TC Matic

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TC Matic
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TC Matic in 1980: From left: Ferre Baelen, Jean-Marie Aerts, Arno Hintjens, Serge Feys, Rudy Cloet
Background information
OriginBelgium
Genres Rock
Years active1980 (1980)–1986 (1986)
Past members

TC Matic (also stylised as T.C. Matic) was a Belgian rock band founded in 1980 in Brussels. Centered on singer Arno Hintjens and guitarist Jean-Marie Aerts, [1] the band played a kind of music sometimes referred to as "eurorock", containing various styles including new wave, blues, funk, hard rock, avant-garde and French chanson. The band released four studio albums and attained a measure of commercial and popular success, and disbanded in 1986. [2]

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History

The band has its origin in the duo Tjens-Couter, composed of Arno Hintjens and guitarist Paul Couter, [3] which played rhythm and blues [4] since the early 1970s, and in 1974 were augmented with Ferre Baelen (bass) and Rudy Cloet (drums), and in 1977 with Serge Feys (keyboards). [5] Two albums were released, Who Cares (1975) and Plat du Jour (1978). [6] In 1980, the group was renamed TC Matic after the Yugoslav surrealist poet Dušan Matić. [5] Decoutere was soon replaced by Jean-Marie Aerts, who cooperated with [7] Hintjens in the majority of the band's compositions and produced the first three albums. [5] Their debut album, TC Matic, was described as a mixture of Killing Joke and Gang of Four; [8] they scored an early hit in Belgium with "Oh La La La" in 1981, [1] and another with "Putain putain" from 1983's Choco. [9] [10]

In 1984, the Dutch bass player Michael Peet replaced Ferre Baelen. In 1985, the band toured Europe, opening for the Simple Minds, [5] a tour which proved that Belgian bands could attain commercial success outside the country. [11] A final album, Ye Ye (1985), was produced by Howard Gray. The band broke up in 1986. [5]

After the breakup

Arno Hintjes started a solo career, under the name Arno. [12] He continued to cooperate with Jean-Marie Aerts, who went on to work mainly as a producer (for Jo Lemaire and the Urban Dance Squad, among others), and with two other ex-TC Matic-members, drummer Rudy Cloet and keyboard player Serge Feys. [13] [14]

Members

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 Keunen, Gert (2002). Pop! : een halve eeuw beweging. [Tielt?]: Lannoo. p. 205. ISBN   9789020948714.
  2. ↑ "Muzikant Jean-Marie Aerts (72) overleden, bekend als gitarist van T.C. Matic en producer van tal van Belpopbands". VRT (in Dutch). 21 April 2024.
  3. ↑ His last name is spelled variously, also as Decouter, Couter.
  4. ↑ Mercier, Jacques (2006). Belges en France. p. 121. ISBN   9782873864781.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Wangermée, Robert; Pascale Vandervellen (1995). Dictionnaire de la chanson en Wallonie et à Bruxelles. Editions Mardaga. p. 63. ISBN   978-2-87009-600-0 . Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  6. ↑ Jeffries, Stan (2003). Encyclopedia of world pop music, 1980-2001 . Greenwood Press. ISBN   9780313315473.
  7. ↑ book|last=Robbins|first=Ira A.|title=The Trouser Press guide to new wave records|year=1983|publisher=C. Scribner's
  8. ↑ Robbins, Ira A. (1983). The Trouser Press guide to new wave records . C. Scribner's Sons. pp.  316. ISBN   9780684179438.
  9. ↑ Mercier, Jacques (2006). Belges en France. Lannoo Uitgeverij. p. 121. ISBN   9782873864781.
  10. ↑ Gerardy, Denis (1987). Histoire du rock et de la chanson française. Editions Dricot. p. 138. ISBN   9782870950470.
  11. ↑ Grijp, Louis Peter (2001). "The opkomst van de Belgische rock in de international popmuziek". Een muziekgeschiedenis der Nederlanden. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Univ. Press - Salomé [u.a.] p. 866. ISBN   9789053564882.
  12. ↑ "Arno, de Belgische Tom Waits". focusonbelgium.be (in Dutch). 20 January 2022.
  13. ↑ "PRODUCER a selection from the archives". jeanmarieaerts-jmx.be. 17 May 2024.
  14. ↑ "Gitarist en producer Jean-Marie Aerts, bekend van T.C. Matic, overleden: 'Hij zal gemist worden door zijn talrijke vrienden en muzikanten'". humo.be (in Dutch). 21 April 2024.
  15. ↑ "T.C. Matic". musicmeter.nl (in Dutch). 4 March 2025.
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