Parade Ground

Parade Ground are a Belgian band formed in 1981 by the 2 brothers, Jean-Marc Pauly and Pierre Pauly. They were pioneers of cold wave and EBM. Their first single Moan On The Sly was released in 1983 and they've remained active until now (although they decided not to release anything between 1988 and 2007, being involved in other artistic projects such as writing and plastic art). Their style has evolved over the years, from an icy and radical cold wave in the 1980s to a more danceable sound with stressed rhythmics and exclusively synthetic melodies, sustained by an ironical dadaist visual. They regularly collaborated with members of Belgian band Front 242, have worked with English producer Colin Newman from Wire and have written and composed on two Front 242 albums in 1994. Their 2007 album Rosary was produced by Patrick Codenys of Front 242. The band have acquired a solid live reputation (the choreography of chaos) and have often toured in various countries from Europe.