The next day's interviews were held at the offices of the record company P.I.A.S. (Play It Again Sam) who licence the Mute roster in the BENELUX (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) territory.


One of the best interviews of the whole trip was a live radio show for Radio 21 with Rudi Leonet, the 'John Peel' of Brussels. Not only is he a respected and experienced DJ but, like Peel, has a reputation for only playing music he really likes - and, luckily, he likes Recoil. During the 45 minute show, Rudi played 'Breath Control', 'Strange Hours', 'Chrome' and 'Vertigen'. Amongst many things, he and Alan spent sometime discussing Rosa Torras and her involvement with the project.


It was particularly good to also see interest from the Flemish press in Belgium who had been rather inconspicuous during the promotion of 'Unsound Methods' and had subsequently felt they'd missed out in some way. This included a recorded interview for the main Flemish radio station.

listen to Radio 21 interview [mp3 file]




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