Dead Man Ray is a Belgian alternative rock band formed in 1996, originating from

Berchem Berchem () is a southern district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Berchem is located along the old ''Grote Steenweg'' (Dutch for 'Big Paved Road') that has connected Brussels to Antwerp for several centur ...

near Antwerp. Among its members are

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Rudy Trouvé Rudy Trouvé (born 28 January 1967 in Wilrijk) is a Belgian musician from Antwerp. In the early nineties he founded the Heavenhotel record label and released dozens of records since. Between 1993 and 1995 he was part of Deus, quitting the band ...

(

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and others), Elko Blijweert, Wouter Van Belle, and Herman Houbrechts, who was later replaced by drummer Karel De Backer. Their debut ''Berchem'' was released in 1998, including the singles "Chemical" and "Beegee". In 1999 Dead Man Ray wrote partly a new soundtrack for the movie ''At the Drop of A Head'' (alias "Café zonder bier" i.e. ''

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'', 1962), starring singer-songwriter

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. They did a sell out tour with this movie in

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and the

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. The second album, ''

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'', was released in 2000 and contains some songs of this project. The album ''

Cago ''Cago'' is the fourth studio album by the Belgian rock band Dead Man Ray, released in 2002. The album was produced by Steve Albini and recorded at his Electrical Audio studios in Chicago, Illinois. The album also derives its title from the name ...

'' was recorded in 2002 in Chicago and produced by

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. After Cago and the accompanying live tour, the band went on a long hiatus. Daan Stuyven produced a number of albums under his own name, Rudy Trouvé recorded with his own sextet/septet and wrote music for theatre plays, Elko Blijweert and Karel De BackerKDB on Discogs.com
/ref> performed in a number of bands while Wouter Van Belle returned to his work as a record producer. This hiatus lasted about 16 years, when in december 2018 the band announced a new EP ''Een'', and a full album ''Over'' in 2019, followed by a live tour in Belgium.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (1998) * ''

'' (2000) * ''Berchem Trap'' (2000) * '' Marginal'' (2001) * ''

'' (2002) * ''Een'' (2018) *''Over'' (2019)

References

External links

Dead Man Ray plays At the Drop of A Headwww.deadmanray.com
Belgian rock music groups Belgian alternative rock groups Musical groups established in 1998 Belgian experimental rock groups {{Belgium-band-stub