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  Ão

  [FR]
  
  En 2013, Anthony Mateus, Quentin Regnault, Mathieu Wilmann, Florent Giudicelli et Baptiste Boudoux se rencontrent et décident de former un groupe sous le nom d'Ao, signifiant « Monde, Univers » en Mahori.
  À travers son EP Mahara (2015), Ao délivre un metal moderne fort, alliant mélodies, technique, intensité rythmique, groove et efficacité, dans la lignée de leurs influences telles que Gojira, Lamb of God, Architects ou encore Chimaira.
  
  Dans la continuité de sa réflexion musicale et personnelle, le groupe emmène la musique de son EP plus loin, en y développant un style plus intime. De ces introspections, et partant d'un constat de ce qui nous entoure, va naître le premier album du groupe (2019).
  Dans cet album, Ao va puiser son inspiration dans les relations cycliques entre l'Univers, la Terre, l'Individu.
  
  À travers cette nouvelle production, Ao invitera son public à un voyage spirituel, dans lequel la puissance du metal moderne, mêlé de nouvelles teintes ambiant et atmospheric portera une quête inassouvie de la sagesse et de la connaissance.
  
  [ENG]
  
  In September 2013, Anthony Mateus, Quentin Regnault, Mathieu Wilmann, Florent Giudicelli and Baptiste Boudoux met and decided to form a band named Ao, meaning " World, Universe " in Maori language.
  
  With its self-produced EP Mahara (2015), the band delivers a modern metal, combining melodies, technical, rythmic intensity and efficiency, in line with influences such as Gojira, Lamb of God, Architects, Devildriver, Nevermore, or Chimaira.
  
  In the continuity of their journey of musical and personal reflexion, the band brings its music further, by developping a more personal style.
  From these introspections and the observation of our world, they're going to give life to their first full length release (2019).
  In this album, the band will take its inspiration from the cyclical relationship between the Universe, the Earth and the Individual.
  
  Through this new production, Ao will invite his auditors to a spiritual journey, in which the power of a modern metal, mixed with ambient and atmospheric colors, will carry an unfilled quest for wisdom and knowledge.
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  Dressed Like Boys

  Jelle Denturck is the singer and frontman of DIRK., a popular Belgian indie band that – in his own words – ‘has been making a fair amount of noise these past few years’. But in fact he thinks he’s a real softie, with a record collection full of melancholic indie pop and rock music: Bowie, Beatles, Lou Reed, Elton John, Nina Simone, Anohni & The Johnsons, Sufjan Stevens, Perfume Genius, Wilco, Tobias Tesso Jr. … clearly there’s a side to Denturck that doesn’t easily reveal itself in DIRK.’s music.
  
  It's about time, Denturck feels. As Dressed Like Boys he wanted to write songs and make a record all of his own. Not to turn it into an ego trip, but by way of self-examination. Denturck sings about the search for personal freedom, about his dearest friends, his homosexuality and relationship, but doesn’t shy away from uncomfortable topics like gay bashing either. It doesn’t get more personal and fragile than this.