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Flowing With the Flue

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If you like Dutch underground, then you'll love this album. There's a good mix of songs on this album which runs from the melancholic (Talk) right through to pop-like (Mercedes'Eyes). If groups such as Clan of Xymox and The Chameleons UK are your thing, then you should give Born for Bliss a try!

Two ex-Clan Of Xymox contributors, Frank Weyzig and Willem Van Antwerpen, started this project in 1994, and were joined by Chapman Stick player Remco Helbers in 1995. Their first full-length album "Flowing With the Flue" is an impressive debut taking us back to 80's rhythms of dark wave, ranging from the dance beat of the hit "Arabia", to the more melancholic and gloomy sounds of "Killing Time"... not to mention the mystical touch of "If Only" (York Eysel from Love Like Blood performs the backing vocals on this track). Flowing With The Flue is without a doubt comparable in style and magnificence to the first two Clan Of Xymox albums.

You owe it to yourself to check this album out! If you are a fan of Clan of Xymox, then you will definitely love these guys. They use their limited early membership in Clan of Xymox as a crutch to promote themselves. . .when they really could have stood on their own talent and catalogue to get them noticed. Regardless, they have a power and intensity to their music that is rare today.