WE LOVE RETRO HOUSE
WE LOVE RETRO HOUSE
Without wanting to offend anyone… but it’s time to set the record straight
THE HISTORY OF CLUBBING IN BELGIUM IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN MAKE UP.
WHO? WHEN? WHERE? AND AT WHAT TIME?
LET’S PUT THE FACTS ON THE TABLE.
Since the early ’90s, WE❤️RETRO HOUSE has been organizing ACID and RETRO HOUSE PARTIES in iconic venues such as GLOBE, EXTREME, PALLADIUM, FUSE, LA ROCCA, ILLUSION, TOUR & TAXI, TOUR & TAXIS (FUSE on tour COVID), ACTE 3, BLU, the GESU CHURCH (Brussels), an XXL edition at PALAIS 12 (Brussels Expo), at the KING BAUDOUIN STADIUM (Hall of Honor) as well as at KEIRK CHURCH (Aalst).
After a break, WE ARE BACK on Saturday May 23, 2026 in a WAREHOUSE in Brussels.
THE HISTORY of Belgian electronic music is marked by major innovations, notably the NEW BEAT movement in the late ’80s, which had a lasting influence on global techno.
This heritage is linked to iconic labels such as R&S RECORDS and to legendary clubs such as BOCCACCIO (Destelbergen), ANCIENNE BELGIQUE (Antwerp), LA GAITÉ (Brussels), THEATRO (Brussels), FUSE (Brussels), MIRANO (Brussels), VAUDEVILLE (Brussels), MAUNA KEA (Rhode-Saint-Genèse), AMNESIA (Brussels), GARAGE (Brussels), TAO (Brussels), FIFTY FIVE (Kuurne), LA ROCCA (Lier), ILLUSION (Lier), DOCKSIDE (Hasselt), VERSUZ (Hasselt), CAFÉ D’ANVERS (Antwerp), AT THE VILLA (Kooigem), GLOBE (Stabroek), CARAT (Bouwel), CHERRY MOON (Lokeren), EXTREME (Affligem), BALMORAL (Gentbrugge), LAGOA (Menin), LA BUSH (Pecq), H20 (Pecq), ZOOCLUB (Tournai), CAP’TAIN (Rumes), MONTINI (Sint-Truiden), BORSALINO (Wavre), PALLADIUM (Baisy-Thy), CHAPELLE (Liège), TOUR & TAXI (Brussels)… just to name the most well-known.
During the golden era of clubbing in Belgium, it was possible to go out from Thursday to Tuesday NON STOP, moving from one club to another, day and night.
This culture developed through several stages:
• PIONEERS (1970s – early 1980s): TELEX, a Belgian group founded in 1978, among the first to use exclusively synthesizers
• Emergence of EBM (early 1980s): FRONT 242, THE NEON JUDGMENT, KLINIK
• NEW BEAT (1987–1989): born from slowing down EBM/New Wave records, notably at BOCCACCIO
• Techno & rave explosion (1990s): international development with labels such as R&S RECORDS (Ghent) and BONZAI RECORDS (Antwerp)
WE❤️RETRO HOUSE is directly rooted in this heritage and continues to keep this spirit alive today.
Claude El Divino
