listen
    8
    Sons and Daughters
    Dance Me In (JD Twitch and The Truffle Club's Optimo Remix)
    Domino
  9. Listen
    9
    Neal Howard
    The Gathering
    Neal Howard
  10. Listen
    10
    Freddie Mercury
    Love Kills (More Oder ReWork By The Glimmers)
    EMI
  11. Listen
    11
    Mekon
    Boy Bitten featuring Rita Brown (Padded Cell Remix)
    Wall Of Sound/Pias
  12. Listen
    12
    Freez
    I.O.U. (I.Dub.U.)
    Beggars Banquet
  13. Listen
    13
    Chris 'The Glove' Taylor and David Storrs
    Reckless
    Universal
  14. Listen
    14
    George Kranz
    Din Daa Daa
    George Kranz
  15. Listen
    15
    LCD Soundsystem
    Disco Infiltrator
    DFA
  16. Listen
    16
    Urban Jungle
    ad Man (Black Dog Bite Mix)
    Virgin
  17. Listen
    17
    Black Slate
    Sticks Man
    CNR
  18. Listen
    18
    Urban Jungle
    Bad Man (Black Dog Bite Mix)
    Virgin
  19. Listen
    19
    Howie B
    My Speedboat Is Faster Than Yours
    Pussyfoot
  20. Listen
    20
    Pierre Henry
    Too Fortiche
    Mercury
  21. Listen
    21
    Arpadys
    Monkey Star
    Music Code
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