Sound Track: JH De Moeve, Lier
Be part of the third edition of Sound Track, a stage and opportunity course for artists with talent and ambition. From more than 1,000 VI.BE entries, we selected 136 selected to give the best of themselves live in 22 clubs and youth centers in Flanders and Brussels.
Charlize
Charlize (19) has been writing, playing and singing her own work for the last two years. In November 2021, this resulted in her debut demo 'You', which was very well received (including Humo's Rock Rally, Villa Basta Studio, Radio Scorpio Sessions, Summer Sessions Turnhout, Festival oan de voart, Open Mic Het Depot, ...). This demo consisted of listening songs made on piano. In the last year, Charlize has been working on new and heavier work in which she has exchanged the piano for the electric guitar. One of these new songs 'Oh God' made it to the semi-finals of the International Songwriting Competition in the category 'Teen' with Coldplay, Mariah Carey and Tom Waits among others on the jury. Recently you can also listen to 'The other way' and 'Dare' on this page. These have become 2 lofi pop rock songs.
WASTE
WASTE makes noise. Lots of noise. The Antwerp–Aarschot band blends noise, grunge, and dark post-punk into an intense, uncompromising sound, with manic vocals, driving drums, heavy basslines, and screaming guitars.
In March 2026, their debut album 'SCREAM UNTIL IT’S BEAUTIFUL' will be released, recorded by Tim De Gieter (Amenra, Doodseskader). Loud, danceable, and experimental, punk and noise remain at the core, but other boundaries completely dissolve. They’ll be premiering this brand-new slice of chaos live at their album release show in Trix!
The first single, ‘Get Up’ (out 14 November 2025), offers a first taste of that sound. The track is about falling and getting back up, even when life hits you hard in the face. About freezing, losing everything, and learning to move again, even when you’d rather curl up in a corner and cry.
Pull your shit together. Pull your life together. Get up.
Lil Alia
Deep trap beats, synths and spherical harmonies. Sensitive, definitely not-bad-ass lyrics. About cat raincoats, a little too close bond with your nintendo dog and someone who loves your never-tidy hair. Lil Alia suggests: "fluffy trap."
Throughout her life, Linde harbored an affinity for hip-hop, although she couldn't reconcile her image as a sensitive, sugary animal lover with being a rapper. Until she decided to radicalize in her atypical softness and come out with her self-invented genre 'fluffy trap'. Lil Alia is a theatrical experience. Expect a good dose of humor and self-relativization, interspersed with deep vulnerability and melancholy.
B!NO
Baptiste Vanmaercke earned the nickname “Albino” as a child due to his striking snow-white hair. As B!NO, he navigates between the Antwerp hip-hop scene and influences like Loyle Carner, channeling introspection, vulnerability, and love into powerful choruses and intimate ballads. In 2024, he became the youngest Artist In Residence at Trix, where he pieced together the fragments of a shadowy period into his debut album. Live, he takes his audience on an emotional rollercoaster where hands rise high and tears are welcome. This young artist from Lier is bursting with energy, intensity, and ready to send his deepest emotions out into the world.
Emma Hessels BE
Sometimes, you just need everything to go quiet for a moment. When emotions take over, hearts beat a little louder, and a voice from another world hits you right in the soul. Emma Hessels is exactly that kind of artist. Armed with nothing more than hervoice and guitar, she effortlessly balances on the edge of longing, love, andloneliness. Her presence is both delicate and powerful, simply too beautiful to ignore. Since being selected as a laureate of Sound Track 2023, Emma Hessels has been winning hearts across the country, one show at a time. Emma’s single ‘Insular’ was released on 9 May 2025. This is the first single of her upcoming debut EP, which will be released coming fall via Unday Records.
Scottie
Hertier Hitimana, better known as Scottie, is an Antwerp-based rapper, singer, and producer. At the age of 12, Scottie begins making beats and writing lyrics. The young artist is influenced by various genres including African music, soul, and 90s/00s hip-hop. His broad musical taste and unique vocal style already establish him as one of the most versatile hip-hop artists in Belgium.