GOOSE is a Belgian

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band consisting of members Mickael Karkousse, Dave Martijn, Tom Coghe, and Bert Libeert.

History

GOOSE was formed in the summer of 2000 in

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. They started writing and recording their own songs, heavily incorporating

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s into them. They won

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in 2002 and later that year recorded their debut single "Audience" with Teo Miller.

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used their debut single for TV adverts across Europe. They were signed to

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and their debut album ''Bring It On'' was released on September 11, 2006. They toured intensively through Europe, and played shows in Australia and Japan. GOOSE released their second album ''Synrise'' on 18 October 2010. The first single of this album is called "Words" and was aired on radio for the first time on 10 August 2010. The title song "Synrise" was remixed by Mumbai Science, Housemeister,

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and

Soulwax Soulwax are a Belgian electronic band and DJ/production collective from Ghent, who formed in 1995. Centred around brothers David and Stephen Dewaele, other current members include Igor and Laima Cavalera, and Stefaan Van Leuven. The group first ...

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, a famous Belgian jazz pianist made a classical piano version of this song. The song "Synrise" also appeared in the

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campaign presenting the Ready-to-Wear Fall collection 2013. The artwork for this album was made by legendary

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. In January 2011 they won two (

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)

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, for best dance/electronical music and best artwork. The third album ''Control Control Control'' was released on 8 April 2013 in the UK. It was recorded live in the studio, by

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(

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) and

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). It was very well received- ''

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'' even described them as an "onstage powerhouse, successfully bridging the gap between electronic music and rock" - and they had the chance to headline big festivals such as

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and

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. For this festival they could even host a whole room. The line-up for this room was filled with friends of theirs like

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, Digitalism,

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and

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. Their fourth album ''What You Need'' was recorded in Los Angeles with

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and was released on April 4, 2016. Cover art was by fashion photographer Willy Vanderperre.

Discography

ALBUMS

* ''Bring It On'' ,

(11 September 2006) * ''Synrise'' ,

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(18 October 2010) * ''Control Control Control, '' , Safari Records/

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(12 October 2012) * ''What You Need'' , Safari Records/

(4 April 2016) * ''Something New'' , Safari Records/

(26 february 2021) * ''Endless'' , Safari Records/

(11 March 2022)

SINGLES

* "Audience" (2002) * "Good Times" (2004) * "Black Gloves", Skint Records (2006) * "British Mode", Skint Records (2006) * "Low Mode", Skint Records (2007) * "Bring It On", Skint Records (2007) * "Words", !K7 Records (2010) * "Can't Stop Me Now", !K7 Records (2010) * "Synrise", !K7 Records (2011) * "Synrise", Music Mania Records (12" picture disc by Storm Thorgerson, exclusive Soulwax remix) * "Real" (2012) * "Control" (2012) * "Your Ways" (2013) * "So Long" (2016) * "What You Need" (2016) * "Trip ft. SX" (2017) * "Circles" (2018) * "Something New" (2019) * "Girls Who Act Like Boys" (2019) * "Heaven" (2020) * "Viper" (2020) * "Losing You" (2020) * "Endless" (2022) * "Change" (2022) * "Fear Of Letting Go" (2022) * "Run Away" (2022) * "Rock" (2023) * "Get It Started" (2023)

REMIXES

''BY GOOSE'' * SX - "Gold" * Purple Haze - "You & Me" *

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- "She's My Man" *

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- "I Know Kung Fu" *

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- "There Goes Our Love Again" *

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- "Highly Explicit" *

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- "Son Of Flynn" *

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- "C'est La Vie" * Jamaica - "Short and Entertaining" *

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- "Night Light (Unofficial)" ''FOR GOOSE'' *

- "Black Gloves" *

- "Can't Stop Me Now" *

- "Everybody" *

- "Synrise" * Maxim Lany - "Girls Who Act Like Boys" * Cellini - "Words" *

- "Synrise (piano version)" * John Noseda - "Something New". * Whitesquare - "Losing You" * B-Sights - "What You Need" * Simon Le Saint - "Call Me" * Doganov - "What You Need" * Digitalism - "What You Need" * B1980 - "Girls Who Act Like Boys" * Theus Mago - "Viper" * Jester - "British Mode"

Music in TV shows & films

''TV SHOWS'' * "Check": CSI: NY, Season 3, Episode 1 ("People with Money") (2006) * "Trendsetter": ''

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'', Season 1, Episode 7 ("Chuck vs. the Alama Mater") (2007) * "Bring It On": ''

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'' * "Audience": '' CSI: Miami'', Season 6, Episode 10 ("CSI: My Nanny") (2008) * "Synrise (Soulwax remix)": Used to advertise Season 2 of ''

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'' on

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in the UK (2014) * "Synrise": Elite, Season 6, Episode 1 ("Anxiety") (2022) ''FILMS'' *“Black Gloves”: ''Wild Child'' 2008 * "Black Gloves": ''Whip It'' (Film) 2009 * "Black Gloves": ''Trailer Blitz'' 2011 * "Synrise": ''Move On'' 2012

Music in games

* "Black Gloves": ''

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'' (2007) * "Check": ''

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'' and "Words (Jester Dub) (GT5 Edit)": ''Gran Turismo 5'' (2010) * "Synrise (Soulwax Remix)": ''

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'' (2013) on the Soulwax FM radio station

References

External links

Official site
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