Rembert De Smet

Rembert De Smet (18 June 1954 - 28 January 2017) was a Belgian musician, born in Ghent. In the early 1980s he founded the Belgian new wave group 2 Belgen as guitarist and composer together with drummer Herman Celis. Their song Lena became the biggest hit of the 80s in Belgium. In the mid-80s the Belgian pop came to a standstill, and when the Belgian New Beat came up towards the end of the decade, he was very active in this under several pseudonyms including Miss Nude and Agaric. He often collaborated with Praga Khan. Since 1994 he had been active in the flamenco pop formation Està Loco, where he played a dozen acoustic instruments.

Links to Peel
Peel played a track from Rembert's old group, 2 Belgen, on his 04 January 1983 show, but it is not known, whether he played anymore tracks from them. After the group split up, singer-guitarist, Rembert De Smet moved onto the Belgian New Beat Scene, where he was known by several names including Agaric and Miss Nude. Interestingly Agaric released a track in 1989 called I Am Gonna Beat Dis, which got favourable reviews from Peel (including his son, William, who Peel said on his shows that he enjoyed the record alot) and was played several times on his show. It is highly likely that Peel did not know the connection between 2 Belgen and Agaric. He also in 2003, played a an old track from Miss Nude, a pseudonym, that Rembert used in the 80's, when he was part of the Belgian New Beat scene.

Shows Played
Agaric Miss Nude
 * 01 February 1989: I Am Gonna Beat Dis (12") Kaos Dance
 * 06 February 1989: I Am Gonna Beat Dis (12") Kaos Dance
 * 04 April 1989: I Am Gonna Beat Dis (12") Kaos Dance
 * 05 September 2000: I Am Gonna Beat Dis (12") Kaos Dance
 * 08 July 2003: I Am Gonna Beat Dis (12") Kaos Dance
 * 24 July 2003 (Radio Eins): 'I Am Gonna Beat Dis (12")' (Kaos Dance)
 * 13 March 2003: Taste My Acid Fruit (Album: This Is Acid - New Beat) Kaos Dance