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IC 434 Official
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PANGEA has the intention to breath an energetic
pre human atmosphere, released from civilisation fears, by using the
latest music software and producing techniques.
Geert de Wilde started with a sideproject of IC
434, called TEMESTA in 1998. TEMESTA, named after an anxiolyticum (a
medical drug that drives fears away, still a social taboo) was a one man
project, mainly without lyrics not especially meant for one specific music
scene. Some people described it as a mix of EBM and Goa Trance. While IC
434 never uses other sound equipment than world's first music workstation,
the legendaric Korg M1, neither external effects nor sequencers like
Cubase, TEMESTA did not follow this principle but used more modern synths
and music software. This can for example be heard on Hypnotise, a
contribution on Belgian's DARK ENTRIES music magazine sampler Dark
Demons, The First Breed.

By the end of 2001, TEMESTA has been renamed
PANGEA, because a resident techno DJ from Café D'Anvers (a well know
dance hall in Antwerp) called TEMMESTA (double m!) already is operating in
Belgium. PANGEA is the name of the supercontinent on earth, some 200
million years ago (which had a bit the shape of a foetus). Due to
geological processes, this continent was divided in the continents as we
know them now (Eurasia, Africa, Oceania, North America, South America,
Antarctica). Impressed by the PANGEA gig at the Belgian Independent Music
Festival 1 at the end of 2002, Guy Van Mieghem from VOMITO NEGRO asked
Geert de Wilde to join his band. Geert of course accepted this proposal
and Guy immediately started remixing the PANGEA song Permafrost.
It's a pity this remix hasn't been released by now. In the meantime, the
PANGEA versions of Permafrost were released on the BREAKDOWN label
as its first official CD by May 2003.
Just as TEMESTA, PANGEA is no 'dark electro' at
all, although dark, but deals with a mix of Goa Trance, some EBM and
industrial sounds, if you want any references.
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