In the late 1980s, the Belgian electronic New Beat music movement conquered dance floors worldwide, and all of a sudden Belgium was on the map. This eclectic predecessor of house music appeared to materialize out of nothing, but according to the makers of The Sound of Belgium, it was the product of a historical search for identity that apparently went back to the Battle of Waterloo and the aftermath of the First World War.

John Flanders
as Narrator

Nikkie Van Lierop
as Herself

Joey Beltram
as Himself

Cisco Ferreira
as Himself

Eddy Declercq
as Himself

Eric B.
as Himself

Lou Deprijck
as Himself

Renaat Vandepapeliere
as Himself

CJ Bolland
as Himself