{"id":628651,"date":"2024-07-24T17:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/another-dancers-missing-connections\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T17:05:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:05:02","slug":"another-dancers-missing-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/another-dancers-missing-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"#Another Dancer\u2019s missing connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37a51dc2af7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37a51dc2af7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/another-dancers-missing-connections\/#The_Belgian_weirdo_pop_band_refuse_to_settle_on_one_sound_%E2%80%94_and_that_suits_them_just_fine\" >The Belgian weirdo pop band refuse to settle on one sound \u2014 and that suits them just fine.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Belgian_weirdo_pop_band_refuse_to_settle_on_one_sound_%E2%80%94_and_that_suits_them_just_fine\"><\/span>The Belgian weirdo pop band refuse to settle on one sound \u2014 and that suits them just fine.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-262777\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064_vtek84\/another-dancer-photo-by-anna-scholiers.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064_vtek84\/another-dancer-photo-by-anna-scholiers.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064_vtek84\/another-dancer-photo-by-anna-scholiers.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064_vtek84\/another-dancer-photo-by-anna-scholiers.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064_vtek84\/another-dancer-photo-by-anna-scholiers.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064_vtek84\/another-dancer-photo-by-anna-scholiers.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064_vtek84\/another-dancer-photo-by-anna-scholiers.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064_vtek84\/another-dancer-photo-by-anna-scholiers.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064_vtek84\/another-dancer-photo-by-anna-scholiers.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064_vtek84\/another-dancer-photo-by-anna-scholiers.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000064_vtek84\/another-dancer-photo-by-anna-scholiers.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Another Dancer\u2019s missing connections\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Another Dancer. Photo by Anna Scholiers<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-262781\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>The Opener is The FADER&#8217;s short-form profile <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of casual conversations with exciting new artists.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-262785\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-262778\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            It\u2019s a bright afternoon in the neat Belgium apartment of Dries Robbe, the principal singer-songwriter of Another Dancer, and he\u2019s already thinking about the project they\u2019ll release after their debut album, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aguirrerecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/i-try-to-be-another-dancer\"><i>I Try To Be Another Dancer<\/i><\/a>, out on September 10. \u201cOne of the main problems we have right now is naming a genre for the music,\u201d Robbe says of the group\u2019s already-completed, as-yet-untitled second project; his bandmates, Margo Mot and Mike Crabb\u00e9, nod in agreement over our video call. <i>I Try To Be Another Dancer<\/i> has a similarly intentional nebulousness \u2014 the listener is left looking for some word to describe the singular universe they\u2019re hearing, joining its creators on their ever-expanding search.<\/p>\n<p>            For now, the record store bins in our mind demand something clinical to describe <i>I Try To Be Another Dancer<\/i>, so \u201ccollage radio rock\u201d it is. A union of disparate elements can also be found in the biographies of Another Dancer\u2019s three principal members: Dries spent years creating music in his bedroom, driven by a love of Arthur Russel and J Dilla (<i>I Try To Be Another Dancer<\/i> is his first-ever release, and he describes holding its test pressing as the best day of his life). Mike is a mixer and producer who\u2019s spent years performing in punk, dub, and electronic acts across Brussels\u2019s underground music scenes. Margo, a filmmaker by trade, only dabbled in music before reconnecting with Dries, an acquaintance from childhood, over bands they loved.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-262782\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Another Dancer - Overfriendly Dogs\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z9VF_XiFams?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('262782');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-262779\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Margo describes her dynamic with Dries as a \u201cping-pong,\u201d and their volley sparked the beginning of Another Dancer. Dries would send Margo songs from his vast vault, some dating back to his teenage years, and she would offer suggestions to improve them. \u201cAt first,\u201d Dries says, \u201cthe music was even more lo-fi.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>            Mike, who joined soon after, helped them articulate their wealth of ideas. \u201cWhen I made these songs, you could think that we&#8217;re like 10 different bands,\u201d Dries says. \u201cMike made it more coherent.\u201d Margo agrees, crediting the mixing process with \u201ctaking a lot of things away, giving more space.\u201d Lucas Schreel and Timo Vantyghem joined the band after their first album\u2019s completion, adding a new degree of exciting uncertainty to what may come.<\/p>\n<p>            In making <i>I Try To Be Another Dancer<\/i>, Dries says the band wanted to create a \u201cmixtape vibe.\u201d Across nine tracks, Another Dancer twist the dial until various signals blur into a unique new frequency, strangely cohesive in spite of its distinct elements. Lead single \u201cOverfriendly Dogs\u201d behaves like a dream-pop answer to the trend of austere spoken-word post-punk, Margo and Dries\u2019s bantering vocals layering over each other to evoke a light-hearted incantation between friends. Margo\u2019s love of Stereolab can be most deeply felt on dreamier tracks like \u201cSalto Mortale\u201d and &#8220;Middelmatig Mirakel,&#8221; while \u201cTime Sense\u201d has the quality of a Daniel Johnston demo tape fished out of a reliquary for the brokenhearted. But what the songs are saying is less important than the space they evoke: an art-pop haven for oddballs in their most vulnerable and contradictory moments. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-262783\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000004_jiowli\/another-dancer-belgium-band-interview.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000004_jiowli\/another-dancer-belgium-band-interview.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000004_jiowli\/another-dancer-belgium-band-interview.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000004_jiowli\/another-dancer-belgium-band-interview.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000004_jiowli\/another-dancer-belgium-band-interview.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000004_jiowli\/another-dancer-belgium-band-interview.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000004_jiowli\/another-dancer-belgium-band-interview.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000004_jiowli\/another-dancer-belgium-band-interview.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000004_jiowli\/another-dancer-belgium-band-interview.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000004_jiowli\/another-dancer-belgium-band-interview.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/000004_jiowli\/another-dancer-belgium-band-interview.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Another Dancer\u2019s missing connections\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-262786\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-262780\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Billing their sound as \u201cutopian music\u201d in a press release, the band explains that they\u2019re more interested in creating something they haven\u2019t heard before than pursuing a lofty ideal. \u201cWe try to make very human music,\u201d Dries says. \u201cThere&#8217;s a lot of mistakes. Everything&#8217;s not written in key. When I make something, I don\u2019t have a final form that I have in mind; it&#8217;s more like all a bunch of ideas.\u201d Margot draws a connection to her other creative outlet: \u201cI&#8217;m not that into narrative filmmaking,\u201d she explains, \u201cand I think Another Dancer is a bit the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            The \u201canything goes\u201d sound of <i>I Try To Be Another Dancer<\/i> is a reflection of Brussels. The Belgian capital faces many of the same challenges as other cities, like ascendant right-wing political parties and broken-down public services (Mike is 15 minutes late to our interview thanks to delayed public transit). But thanks in part to a still-reasonable cost of living, Dries sees a silver lining: \u201cThere&#8217;s so much chaos that it creates energy,\u201d he muses, \u201cenergy that connects.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>            That power can be found in the city\u2019s flourishing DIY spaces, where the gigs have lineups that cross genres. \u201cI do feel like there is a Brussels sound that\u2019s slower in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>,\u201d Mike says. \u201cA lot of music I encounter is weird or absurd. If you get used to all of these sounds and you start combining them in your head, you\u2019ve already made the connection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            Like most freshly developing brains, Another Dancer aren\u2019t done making connections. When I ask about the direction of their next album, they laugh with an almost shy exasperation that quickly changes into enthusiasm. There\u2019s dub, and disco. Some ambient, of course, as well as \u201c\u201880s-style guitar ballads.\u201d Not knowing what\u2019s next, whether it\u2019s with their sound or their hopes for a wild, unpredictable live show, is the band\u2019s heart. \u201cI think that&#8217;s the beauty about Another Dancer \u2014 that we&#8217;re all open for whatever it can become,\u201d Mike says. \u201cThat\u2019s the fun part.\u201d <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-262784\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1156634121\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aguirrerecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/i-try-to-be-another-dancer\">I Try to Be Another Dancer by Another Dancer<\/a><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Jordan Darville<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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