Poesie Noire - Timber
Review by Frank Taillandier
Poesie Noire's album "Timber" is a dark, evocative journey through the depths of gothic rock. The Belgian band's signature sound is infused with elements of electronic music and post-punk, creating a haunting atmosphere that is both mesmerizing and unsettling.
The opening track, "Dance With Me," sets the tone for the album with its pulsing bassline and eerie synths. Lead singer Dirk Da Davo's deep, resonant voice adds an extra layer of intensity to the already haunting instrumentation. "Timber" is a concept album that explores themes of death and decay, and this is evident in tracks like "Morne," which features lyrics about the inevitability of mortality.
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Download
Filename: poesie-noire-timber.rar- MP3 size: 21.7 mb
- FLAC size: 280 mb
Tracks
| Track | Duration | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Timber (Original Version) | 5:08 | |
| White Nights | 4:16 | |
| Timber (Remix Version) | 5:34 | |
| Timber (Instrumental Swedish Woodchopper-Version) | 5:08 | |
| Night Of The Mare | 4:24 | |
| Timber | 5:08 | |
| Timber (Instrumental Swedish Woodchooper Version) | 5:08 |
Video
Poesie Noire - Timber
Poesie Noire - Night Of The Mare (Timber EP) 1987
Images
Catalog Numbers
- ANT 062, ANTLER 062
- BOY-105 PRO
- BOY-105
Labels
- Antler Records
- Boy Records
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Formats
- Vinyl
- 12"
- 33 ⅓ RPM
- Repress
- 7"
- 45 RPM
- Single Sided
- Promo
Companies
| Role | Company |
|---|---|
| Distributed By | Play It Again Sam |
| Published By | Be's Songs |
| Recorded At | Ace Studio |
| Mixed At | Ace Studio |
| Mastered At | Foon |
| Lacquer Cut At | Foon |
Credits
| Role | Credit |
|---|---|
| Photography By | Dirk Leunis |
| Producer | H.G., J.C., R.B.-Line |
| Mixed By | H.G., J.C., R.B.-Line |
| Written-By | H. Gillis (tracks: A1, B1, B2), J. Casters, M. Valvekens (tracks: A1, B1, B2), W.Ex-Ray (tracks: A2) |
Notes
- Recorded and mixed at ACE Studio
- Disc-Mastering at FOON
- Made in EEC
- Made in Belgium
- Reissue with different labels compared to the original with "Signature labels".
- Comes in generic white sleeve
- Disco promocional
- Prohibida su venta
- Licensed from Antler Subway Records Belgium. Published by Be's Songs/Micrart Group.
Barcodes
- Matrix / Runout (Side A): ANTLER - 062 - A1 FOON MASTERING
- Matrix / Runout (Side B): ANTLER - 062 - B1
- Rights Society: SABAM TM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): ANTLER - 062 - A1 FOON MASTERING
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): ANTLER - 062 - B1
About Poesie Noire
Poésie Noire are a Belgian band that rose to prominence in the mid-'80s.
played in a band called De Frigo's around 1980. De Frigos merged with a symphonic rock band called Sofa (setting Phillippe Libberecht, Luc Leys (?), Johan Meylaerts AKA Jean Tempo, Luc Vanuffelen). Together with De Frigo's they took the new name The Next. George Scierski, bass player and singer, was brought in by Jo.
The Next morphed into A World of Ruins, which existed 1981-1982. The setting was Luc Seurs, singing. Renaat Deferm, drums. , guitar. George Scierski, keys and Johan Meylaerts, bass.
In 1982-1983, WIlly Hallaert, George Scierski, Luc Seurs, Koen Juvens and Johan Meylaerts formed another band, while and Renaat Deferm went on play in a band called U-Bahn, and then founded Poesie Noire.
Their Belgian origins and tendency to develop a goth-oriented, synthetic, gloomy universe with low-pitched voices - Poésie Noire could translate by "Black/Dark Poetry" - had them categorized as EBM like other Belgian members of the 1980s electronic music scene like or . However, much in the manner of various renowned Belgian EBM bands like and, to some extent, , they declared, through their music, a will to step away from the usual industrial aggressiveness that characterized Electronic body music and developed a more mainstream accessible dark pop sound that helped them to be regarded as plain new wave or Darkwave.
Band Members:
Jo "LA BETE NOIRE" - Git, Bass, Piano, Keys, Vox
Marianne "Ice Queen" - Vox, Keys, Lyrics
Sam - Drum machines
ca 1984-86
Renaat Deferm AKA Naat Basswonder - Keys
Mario Conjaerts - Trumpets percussion
Albert Claesen
1985-87
Paul Vandormael - digital percussion
1987-89
Herman Sherman - Electronics, gitters, programming, sequencing
1987-87
W X Ray - Gitters
1984-85 87-87
Raymond - the human sequencer
1990-91
Ludwig - Guitar
Berre - funky gitters
Evana - vocals
Paul - Bass
1989-91
Ludo - Keys and production
Wim - Keys during the 80's RB-line sounds and scapes splicing and dicing
Name Vars
- Poesie Noir
- Poesie Noire
- Poësie Noire
Aliases
- TBX
Members
- Jo Casters
- Herman Gillis
- Marianne Valvekens
- Sam Shepard
- P.Vandormael
- Mario Conjaerts
- Evanna Cosgrove
- Marc Leeten
As I walked through the forest, the forest made of people.
Someone was chopping it down and the trees fell without a cry.
His axe broke the silence, and the birds left their nests,
And somewhere I heard a bell. The time had come to confess.
The leaves covered the earth... the forest was desolarted.
As they walked through the forest... that had nothing more to say.
Timber! Here we go again.
Timber! It's a very cruel game.