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Absynthe Minded
Band Ghent Belgium Formed 1999 Belgian indie band
Absynthe Minded formed in 1999 in Ghent, Belgium. Absynthe Minded has 19 chart appearances on 18 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2006–2018. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “My Heroics, Part One”, which appears on 13 lists with a best position of #11. The station that charted Absynthe Minded most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 19 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2010.
Absynthe Minded started out in 1999 as a band of one: Bert Ostyn, cutting songs on an 8-track in a bedroom in Ghent, Belgium. As his demos pulled in other players, the project grew into a real group, and the sound turned into a gloriously magpie mix, prewar jazz rubbing shoulders with funky soul, Balkan rhythms and a bright streak of Merseyside pop, with Renaud Ghilbert's violin sawing through the middle and Sergej Van Bouwel anchoring it on bass and double bass.
They paid their dues as a support act for Spinvis and Zita Swoon, put out an EP in 2003 and a debut album, Acquired Taste, in 2004. New Day, cut with producer Jean-Marie Aerts early in 2005, was the one that broke them, and its first single, "My Heroics, Part One", got all over the radio.
There Is Nothing followed in 2007. The self-titled 2009 album, with "Envoi" and "Moodswing Baby", cleaned up at the Flemish Music Industry Awards in 2010: 4 trophies, Hit of the Year and best band among them. A deal with the French label AZ carried them beyond Belgium and the Netherlands, and As It Ever Was arrived in 2012.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Absynthe Minded on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Heroics, Part One | 13 | #11 | – | – | |
| 2 | End of the Line | 1 | #9 | – | 2013 | |
| 3 | Space | 1 | #10 | – | 2012 | |
| 4 | Envoi | 1 | #8 | – | 2009 | |
| 5 | Papillon | 1 | #13 | – | 2010 | |
| 6 | Plane Song | 1 | #20 | – | 2007 | |
| 7 | Moodswing baby | 1 | #28 | – | 2010 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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