Astroline were a Belgian
Eurodance
Euro-Dance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG, Euro-electronica or Euro) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe. It combines many elements of hip hop, techno, Hi-NRG, house music, and Euro-Disco. Thi ...
project by DJ/producer Bart Smolders, Christophe Chantzis (Absolom,
Ian Van Dahl
AnnaGrace, formerly Ian Van Dahl, was a Belgian progressive house, electro house, and deep house music project fronted by Belgian singer Annemie Coenen and produced by DJ and record producer Peter Luts. The project first achieved success in 200 ...
) and Stefan Wuyts (DJ Jimmy Goldschmitz & Heliac), who were together from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. They are best known for their hit single
"Feel The Fire". Vocals were done by Kathleen Goossens. Other producers involved were Gert Corvers and
Peter Luts (Lasgo, Ian Van Dahl, Groove Watchers). On stage singer Kathleen Goossens was accompanied by Gert Covers on
keyboard and two dancers (An Hoube and Katarina Vincente).
Biography
Their first release "Take Good Care (Of Me)" became a club hit in
Belgium
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and a minor radio hit (#46). Originally the track was released as "Astroline feat. DJ Bart" on 12 inch. For its cd-single release the name "Astroline" was adopted, transforming it from a studioproject to a dance group In the beginning of 1998 their second release
"Feel The Fire" topped the Belgian Ultratop Dance Chart in its first week. The single climbed to #9 and became their biggest hit single. Other releases were "Smiling Faces" (1998), "No Way Out" (1999), "Angels" (2000). Their last release was "Close My Eyes" in the summer of 2000. While this single didn’t do anything special in Belgium, they had a nice hit with it in
Canada
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in 2001. After Astroline separated,
Kathleen Goossens became the singer of dance project
Orion Too. Later on, she changed her stage name to Caitlin. Peter Luts started his most successful project to date,
Lasgo
Lasgo were a Belgian electronic music group. The group formed in 1999 was composed of Evi Goffin, David Vervoort, Peter Luts, and Dave McCullen). Peter Luts confirmed on Belgian radio in 2008 that Evi Goffin was not returning to the band, afte ...
. In 2001 Kathleen Goossens returned to the dance scene as Orion Too feat. Caitlin. She had two (inter)national hits with "You And Me" and "Hope And Wait". She also did vocals for studio project like Airwave and Third Bass.
Discography
Singles
External links
List of releases and remixesfrom the online music database Discogs
Peter LutsOfficial Website
Ian Van DahlInternational Website
LasgoOfficial Website
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Belgian Eurodance groups
Musical groups established in 1997
Belgian dance music groups
Musical groups disestablished in 2001