Vomito Negro started in the mid-1980s as a pure Electronic Body Music act. The genre did not yet have any constrictions or definition. The first, more widely known productions – Dare, Shock, and Human – showed Vomito Negro as a brutal, angular, and super energetic electro-industrial music, reminiscent of the work of The Klinik or Insekt. The duo’s productions were released by such distinguished electronic music labels as KK Records and Antler Subway. Gin Devo was always at the helm of the project (at the beginning together with Guy Van Miegh). Eric Van Wonterghem, Mario Vaerewijck, and Borg – crème de la crème of the electro-industrial scene from Benelux – were among the members the successive band line-ups and collaboration projects. The original concept was modified on The New Drug album. In the 1990s, Gin Devo concentrated on his solo work. During this time he also studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and at the Royal Conservatory. His high-quality solo albums guide the listener to other areas of electronic music but contain energy that still comes from Vomito Negro. Gin Devo has remained the backbone of the project to this day, and after years of absence, in 2008, he successfully undertook the effort of reactivating the original project. Skull And Bones and Slave Nation are the most outstanding of the albums released at that time. The new guise was far from disappointing, both on the records and live. Enriched with many new sounds, this reinvented music still remains a high-octane, energetic electro-industrial EBM. [ws]
VOMITO NEGRO (B)
