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Current
IC 434 sideproject is the more Goa Trance oriented PANGEAN DREAMS act. Of
course the BREAKDOWN STUDIO record label and mastering studio can be
considered as a sideproject as well.
PANGEAN
DREAMS has the intention to breath an energetic "pre-human"
atmosphere, released from civilisation fears, by using the latest music
soft & hardware and producing techniques.
Geert
de Wilde started with a sideproject of IC 434, called TEMESTA at the end
of the 90's. 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, 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 was 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
after the collaboration with Gin Devo ended. 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 STUDIO
label as its first official CD by May 2003.

Just
as TEMESTA, PANGEAN DREAMS 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.
BREAKDOWN
STUDIO was a mastering studio ran by IC 434's Geert de Wilde, and a record
label as well, dealing with his limited edition releases.
Besides
its releases, BREAKDOWN STUDIO dealt with mixing, production and
mastering of recordings for CDs and demo-CDRs in a professional way. In
2011, Geert decided to stop his mastering activities for an undefinite
period.
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