SX (band)

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SX
Origin Kortrijk, Belgium
Genres Indie pop
Years active2009–2022
Labels Clay
Members Benjamin Desmet
Stefanie Callebaut
Sebastiaan Van den Branden
Christophe Claeys
Past members Jeroen Termote
Website www.sxmusic.be

SX was a Belgian aetheric indie pop group from Kortrijk, Belgium. The band was formed in the spring of 2009 and disbanded in 2022.

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History

SX was founded in the spring of 2009 by Benjamin Desmet (keyboard, guitar) and Stefanie Callebaut (voice, keyboard) [1] With Mister Lion the group won the Road2Fame-challenge of TV channel TMF in June 2009. Three months later, the group won the public's prize during the final of talent show Westtalent. [2] As radio channel Studio Brussel provided them both the Vi.be On Air-award and their attention, SX broke through in January 2011 with the record 'Black Video'. [1] [3] The video clip received positive criticism as well. On 26 May 2011 SX recorded three tracks (Black Video, Stop and Graffiti) in the Toots-Studio in Brussels. These tracks were broadcast in the Studio Brussel program Select and can still be heard at the Studio Brussel website. [3] In 2011, the group went on tour through Germany, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. [4] The group's debut album, Arche, was released in 2012. The follow-up, Alphabet, was released in 2016.

In February 2022, the group announced their retirement after a final acoustic tour that year. [5]

Name

Multiple interpretations are possible for the short name "SX". The technological tone of the term, the futuristic scope of the name and the referral to sex are a couple of examples singer Stefanie Callebaut gave during interviews. [4]

Discography

Albums

[6]

Album(s) with hits in
the Flemish Ultratop 		Date of
appearance		Date of
entrance		Highest
position		Number
of weeks
Arche201210-11-2012244
Alphabet18-11-201626-11-2016137

Singles

[7]

Single(s) with hits in
the Flemish Ultratop 		Date of
appearance		Date of
entrance		Highest
position		Number
of weeks
"Black Video"07-03-201123-04-20113111
"Gold"201210-11-2012364
"Graffiti"201309-03-2013tip4-
"The Future"201322-06-2013tip37-
"Hurts"201613-02-2016401
"Shimona"201623-04-2016tip35-
"Mercury"201616-07-2016tip-
"Comfort"201629-10-2016tip10-
"Real Life"201904-05-2019tip49-

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References

  1. 1 2 "Grensrock: SX". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). June 18, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Westtalent van hoog niveau". De Standaard (in Dutch). November 30, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "SX wint Vi.be On Air 2011" (in Dutch). Studio Brussel. May 26, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Deschacht, Tom (May 21, 2011). "'We hebben altijd in de kracht van onze muziek geloofd'". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Krantenartikel Het Nieuwsblad: Kortrijkse band houdt ermee op" (in Dutch). Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  6. ↑ "SX (albums)". Ultratop . Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  7. ↑ "SX (singles)". Ultratop . Retrieved January 7, 2017.
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