Marc Hollander is a Belgian musician, producer and creator of the

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Crammed Discs Crammed Discs is an independent record label whose output blends world music, rock, pop, and electronica. Based in Brussels, Belgium, Crammed was founded in 1980 by Marc Hollander of Aksak Maboul and has since released around 400 albums and 300 ...

. Hollander is the leader of the Belgian

avant-rock Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre. Artists aim to liberate and innovate, wit ...

group

Aksak Maboul Aksak Maboul are a Belgian avant-rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander with Vincent Kenis, and now revolving around Hollander and Véronique Vincent. Aksak Maboul hasn't stopped changing shape and form throughout its existence (the onl ...

, which he founded in 1977 with

Vincent Kenis Vincent Kenis is a Belgian musician and record producer. He was a member of the avant-garde group Aksak Maboul (Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine, 1977) and of The Honeymoon Killers (Belgian band), The Honeymoon Killers, an experimental rock ...

. Aksak Maboul first released two albums, ''

Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine ''Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine'' () is the debut album by Belgian avant-rock band Aksak Maboul. It was largely the work of one of the band's co-founders, Marc Hollander and was credited to Marc Hollander/Aksak Maboul. It was release ...

'' (1977) and ''

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'' (1980), went on a long hiatus, and was revived in 2015. Hollander joined

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for their European tour in 1979, and was a member of

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and Cos. Hollander has also collaborated with a number of musicians, including

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and

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. In 1980 Hollander founded

, which he still actively runs, while acting as the label's artistic director. With Crammed, he has discovered, launched and/or developed the careers of artists such as

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, Snooze/

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, DJ Morpheus, Suba, Zuco 103,

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, Mahala Rai Banda,

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, Lonely Drifter Karen,

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, SKIP&DIE,

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, Acid Arab and others. In 2014, Crammed Discs released ''Ex-Futur Album'', under the name Véronique Vincent &

. It is the unfinished album which was meant to become the third Aksak Maboul album, and had been written and recorded by Hollander and Honeymoon Killers vocalist Vincent between 1980 and 1983. It was shelved for over 30 years, and assembled and revamped by Hollander in 2014. Following the positive reception of ''Ex-Futur Album'', Marc Hollander and Véronique Vincent formed a new live line-up of

in 2015, and performed dozens of concerts around Europe. Now revolving around Hollander and Véronique Vincent, Aksak Maboul wrote, recorded and released two brand-new albums: ''Figures'' (2020) and ''Une aventure de VV (Songspiel)'' (2023).

Discography

*Cos: ''Viva Boma'' (1976, LP, Best Seller, Belgium/Netherlands) *

: ''

'' (1977, LP, Kamikaze Records, re-issued on

, Belgium) *

: ''

'' (1980, LP, Crammed Discs, Belgium) *

: ''Les Tueurs De La Lune De Miel'' (1982, LP, Crammed Discs, Belgium) *

: ''Un Chien mérite un mort de chien'' (1983, in ''Made To Measure Vol.1'', Crammed Discs, Belgium) *Véronique Vincent &

: ''Ex-Futur Album'' (2014, Crammed Discs, Belgium) *Véronique Vincent &

: ''16 Visions of Ex-Futur'' (2016, Crammed Discs, Belgium) *

: ''Figures'' (2020, double album, Crammed Discs, Belgium) *

: ''Une aventure de VV (Songspiel)'' (2023, album, Crammed Discs, Belgium) *Contributions to various albums as a musician and/or producer: see http://www.crammed.be/index.php?id=34&art_id=85

Literature

* Verlag Gebrüder Gerstenberg GmbH & Co. KG, Hildesheim, .

References

External links

*
Marc Hollander
''Jazz Discogs''.

''Chris Cutler homepage''.
Marc Hollander discography
on the

website
Marc Hollander interview
''Dirty Digital Culture''.
Marc Hollander's acceptance speech at the Womex Award ceremony, 2004My Life's Playlist: Marc Hollander
- IASs Blog, 23 March 2015 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hollander, Marc Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Belgian record producers Belgian rock musicians Belgian keyboardists Belgian saxophonists Belgian clarinetists Belgian percussionists Art Bears members Place of birth missing (living people)

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