Posie Noire are a Belgian band that rose to prominence in the mid-80's.

Their Belgian origins and tendency to develop a goth-oriented, synthetic, gloomy universe with low-pitched voices Posie Noire could translate by "Black/Dark Poetry" - had them categorized as EBM such as other Belgian members of the 1980s electronic music scene like ;GRUMH... or A Split-Second. However, much in the manner of various renowned Belgian EBM bands like The Neon Judgement and, to some extent, Front 242, they declared, through their music, a will to step away from the usual industrial aggressiveness that characterized Electronic body music and developed a more mainstream accessible dark pop sound that helped them to be regarded as plain New Wave or Darkwave.[1][2] Contents [hide] 1 History 1.1 Band Members 1.2 Career summary 1.3 TBX 1.4 Sense Of Purpose 2 Side-Projects and Aftermath 2.1 Johan Casters 2.2 Johan Casters and Herman Gillis (and sometimes, Marianne) 2.3 Herman Gillis 2.4 Marianne Valvekens 2.5 Evanna 2.6 Ludo Camberlin/Carl S. Johansen 3 Discography 3.1 Albums and Mini-Albums 3.2 Singles 3.3 Bootleg Compilations 3.4 Compilation Appearances 4 See also 5 References 6 External links History [edit]

Band Members [edit] Initially based on seven members, Posie Noire rapidly boiled down to just three hardcore members so as to be finally incarnated by Johan Casters aka "La Bte Noire" - "The Black/Dark Beast" - (writer, composer and main male singer of the band), Marianne Valvekens (co-writer, female vocalist up to the 1991 Marianne album - and then back on Sense Of Purpose - and keyboard player) and Herman Gillis (co-writer and mainly the band's guitar player.) As Posie Noire 's fanbase grew along the years, Johan and Marianne were soon to be given "status nicknames" (probably in tradition of some typically "Goth-spirited" symbolical hierarchy.) Consequently, it did not take long for Casters to be considered the band's "Master" to the fans whereas Marianne became their "Goddess". In 1991, Irish vocalist Evanna would join the band for the needs of the Marianne album because producer Ludo Camberlin didn't feel Marianne's voice was right for the album and Evanna's had more warmth and soul to it.[3][4] Career summary [edit] Very little is known about how the band actually started their career in music. Nevertheless, they are known to have won the 1985 Breekend Rock Festival (a long-lasting, reputed festival set in Bree, Belgium that hosted large amounts of prestigious bands such as The Smiths in 1984 or even Slade in 2009[5]) This domestic victory probably played a part in giving the band a flattering reputation because the following year, Posie Noire started supporting Dead Can Dance[6] and The Sisters of Mercy[citation needed] on tour, seizing this great opportunity of getting in touch with those huge post-punk, goth rock bands' audiences to display their own musical conception of darkness to them and have personal gigs set up in the meantime.[7] Along their years as Posie Noire, the band demonstrated qualities as a prolific act with intensive releases : in just seven years, Casters, Valvekens and Gillis offered their fans 9 albums and mini-albums, 2 official best of compilation, 1 remix compilation and 15 singles which allowed them to appear on various EBM or New Wave compilations and become genuine figures of the kind throughout their sphere of influence.[8][9][10] TBX [edit] By 1992, it seems the relations between Posie Noire and their label, Antler-Subway, were not as sound as they used to. Indeed, the record label promised the band they would release yet another album of the band's composition entitled Delirious but this never happened and Antler-Subway finally released Jo, Herman and newcomer Evanna from their recording contract instead. With the help of Ludo Camberlin aka Carl S. Johansen, who had been their producer since the 1989 album Love is Colder than Death,[11] Posie Noire changed their name to TBX ("To Be eXcited", that is) and signed to larger label EMI Belgium that enabled them to release this Delirious album which had been the source of so many issues and changes. But unfortunately for the band, this "new beginning" rapidly ended up unsuccessful - because the band's "music [was not] meant for [the] mass consumption [that EMI was used to aiming at]", their official

site explains - and led EMI Belgium to delete TBX from their catalog promptly afterwards.[12] Consequently, for Posie Noire/TBX, the bell tolled although they finally returned in 2010 with a new album, Sense Of Purpose. Sense Of Purpose [edit] More than a decade after the band split, they formed again and started working on a new album, Sense Of Purpose,[13] finally released in October 2010 under the name that made them famous, Posie Noire. The release of this new opus went along with Posie Noire taking part in the Sinner's Day festival,[14] on October 31, 2010, together with such prestigious artists as Heaven 17, Nina Hagen, Marc Almond, The Psychedelic Furs, Echo & the Bunnymen, Peter Murphy, The Selecter, Department S, Marky Ramone, Jah Wobble or Young Gods. Side-Projects and Aftermath [edit]

After Posie Noire disbanded, their members carried on musical projects they had been involved in while the band was active, developed new ones or radically turned over a new leaf.[15] Johan Casters [edit] Using different aliases (Morton, Joey Morton, Pateke Morton, Ilya Dimitrijevic,Jill (or Jille) Johnson or Alessandro Di Ravo), Johan Casters has extensively served as a writer, producer and even remixer or editor for various acts and artists. He has developed personal projects from the late 1980s onwards, either alone or with Herman Gillis. As a producer or executive producer, Jo has been involved in several obscure projects such as The Passion of a Primitif, Company of State, Men 2nd, In Sotto Voce, Attrition, Ei Mori, Bulgarka, Danse Macabre, Pussy Jew, Dee Bass, Translator, Minimalistix, Orion Too feat. Caitlin, Roxane and Biba Binoche. As a remixer or editor, once again, Jo has linked up with a large selection of artists from very obscure to popular favourites as proved by the following list : The Neon Judgement, Jean-Paul Gaultier, The Weathermen, Jean-Jacques Smoothie, Sinad O'Connor. Though Jo and Marianne seem to go on making music together, Jo was known, in the late 90's, to be working in the field of important musical events coordination and then as A&R for the Roadrunner turned Mostiko[16] division of Arcade/CNR.