Styrofoam (musician)

Styrofoam

Styrofoam performing in July 2008
Background information
Birth name Arne Van Petegem
Origin Belgium
Genres Indie / Electronica
Years active 2000–present
Labels Morr Music, Nettwerk, Rocket Racer
Website Myspace.com/Styrofoam

Styrofoam (Arne Van Petegem, * November 4, 1973[1][2][3]) is a Belgian one man glitch electronica project (indietronic) on the independent record label Morr Music. He also releases under the moniker Tin Foil Star and works as a guest musician with The Go Find and Orange Black.

On the album Nothing's Lost, Styrofoam worked together with artists Valerie Trebeljahr (Lali Puna), Andrew Kenny (The American Analog Set), Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service), Bent Van Looy (Das Pop), Markus Acher (The Notwist, Lali Puna), Miki Yoshimura (Munk) and Alias.

Contents

Discography

Releases

Albums

Year Title Label
2000 The Point Misser Morr Music
2000 A Short Album About Murder
2003 I'm What's There To Show That Something's Missing
2004 Nothing's Lost
2006 The Same Channel [Joint album with Fat Jon]
2008 A Thousand Words Nettwerk
2010 Disco Synthesizers & Daily Tranquilizers

EP's & Singles

Year Title Label
2002 RR20 Rocket Racer
2002 Styrofoam/Dntel Split [7" Split]
2002 To Simply Lie Here And Breathe [7"] Morr Music
2003 A Heart Without A Mind [EP]
2005 Live
2008 Bright Red Helmet Nettwerk
2009 Other Side of Town
2010 Get Smarter [EP]

Remixes

Year Original Artist Song Release
2001 múm Please Sing My Spring Reverb Please Smile My Noise Bleed
2002 Tristeza Casio Mixed Signals
Giardini di Mirò A New Start The Academic Rise of Falling Drifters
The American Analog Set The Postman Updates EP
We're Computerizing And We Just Don't Need You Anymore
2003 Zorn Marianengraben Marianengraben
2004 The Go Find What I Want Miami
2005 The Postal Service Nothing Better We Will Become Silhouettes
The American Analog Set Cool Kids Keep Set Free (Japanese edition)
Jimmy Eat World Drugs Or Me Stay on My Side Tonight [EP]
The Free Design (with Sarah Shannon) I Found Love The Now Sound Redesigned
Plastic Operator Folder Folder EP
2006 Najwa Nimri Capable Capable
Five Deez Let The People Know Let The People Know
The Submarines Brighter Discontent Remixes EP
Leigh Nash All Along The Wall Remixed 2 EP
2007 at the close of every day Rain or Shine Leaves You Puzzled

External links

Sources

  1. ^ Tin Foil Star at rateyourmusic.com
  2. ^ Arne Van Petegem at drummerszone.com
  3. ^ Disco Synthesizers & Daily Tranquilizers, that's about it at bestfbothworlds.blogspot.com