For many, Antwerp isn’t a city that springs to mind when charting the history of electronic music, though the Flemish—and Belgians at large—have been dancing to repetitive mechanized rhythms, playing records extra slow and partying for days on end decades before the concept of rave even existed. And while most countries’ self-perception is steeped in narratives of exceptionalism, Belgium’s complex weave of war and geography has provided the ideal conditions for musical open-mindedness. It’s this historical flexibility that has fostered electronic body music, Belgian new beat, and rave techno—not to mention arguably the most vital avant-garde fashion in the world.
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