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THOUSANDS OF POPPIES

ELECTRONIC ALTERNATIVE BAND FROM BRUSSELS

NEW SINGLE - PIECE OF MIND

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BIOGRAPHY

A match made in heaven!

Thousands of Poppies is an independent and alternative band, made in Belgium. Véro & Jody mingled under an umbrella in front of the stage of a festival in 2018. They seduced and captivated each other thanks to a common passion – music. An intimate and long-distance relationship was born, exchanging emails and, of course, music files. Véronique deploys her voice, almost ethereal, and Jody finds his creativity back the purity and determination of the beginnings. They have found their own sound freshness and feed off each other.

Thousands of Poppies wishes to sow delicate, elegant, powerful, wild but polished musical seeds that will blossom into red wild flowers.

They release tracks with organic and atmospheric melodies rooted in the 80s and 90s, a range of electro-pop, dream or shiver pop, new wave, or indie seeds. These are slices of late-night vibes, like the soundtrack of their own movie. Their influences? Massive Attack, Still Corners, Cocteau Twins, Ela Minus, LCD Soundsystem, Ry X, The Jesus & Mary Chains, Michaël Kiwanuka, Moby, Tyco, Future Islands, Bonobo, The Chromatics and many more.

In 2020 Thousands of Poppies launched a teaser for their debut single Feel Like Ya on socials. The teaser was generously shared, and numerous gigs were scheduled in Belgium. The first three singles (Feel Like Ya, Baby doll and Top song) reached the main Belgian Radio Stations (RTBF, La Premiere, Classic 21).  Numerous press articles came out, and RTBF Jam chose the band twice as “Belgian Novelties”. Beatport Best New Indie Dance playlist on Spotify playlisted Thousands of Poppies Feel like Ya club mix in 2021.

A first 7-track nectar popped out in 2022Thousands of Poppies self-produced EPMusical Seeds Supplier as the outcome of 2 years of musical complementarity and organic research between Véronique and Jody. After composing Feel Like, the duo produced a dozen demos over the course of a year. Sometimes arranged, sometimes put aside, these tracks take the form of singles that Thousands of Poppies wishes to share with a sensitive audience attracted to Anglo-Saxon sounds or appealed by new alternative music. This EP reflects their emotions, dark and sensitive, personal, and sensual, written by Véronique and put into music by Jody.

In 2023 Thousands of Poppies was chosen by RTBF Jam to perform a 3 song live session.

Several singles will be released over the months starting with a first deeply melodic electro indie track: Piece of Mind.

Artists

Thousands of Poppies

JODY GRANDCLÉMENT

Originally from Jura (F) Jody Grandclément is a multi-instrumentalist and electronic music producer.Jody manages the arrangement as well as the tracks mixing & mastering. In addition to his musical and sonic talents, Jody leads the artistic and visual direction of the band.He first started playing punk rock guitar music.

In the late 90’s he turned to electronic music and became a DJ. He was the Moulin de Brainan’s resident DJ and attended many gigs in his area and surroundings. Next to the dance floor music scene Jody worked on a cinemix project mixing a new soundtrack for Dziga Vertov’s The Man with the Movie Camera.

He also founded alongside with friends le Citron Vert’ – an artistic association – launching free parties concept and eventually organizing event parties. The aim was to propose quality venues in Eastern France as well as respecting the legal framework and promoting electronic music broadcast and any other alternative and cultural expressions.

Many mixtapes, as well as 2 opus were born : 

Les marrons aux coins du feu (Persiste et signes, 2003)

1 peu de fraîcheur (Le Citron Vert, 2006) : An album reflecting his influences :  trip-Hop, leftfield, techno, trance et drum & bass. His compositions form a mixture that is both unique and seductive.

In 2007, he was selected to take part in the « my Tremplin » competition, organised by the Jura General Council and the Moulin de Brainans (F). A compilation « Le Jura révèle ses artistes » with three tracks from each artist was released in 12,000 copies and were sent to French media and professionals.

Some of his venues :

Le Moulins de Brainans (Brainans, France), la Rodia (Besançon, France), La Vapeur (Dijon, France), Freaks Machine (Franche-Comté, France), le Triptyque (Paris, France), Rock School Barbey (Bordeaux, France), Château-Rouge (Anemasse, France), Festival de la Paille (Metabief, France), Festival les Mouillotins (Saint Poix, France), Festival Reperkusound (Villefranche-sur-Saône, France), l’Usine (Genève, Suisse), Cross-Club (Prague, République Tchèque) …

VÉRONIQUE BERVAES

In her early 40ies, Véronique, a native of Liège (Belgium), began writing lyrics, unable to do anything else than giving birth to her emotions, that were hidden for far too long. Passionate about languages, she writes in English to create a distance and practices a rigorous and linguistic research of the words used.

She sings regularly at private events and takes group and individual singing lessons at the Novanois with Sonja. In 2019, she attended singing classes at Aline Janssens.

Her instinctive and intuitive texts are interpreted with an ethereal voice, which deliberately plays with the sensitivity of the listeners.

PICTURES

Photos : Pascal Noriega ©

LIVE

PREVIOUS GIGS

Nov.

24

2022

CG Kontakt • Brussels

Oct.

19

2022

KFK Hope • Brussels

Apr.

23

2022

Joran • Brussels

Mar.

31

2022

Motown • Brussels

Mar.

19

2022

Le Strof • Brussels

Feb.

23

2021

Super Fourchette • Brussels

Nov.

11

2021

Brasserie de la Mule • Brussels

Oct.

23

2021

Night Museum Fever • Brussels

Sep.

17

2021

La Vallée • Brussels

Aug.

27

2021

Babelmet • Brussels

Jul.

09

2021

Atelier Rock • Huy

Jun.

18

2021

Fête de la musique • Chimay

Oct.

8

2021

L'os à moëlle • Brussels

Aug.

28

2020

Babelmet • Brussels

Contact

BOOKING

contact@thousands-of-poppies.com

VÉRONIQUE BERVAES
Bruxelles – Belgique
Tel : +32 490 44 07 51

GRANDCLÉMENT  JODY
Bruxelles – Belgique
+32 499 15 56 38
+33 6 37 12 98 38

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