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Belgium building

Discussing iconic Belgian architecture with urban planners, architects, writers and curators.

Do the right thing

Weekly listings of exhibitions, concerts, openings, parties and events to do over the weekend.

Area codes

Local heroes reveal their favourite neighbourhood hotspots and hangouts – from bars and bookshops to restaurants and galleries.

This is Belgium

The best Belgian-only art, food, photography, music, travel, architecture and neighbourhood tips from the magazine’s team of editors.

hub heroes

We team up with hub.brussels, Brussels’ Business Support Agency, and shine a light on 50 of the Region’s start-up success stories driving the capital city’s economic landscape forward. From the eco-conscious manufacturer to the technology-enabled post-production imprint, our 50-strong selection of portraits and interviews plays testament to the Region’s dense and dynamic culture of entrepreneurship.

The Brussels Bike Hundred

We’re teaming up with Bike for Brussels to put together a 100-strong selection of local heroes shaping the city each in their own way. From designers and DJs to performers and publishers, these are the creatives riding Brussels forward.

The Mechelen Hundred

Nestled between Brussels and Antwerp, Mechelen has often been overshadowed by its larger neighbours. Yet teaming up with the City of Mechelen, our line-up of 100 of the city’s most prominent people, places and projects proves the extent of its potential. From artists and creatives to critical thinkers and fighters, these are the powerhouses driving Mechelen forward one step at a time.

The House Hundred

We’re teaming up with Bulldog to select 100 essential people, places and projects in Belgian house music. From producers and DJs to record labels and festivals, these are the forces driving the homegrown house scene forward, one BPM at a time.

The Leuven Hundreds

We’ve joined forces with Leuven to highlight 100 local people, places and projects that contribute towards making the city what it is today. From artists and architects to producers and professors, these are the driving forces powering Leuven forward one ingenious initiative at a time.

The Antwerp Hundreds

We've teamed up with This is Antwerp to bring you The Antwerp Hundreds, a 100-strong selection of local movers and shakers setting the tone for the neighbourhood of tomorrow.

Art

On-design

An in-depth look at the work of Belgian design studios, published monthly.

Favourite Belgian movies

Selections of essential Belgian movies handpicked by artistic directors, curators and all-round cinema connoisseurs.

Curator talks

Intimate conversations with curators dissecting the ambitions, intentions and narratives of their recently opened exhibitions.

Exhibition reviews

Visual documentaries of recently opened contemporary art exhibitions in Belgium.

Portfolio reports

Reviewing the practice of Belgium-based artists through in-depth looks at their recent works.

Studio visits

Exploring the environments and artistic spaces of some of the country’s foremost contemporary artists.

The art throwaway project

Insights into the lives of local contemporary art movers and shakers through our office Quicksnaps.

Music

Exclusive mixes

Hour-long mixes recorded by the crème de la crème of Belgian DJs and producers exclusively for us.

Favourite Belgian releases

Selections of essential Belgian tracks handpicked by local tastemakers, from DJs and producers to record label heads and record store clerks.

The music throwaway project

Backstage antics, tour tales and onstage adventures with some of the country’s most exciting musical talents captured with our office Quicksnaps.

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Exclusive mix 99: schiev Festival 2017

Exclusive mix 99: schiev Festival 2017

schiev curator (and our office brotha' from another muva) Guillaume has compiled for us this teaser of a mix to get us all excited for the weekend.

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Exclusive mix 98: Cabasa

Exclusive mix 98: Cabasa

Always exploring the boundaries within electronic music between the danceable and undanceable, Cabasa's outdone himself on his Exclusive Mix for us.

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Exclusive mix 97: Monolithe Noir

Exclusive mix 97: Monolithe Noir

Ahead of a busy season, Monolithe Noir's cooked up a drone-y concoction of stuff that he's been listening to for a few years now.

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Exclusive mix 96: Lefto

Exclusive mix 96: Lefto

The Brussels-based globe-trotter delivers an hour-long set of exclusives and favourites.

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Exclusive mix 95: Gamelan Voices

Exclusive mix 95: Gamelan Voices

Let yourself be transported with Gamelan Voices' transcendent Exclusive Mix, which includes a ten minute long rework of their debut album I by none other than Gonjasufi.

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Exclusive mix 94: Köhn

Exclusive mix 94: Köhn

Minimal and ambient relaxation courtesy of electro-wizard Köhn, with an astonishing two decades worth of experience under his belt.

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Exclusive mix 93: UNOS

Exclusive mix 93: UNOS

This week's Exclusive Mix, courtesy of Sint-Niklaas' versatile DJ and producer UNOS, will get your blood pumping and feet pounding.

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Exclusive mix 92: &apos

Exclusive mix 92: &apos

All-round tech whizz &apos manufactured this exclusive mix for us, with plenty of nods to his friends.

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Exclusive mix 91: DC Salas

Exclusive mix 91: DC Salas

Brussel's wunderkind DC Salas hand-crafted an exclusive mix for us, full of the finest local sounds.

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Exclusive mix 90: Princess Century

Exclusive mix 90: Princess Century

Sensual and exciting

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Exclusive mix 89: Louis Vogue

Exclusive mix 89: Louis Vogue

Dreamy tunes for the young and restless.

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Exclusive mix 88: Corrupted.

Exclusive mix 88: Corrupted.

The perfect early springtime soundtrack.

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Exclusive mix 87: Elko B.

Exclusive mix 87: Elko B.

An hour-long trip across genres and eras by the man who brought us one of 2017's most interesting releases so far.

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Exclusive mix 86: Dance floor stompers with Martin Marique and DJ Bambooh

Exclusive mix 86: Dance floor stompers with Martin Marique and DJ Bambooh

Dance floor stompers in this hour of four-to-the-floor goodness

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Exclusive mix 85: Beats, grooves and good vibes with Freddy Bracker

Exclusive mix 85: Beats, grooves and good vibes with Freddy Bracker

A compilation of solely unreleased tracks, gathered in studios and jam sessions around the country.

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Exclusive mix 84: Roger 3000’s wintertime slumber

Exclusive mix 84: Roger 3000’s wintertime slumber

The Brussels-based painter and producer provides an hour-long picturesque epoch of wintertime, best enjoyed in front of a crackling open fire somewhere far removed from civilisation.

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Exclusive mix 83: Chris Ferreira’s contemporary acoustics

Exclusive mix 83: Chris Ferreira’s contemporary acoustics

An hour-long adventure in sonic explorations by the Brussels-based DJ and sound engineer.

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Exclusive mix 82: Ancestral healing with Dove Cake

Exclusive mix 82: Ancestral healing with Dove Cake

An hour-long emotive and spiritual exclusive by US exile Dove Cake. Best enjoyed in a sensory deprivation tank during a full moon.

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Exclusive mix 81: Dubbed out techno with Fuse head honcho Pierre

Exclusive mix 81: Dubbed out techno with Fuse head honcho Pierre

To mark the first edition of Bxl mon amourrr this weekend, we task the Fuse resident with exclusive mix duties.

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Exclusive mix 80: Indigenous electronics with Brussels-based producer Empty Taxi

Exclusive mix 80: Indigenous electronics with Brussels-based producer Empty Taxi

An experimental, hour-long oriental journey into the depths of Indonesian field recordings by the Brussels-based producer.

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Exclusive mix 79: Trappy bass lines and too much reverb with Beatsforbeaches

Exclusive mix 79: Trappy bass lines and too much reverb with Beatsforbeaches

The beat smith delivers an hour-long mix of wavy synths, high vocals and trappy bass lines.

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Exclusive mix 78: Quirky synths and jarring drums with MU.

Exclusive mix 78: Quirky synths and jarring drums with MU.

An hour-long exclusive by the Antwerp-based visual artist and producer.

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Exclusive mix 77: Post-opera noise with RIN

Exclusive mix 77: Post-opera noise with RIN

An hour-long electronic odyssee underpinned by dramatic and experimental undertones by the Brussels-based singer-producer.

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Exclusive mix 76: Regis Turner’s combo organ heaven

Exclusive mix 76: Regis Turner’s combo organ heaven

“It is possible to record a piece of music without an organ on it. But it won't be as good.”

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Exclusive mix 75: BEAF’s Pierre De Muelenaere

Exclusive mix 75: BEAF’s Pierre De Muelenaere

An introduction to the upcoming Bozar Electronic Arts Festival in the shape of an exclusive mix.

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Exclusive mix 74: 100% French synths with TG Gondard

Exclusive mix 74: 100% French synths with TG Gondard

A 100% French and internet-only tracklist of songs that, as the Brussels-based producer puts it, "you've probably never heard before."

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Exclusive mix 73: Experimental grave music KOO

Exclusive mix 73: Experimental grave music KOO

A mix filled to the brim with exclusive material.

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Exclusive mix 72: tropical bass with DJ Elephant Power

Exclusive mix 72: tropical bass with DJ Elephant Power

Bass badman Dj Elephant Power turns it up a notch, with a dancefloor-ready, mid-summer mix.

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Exclusive mix 71: Belgian beats with Champion Sound

Exclusive mix 71: Belgian beats with Champion Sound

Stictly Belgian sounds, and no less than 10 exclusive tracks.

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Exclusive mix 70: quirky lo-fi by OFFSHORE §

Exclusive mix 70: quirky lo-fi by OFFSHORE §

Formerly known as Beekkant, the Brussels-based producer provides us with just over an hour of eccentric and upbeat electronica.

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Exclusive mix 69: uptempo beats and Belgian rap with Fatoo San

Exclusive mix 69: uptempo beats and Belgian rap with Fatoo San

One hour of homegrown rap and foreign beats by Supafly Collective's Fatoo San.

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Exclusive mix 68: Dreamy electronica with Milan W.

Exclusive mix 68: Dreamy electronica with Milan W.

The Antwerp-based producer contributes a dreamy mix for slow summer nights.

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Exclusive mix 67: Weird pop and slow house with Strapontin

Exclusive mix 67: Weird pop and slow house with Strapontin

Get locked for over an hour of dreamy pop, slow house and disco debauchery.

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Exclusive mix 66: The cinematic intimacy of Mathieu Serruys

Exclusive mix 66: The cinematic intimacy of Mathieu Serruys

Intimate and cinematic, Matthieu Serruys' mix confirms the musician's knack for experimental soundscapes.

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Exclusive mix 65: Rave, punk and synth with Jardin

Exclusive mix 65: Rave, punk and synth with Jardin

Moody electronics, the odd exclusive or two and vocal additions by the French-born, Brussels-based producer.

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Exclusive mix 64: Dark electronic with Amélie Lens

Exclusive mix 64: Dark electronic with Amélie Lens

Just under an hour of club floor bangers.

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Exclusive mix 63: Deep house and pure bliss with Nobuo

Exclusive mix 63: Deep house and pure bliss with Nobuo

Go deep, down and dirty with this one hour and a half killer exclusive.

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Exclusive mix 62: 72 Soul

Exclusive mix 62: 72 Soul

90s-era hip hop, future beats and bass all combine in this exclusive mix by the DJ, producer, recording artist and radio show host.

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Exclusive mix 61: Innershades

Exclusive mix 61: Innershades

Listen to an exclusive set the Aalst-born and bred DJ-producer recorded for us.

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Exclusive mix 60: Oval Angle

Exclusive mix 60: Oval Angle

If you're looking for the perfect soundtrack to flip through our new issue, Oval Angle's exclusive mix is a good start.

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Exclusive mix 59: Pomrad

Exclusive mix 59: Pomrad

Antwerp's Pomrad recorded an exclusive mix for you and yours ahead of tomorrow's Brussels' Boiler Room.

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Exclusive mix 58: Hantrax

Exclusive mix 58: Hantrax

With his new album's release party in Antwerp this Friday, the accomplished composer-producer records an exclusive mix for us.

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Exclusive mix 57: Maoupa Mazzocchetti

Exclusive mix 57: Maoupa Mazzocchetti

To coincide with the release of his debut full-length album, the Brussels-based producer contributes to our exclusive mix series.

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Exclusive mix 56: Lawrence Le Doux

Exclusive mix 56: Lawrence Le Doux

The latest instalment in our exclusive mix series comes courtesy of Brussels' pre-eminent nightlife fixture Lawrence Le Doux.

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Exclusive mix 55: Handless DJ

Exclusive mix 55: Handless DJ

Handless DJ concocts an exclusive mix, setting the tone for his set at the Dream edition release party.

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Exclusive mix 54: Pattrn & Hawkan

Exclusive mix 54: Pattrn & Hawkan

Ahead of their next night at Brussels' venerable nightclub Fuse, the team behind FTRSND's Initiate events sent us a beat-driven exclusive mix.

Music Exclusive mixes
100% underground on FM Brussel with guest Benoit Deuxant

100% underground on FM Brussel with guest Benoit Deuxant

We discuss the phenomenal Belgian underground music discovery app with one of its two co-founders.

Music Exclusive mixes
Exclusive mix 53: Richie Santos

Exclusive mix 53: Richie Santos

Hip hop, afro-beat, some local rap love and an exclusive Damso track. Shit's about to get real.

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Exclusive mix 52: Ameel Brecht (Razen)

Exclusive mix 52: Ameel Brecht (Razen)

A timeless and tricky exclusive mix from, Ameel Brecht, one-half of experimental psych duo Razen.

Music Exclusive mixes
Red Bull Elektropedia exclusive: Polar Youth

Red Bull Elektropedia exclusive: Polar Youth

A Trap, Twerk and Future Bass-heavy mix courtesy of producer-prodigy Polar Youth.

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