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Artist
Minerale
12+ albums
poprockbelgianlesser known yet streamable artistsBelge
about
2001 Minerale starts in a cellar, under the casual name of "Tous les Dimanches" as a friendly sunday jam-session composed of school and college friends. The backbone of the gang were and still are Jack (vocal, guitar), Stanley (guitar, piano), and Simon (bass). The drum sticks regularly changing hands. But at that time "Tous les Dimanches" were also often accompanied by violins, cello, clarinette and sax. A taste for classical instruments which has never left Minerale. 2002-2003 On the occasion of a "mini-festival" organised by friends, "Tous les Dimanches" changed their name to "Minerale", a name that better reflects their music. It is also at that time that Minerale starts working on a set and begins recording a 5-track demo. Demo which eventually falls in the hands of Belgorock.be founder, Jerry Vandevelde, which decides to take Minerale under his management. 2004 Breakthrough year. Jerry hands the demo to Phillipe Decoster of 62TV Records and Minerale gets to open for Alfie in the Rotonde of the Botanique. From then on they are found playing at Boutik Rock, The Nuits Botanique and Dour Festival to name a few. Minerale is also selected to play for the Verdur Rock Contest (where they finish 2nd) and for the final of Concours-Circuit (where they also finish 2nd, hence "the Poulidor du rock" auto-proclaimed nickname!). 2005 Minerale is now in cruising mode in its quest for greater recognition and gets to play on a regular basis with bigger and bigger dates, perfecting the
