Minimalistix was a
progressive trance music project from
Belgium, consisting of members Dave Lambrechts, Janus De Decker, Johan Casters, Peter Bellaert and Steve Sidewinder (Andy Vandierendonck) Poison Ivy (Els Mortelmans) voice and performance on stage and existing from 2000 to 2010.
The group was started by Bellaert (alias Brian Koner) who purchased his first
synthesizer at the age of eighteen, and gained his first
recording contract in 1991, when he signed to Snowball Records.[1] The group first gained mainstream recognition with the white label
single, "Struggle for Pleasure" (a
remix of the 1983
Wim Mertens track) in Belgium
danceclubs. In 2000 the track reached the
Top 10 of
European radio dance tracks.[2] Two of the group's singles reached the Top 40 in the
UK Singles Chart. "Close Cover" peaking at #12 and "Magic Fly" (remix of
Space's 1977
hit) at #36.[3] Meanwhile "Struggle For Pleasure" reached #38 in the
Dutchchart, and "Close Cover" made #34.[4]
Minimalistix's first album, Elements, was released in 2002.
Discography
Singles
2000 "Struggle for Pleasure" [Sphear]
2000 "Voices for Jana" [Sphear]
2001 "A Forest" [Sphear]
2001 "A Forest (Remixes)" [Sphear]
2001 "Close Cover" [Sphear]
2001 Twin Peaks Theme "Falling" [Sphear]
2002 "Close Cover" - Progressive and Hard Trance Mixes [Sphear/Data]
2002 "Magic Fly" [Mostiko]
2003 "Magic Fly (Remixes)"
2007 "Whistling Drive" (aka Young Folks) [The Dance Division/Liberator Music]
2007 "Whistling Drive" / "Struggle for Pleasure" [Hardstylers/Mostiko]
2008 "Code to Blue (MP3 release)
2010 "Ashk"
Albums
2002 Elements [Moskito]
2002 Tranthem - Mixed By Minimalistix [Superb Trax]
Remixes
2000 The Traveler & In Motion "Believe" [Five AM]
2000 Trancid "I Would Stay" [Sphear]
2001
Lost Witness "Did I Dream" (Song to the Siren)" [Data]
2001 Montini "The Sound of Innocence Goes On" [Sphear]