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- Front 242 - Boot Camp Click

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Front 242

Transmission 242, Brussels, Belgium

Belgian industrial group Front 242 were at the crest of the Electronic Body Music wave, carrying the baton from groups like Throbbing Gristle and Caberet Voltaire, combining their post-punk aesthetic with strong backbeats, slices, samples, and ominous vocals. Their raw sound is married with strong militaristic imagery, chopped-up scenes from television, and even evangelical leanings. Finding their stride with their Headhunters single and Front By Front album, it proved the perfect foil for Anton Corbijn and his eye for the surreal, and took the group around the world. Subsequently, the band and their sound developed through the nineties, and their Tyranny >For You< ushered in an era of dense, multi-layered sounds and an extended romance with Sony/Epic. WIthout Front 242, the nihilistic posturings of The Prodigy would seem very alien, and the tones of techno that we know today would certainly sound much different.