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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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21 things to do in Belgium this weekend

21 things to do in Belgium this weekend

Dripping decadence in Antwerp, calculated chaos in Leuven and bumping beats in Brussels. Go do the right thing.

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20 things to do in Belgium this weekend

20 things to do in Belgium this weekend

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Out The Frame lays down 10 Belgian bangers

Out The Frame lays down 10 Belgian bangers

All Eyes On Hip Hop's Willem Vandesande and Vooruit's Wouter Vanhaelemeesch have handpicked 10 of their standout Belgian releases ahead of Out The Frame, a brand new indoor hip-hop festival taking place this Saturday.

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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 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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Koen Galle

Koen Galle

We kick off a new series this week, asking the country's music tastemakers to reveal their favourite Belgian releases.

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Six things to do this weekend

Six things to do this weekend

Upper-crust erotica in Antwerp, historial reenactment in Ghent and group shows in Brussels.

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Best of les Belges: festival season’s homegrown must-sees

Best of les Belges: festival season’s homegrown must-sees

Here’s our hand-picked selection of native musos to check out during this summer's festival season.

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Brussels Pony Club

Brussels Pony Club

Belgian electronic duo Brussels Pony Club deliver a dark, broody and sexy playlist for our exclusive mix series.

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Housse de Racket at Les Ardentes

Housse de Racket at Les Ardentes

There's talk of new albums, new apartments and hop-skipping round Europe on the summer festival circuit in our interview with Paris' finest Housse de Racket at last weekend's Les Ardentes.

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Slove

Slove

Following the release of their excellent debut Le Danse, we speak with Parisian electro-pop two-piece Slove about their various side projects and their love of French music.

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Remix albums often turn out to be mediocre affairs, more an opportunity for the artist to make a quick buck than to say, scribble or sing something that hasn’t already been, well, said, scribbled or sung. Sadly still, remixes very rarely shine a new, and more importantly, favourable light on original compositions. They just remind […]

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