SX (band)
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Origin | Kortrijk, Belgium |
Genres | Indie pop |
Years active | 2009–present |
Labels | Clay |
Members | Benjamin Desmet Stefanie Callebaut Sebastiaan Van den Branden Christophe Claeys |
Past members | Jeroen Termote |
Website | www |
SX is a Belgian aetheric indie pop group from Kortrijk, Belgium. The band was founded in the spring of 2009 by Benjamin Desmet (keyboard, guitar) and Stefanie Callebaut (voice, keyboard).[1]
With Mister Lion the group won the Road2Fame-challenge of TV channel TMF in June 2009. Three months later, the group won the public's prize during the final of talent show Westtalent.[2] As radio channel Studio Brussel provided them both the Vi.be On Air-award and their attention, SX broke through in January 2011 with the record 'Black Video'.[1][3] The video clip received positive criticism as well. On 26 May 2011 SX recorded three tracks (Black Video, Stop and Graffiti) in the Toots-Studio in Brussels. These tracks were broadcast in the Studio Brussel program Select and can still be heard at the Studio Brussel website.[3] In 2011, the group went on tour through Germany, Netherlands and the United Kingdom.[4] The group's debut album, Arche, was released in 2012. The follow-up, Alphabet, was released in 2016.
Name
[edit]Multiple interpretations are possible for the short name "SX". The technological tone of the term, the futuristic scope of the name and the referral to sex are a couple of examples singer Stefanie Callebaut gave during interviews.[4]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]Album(s) with hits in the Flemish Ultratop | Date of appearance | Date of entrance | Highest position | Number of weeks |
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Arche | 2012 | 10-11-2012 | 2 | 44 |
Alphabet | 18-11-2016 | 26-11-2016 | 13 | 7 |
Singles
[edit]Single(s) with hits in the Flemish Ultratop | Date of appearance | Date of entrance | Highest position | Number of weeks |
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"Black Video" | 07-03-2011 | 23-04-2011 | 31 | 11 |
"Gold" | 2012 | 10-11-2012 | 36 | 4 |
"Graffiti" | 2013 | 09-03-2013 | tip4 | - |
"The Future" | 2013 | 22-06-2013 | tip37 | - |
"Hurts" | 2016 | 13-02-2016 | 40 | 1 |
"Shimona" | 2016 | 23-04-2016 | tip35 | - |
"Mercury" | 2016 | 16-07-2016 | tip | - |
"Comfort" | 2016 | 29-10-2016 | tip10 | - |
"Real Life" | 2019 | 04-05-2019 | tip49 | - |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Grensrock: SX". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). June 18, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ^ "Westtalent van hoog niveau". De Standaard (in Dutch). November 30, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ^ a b "SX wint Vi.be On Air 2011" (in Dutch). Studio Brussel. May 26, 2011. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ^ a b Deschacht, Tom (May 21, 2011). "'We hebben altijd in de kracht van onze muziek geloofd'". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ^ "SX (albums)". Ultratop. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ "SX (singles)". Ultratop. Retrieved January 7, 2017.