Hooverphonic

Hooverphonic is a Belgian music group formed in 1996 as a trip-hop outfit. They quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be pigeonholed into one genre. The band originally called themselves Hoover but lat

Hooverphonic is a Belgian music group formed in 1996 as a trip-hop outfit. They quickly expanded their sound to the point where they could no longer be pigeonholed into one genre. The band originally called themselves Hoover but later changed their name to Hooverphonic after discovering other groups were already using the Hoover name.

The band achieved international recognition through the inclusion of the track "2Wicky" (from A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular) on the soundtrack to Bernardo Bertolucci's 1996 film Stealing Beauty (Io Ballo da Sola). The original members of the group were vocalist Liesje Sadonius, keyboardist Frank Duchêne, bass guitarist and programmer Alex Callier, and guitarist Raymond Geerts. Sadonius left Hooverphonic on amicable terms shortly after the release of A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular and was replaced by Geike Arnaert in early 1998.