You could consider singer Arno Hintjens as the godfather of Belgian alternative pop. As the singer of the new wave group TC Matic, he gave a taste of the unruly sound that would characterize the later Belgian scene of the nineties in 1980. In TC Matic and also in his later project Charles Et Les Lulu's, Arno was inspired not only by rock, but also by European traditional styles, which are less common
… in pop music. From the end of the eighties he increasingly moved into the world of cinema, as an actor but also as a composer of film music. Over the years, Hintjens has further perfected his unique, chunky style. Charles Ernest is again a convincing piece of this 'Tom Waits of the Low Countries'. Notable highlights are the beautiful Stones cover Mother's Little Helper and Elisa, a duet with Jane Birkin. (MS)more
