This concert is a part of the timeless ◄◄ REWIND series that was brought into being by AB in 2007. Central to this series are Belgian artists who play their classic again in its entirety. Call it a musical milestone in their career, or even a key album in Belgian pop music history. It is often – but not exclusively – an album that is etched into collective memory. So each pièce de résistance is performed in its entirety, in the order that the artists wanted to tell their tale at the time, or still do.

K’s Choice plays Paradise in Me (1995)
Paradise in Me is the second exceptionally successful album by K’s Choice and it blows out 30(!) candles this year. ‘Exceptionally successful’ is no understatement: in Flanders the album went gold, selling 25,000 copies. It spent almost a year (to be historically correct: 42 weeks) in the Ultratop charts.
In The Netherlands the album actually performed even better: Paradise in Me went platinum, the equivalent of 100,000 copies sold. It spent a whopping 89 weeks in the charts there. No less than six singles were taken from it: Not an Addict (the song that earned them an international breakthrough), Mr. Freeze, A Sound That Only You Can Hear, Iron Flower, Wait and Dad.
The following year, K’s Choice could fully reap what it had sown artistically. Their visit to Holland’s Pinkpop (Rock Werchter forgot to send an invitation) was one for the history books. Sam Bettens: “Our first time at Pinkpop, in 1996, definitely stands out in terms of unforgettable moments. That day, we felt like rock stars for the very first time. Because we didn’t just play there: we blew Pinkpop away. That day actually changed everything. It was the first real validation. What’s more, abroad.”
That same year, Alanis Morissette saw them at Rock am Ring, Germany’s biggest rock festival. She was so impressed that she asked K’s Choice to open for her on her US tour. An international pivotal moment for the band: K’s Choice played on American soil for some 20,000 people daily. Not an Addict even made it into the Top Five of the Alternative Charts, as one of the biggest hits of the year.
To honour the 30th anniversary of Paradise in Me, K’s Choice will play their classic in its entirety as part of ◄◄ REWIND.

More about ◄◄ REWIND
AB spotlights Belgian musical heritage with ◄◄ REWIND. Already passed in revue: dEUS with The Ideal Crash, The Kids with The Kids, Guido Belcanto with Op Zoek Naar Romantiek?, Arbeid Adelt! with Jonge Helden, Gorki with Gorky, The Neon Judgement with 1981-1984, The Scabs with Royalty In Exile, Raymond van het Groenewoud with Nooit Meer Drinken, De Mens with De Mens, Luc Van Acker with The Ship, De Puta Madre with Un Ball Dans La Tête, Jan De Wilde with Hè Hè, Laïs with Laïs, Wim Mertens with Struggle for Pleasure, Yevgueni with Kannibaal, Admiral Freebee with Admiral Freebee, Arid with Little Things of Venom, Girls in Hawaii with From Here To There, Madou with Madou, Soulsister with Heat, An Pierlé with Mud Stories, Ozark Henry with Birthmarks. And this fall it’s the turn of Hooverphonic with The Magnificent Tree and K’s Choice with Paradise in Me.

© Denis Moraux