Inside Info - Soulwax We give you the lowdown on Belgium nutters, Soulwax... Brothers Stephen and David Dewaele are unable to tell you their influences. This may have something to do with the fact their father was a famous radio DJ in 1960s Belgium, meaning they grew up in a house first to get the new EMI and Apple releases and where they would come down to breakfast to find the Small Faces asleep in the kitchen. Growing up surrounded by thousands of British and American records has left them with what Stephen describes as an emotional bond with vinyl. It is this background of 60s and 70s music that the band feels makes them stand apart from other bands their age. After all, this is a band that has done covers of T-Rex, Small Faces, Japan and Nik Kershaw as well as DJing as The Flying Dewaele Brothers. Not content with touring with the band and DJing, the brothers also dabble in re-mixing tracks by other bands, such as the French band Tahiti 80 and Muse, merely because they enjoy doing it. As DJs David feels they've proven that you don't need any particular skills to be good - in their eyes a good DJ is one who can put on a top tune rather than be a technical expert. Which brings us very neatly to their current single 'Too Many DJs', which originally came out in the UK last year but was re-released this week. For the video the band went through the Belgian yellow pages looking for people who DJ in their spare time to come and lip sync to the track. Since the video the DJs have all said they've been inundated with calls for work and when Soulwax were asked to perform to track at a Belgian Awards ceremony, something they hate, they called in all the DJs again and got them to perform as Soulwax on stage. Who said the Belgiums were dull? Taken from SceneOne website. Click here to see the original