John Sellekaers was born in 1973 in Montreal, later moved to Brussels. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is Around 1988, under the influence of electronic music pioneers such as Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, he began experimenting with synthesizers. Kraftwerk (ˈkʁaftvɛɐk German for " power plant " or " Power station " is an influential Electronic music band from Tangerine Dream is a German Electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. At the same time, he starts a magazine devoted to electronic music, and writes for it.
In 1994, he makes a contract with Nova Zembla label and in 1995 his first album Maps Of The Impossible comes out, under the name of Xingu Hill. Nova Zembla is a Belgian Electronic music Record label, daughter of Kk Records. Xingu Hill is a musical project of musician John Sellekaers. During the last ten years John has released about forty records on various labels (such as Hushush
During the last ten years, John has released about forty records on various labels (such as Hushush, Ant-Zen, Hymen, Foton, Delikatessen, Mirex, Re-Load Ambient, and Nova Zembla). Disques Hushush Inc. (also known as Disques Hushush or more simply as Hushush) is an Independent record label created by Dimitri della Faille (aka recording Ant-Zen Audio and Visual Arts is a German Independent record label founded in 1994 by Stefan Alt (aka recording artist S Delicatessen is a term meaning "delicacies" or "fine foods" Nova Zembla is a Belgian Electronic music Record label, daughter of Kk Records.
Sellekaers has also recorded under names such as Dead Hollywood Stars, Ambre, Urawa, Uncotones, Moonsanto and Ammo. Ambre is a collaborative electronic music project between C-drik Fermont, John Sellekaers & Olivier Moreau, with other musicians guesting Moonsanto is an Experimental music and political project by John Sellekaers, C-drik Fermont, Gabriel Séverin and Marc Mœdea. Ammo is a Belgian-Canadian band consisting of John Sellekaers and C-drik Fermont. Xingu Hill always stayed the most famous of them.
He has collaborated with people such as Mick Harris of Scorn, David Thrussell of Snog and Black Lung, Olivier Moreau of Imminent Starvation, Panacea, Silk Saw, and played many shows in Europe and North America. Michael John Harris (commonly known and credited as Mick Harris or occasionally M Scorn is a Feeling of Contempt or Disdain for something or somebody to Despise. Snog is a band formed by Australian musician David Thrussell along with Tim McGrath and Julia Bourke in 1988. Black Lung is an electronic and Industrial music project by Australian musician David Thrussell also known for his industrial bands Snog and Imminent is a Belgian musical project formerly and still commonly known as Imminent Starvation. Mathis Mootz (born 19 August 1976) is a prolific German Electronic musician and DJ from Germany
Since 1998, he has also running the Metarc mastering studio, currently located in Montreal, Canada.
On April 1, 2003, an announcement appeared at the John's website, according to which he had decided to stop musical activity for an indefinite period and engage in other fields of art, not related to music. However, several planned releases were to be issued at MetArc during 2003-2004.
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