{{Short description|Belgian musician and record producer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Jo Bogaert | image = Jo Bogaert, ook bekend als Thomas De Quincey.jpg | alt = Jo Bogaert wearing a brown button-up jacket, leaning on a wall, looking directly at camera | caption = Jo Bogaert | other_names = Thomas de Quincey | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956}} | birth_place = Aalst, Belgium | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date first) --> | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter|record producer}} | known_for = Creator of New beat groups like Technotronic, {{ill|Nux Nemo|nl|Nux Nemo}}, and Acts of Madmen | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> }}
'''Jo Bogaert''' (born 1956) is a Belgian musician, songwriter, and record producer. Working under his own name and a long list of pseudonyms (usually '''Thomas de Quincey''' or a variation thereof), he is the man behind Technotronic and is considered to have been one of the most successful artists in the new beat genre.
==Early life and career== Bogaert was born in 1956 in Aalst, Belgium.<ref name="Bogaert">{{cite web|title=Jo Bogaert|url=http://www.muziekcentrum.be/identity.php?ID=6690|publisher=Muziekcentrum.be|accessdate=23 September 2016|language=Dutch}}</ref> His father ran an electronics shop.<ref name="Steenhaut">{{cite news|last1=Steenhaut|first1=Bart|title="Ik word nog steeds beter"|url=http://www.demorgen.be/interviewreportage/-ik-word-nog-steeds-beter-bfff3c4e/|accessdate=23 September 2016|work=De Morgen|date=10 November 2015|language=Dutch}}</ref> Bogaert studied philosophy and played in a number of bands in different genres, including blues and new wave. He released one album under his own name in 1984, ''None of Them Are Green''. In 1987, he wrote the soundtrack for the theatre production ''Riot 88''.
==New beat and Technotronic== {{main article|Technotronic}}
In 1989, Bogaert (credited as Thomas de Quincey) created the project Technotronic, with which he released the single "Pump Up the Jam". The song eventually reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the UK charts, and No. 1 in Flanders and Spain. The single sold 3.5 million copies worldwide.<ref name="Knack">{{cite news|title=Hoe zou het nog zijn met... Technotronic?|url=http://focus.knack.be/entertainment/hoe-zou-het-nog-zijn-met-technotronic/article-normal-211349.html|accessdate=23 September 2016|work=Knack|date=29 May 2013|language=Dutch}}</ref> The group released a further string of hit singles, ending in 1992 with "Move This", which reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. They played as the opening act on Madonna's Blond Ambition World Tour.<ref name="Knack"/>
During the same period, Bogaert was also behind a number of other new beat bands, including {{ill|Nux Nemo|nl|Nux Nemo}} and Acts of Madmen.
==Later career== Bogaert released ''Different Voices'', a more ambient-oriented album, under his own name in 1993, and in 1996, he led the project Millennium (with one song featuring vocals by Robert Wyatt), but this didn't prove successful. His main work over the following decades was as a producer, often for techno and EDM acts but also for completely different genres. He produced the 1995 album ''Monstertje'' by Gorki. In 2000, he produced ''Oude maan'', the first album in ten years by singer-songwriter {{ill|Jan De Wilde|nl|Jan De Wilde (zanger)|fr|Jan De Wilde}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jan De Wilde|url=http://www.muziekcentrum.be/identity.php?ID=132259|publisher=Muziekcentrum.be|accessdate=23 September 2016|language=Dutch}}</ref> In 1999 and 2006, he worked with An Pierlé on her albums ''Mud Stories'' and ''White Velvet'', respectively. In 2004, he collaborated with Gabriel Ríos on the album ''Ghostboy'' and again in 2007 on ''Angelhead''; this record reached #2 on the Flemish charts.<ref name="Knack"/> In 2015, Bogaert wrote ''Dag meneer De Wilde'', a biography of Jan De Wilde.<ref name="Bogaert"/> He also wrote two books about his hometown of Aalst<ref name="Steenhaut"/> and a work on painter Jan van Eyck.<ref name="Knack"/>
==Solo discography== * ''None of Them Are Green'' (1984) * ''Riot 88'' (1987) * ''Different Voices'' (1993)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs artist}}
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