Soulwax produced their first EP,
2nd Handsome Blues, in 1995 and their first full-length album,
Leave the Story Untold in 1996. The 2004 album
Any Minute Now spawned three singles in "
E Talking", "NY Excuse" and the title track. The "E Talking"
music video was controversial and restricted to post-
watershed broadcast on
music television channels. Filmed on location in
London's
Fabric nightclub, everyone in the video is depicted as being on a different drug, listed from A through Z (including popular drug nicknames). The group produced a number of official and unofficial remixes, including "
Daft Punk Is Playing at My House" and "Get Innocuous!" by
LCD Soundsystem, "
Robot Rock" by
Daft Punk and "
Dare" by
Gorillaz. They are friends of artists
Tiga, LCD Soundsystem and
WhoMadeWho. The album
Nite Versions (2005) is a collection of remixes of tracks from the album
Any Minute Now. In January 2006, Soulwax released their second remix album. Titled
This Is Radio Soulwax, it was
covermounted into the February 2006 issue of
Mixmag. Their third remix album,
Part of NYE Never Dies, was also covermounted into
Mixmag in late 2008. In summer 2006, Soulwax completed a "Nite Version remix" of
Gossip's "
Standing in the Way of Control" as well as their "Ravelight Dub" and "Ravelight Vocal Mix" of
Robbie Williams' "Lovelight". The summer 2006 tour was filmed by director
Saam Farahmand, and resulted in the documentary "
Part of the Weekend Never Dies". In August 2006, Soulwax were working on tracks for the new album from Tiga. In late 2006, it was announced in Belgian magazine
HUMO that David and Stephen Dewaele had formed a band with Shane Doran and his brother-in-law Fergadelic, called
Die Verboten. In 2007, Soulwax produced remixes of "
Gravity's Rainbow" by
Klaxons and "Phantom Pt. II" by
Justice. Soulwax, under the guise of 2manydjs, headlined their own "Radio Soulwax" tent at the
Rock Ness Festival held on 9 June 2007. The following day at the festival, they played a Soulwax Nite Versions show in the "Clash Arena." Later that month, they took part in the
Wild in the Country event at
Knebworth Park on 30 June 2007. In December 2007, they held Radio Soulwax-mas, a massive Christmas party in Flanders Expo, with guests such as Tiga, Erol Alkan,
Boys Noize,
Justice, Riton, Mixhell, Daniele Baldelli, Hong Kong Dong,
Das Pop,
Goose, and Milk Inc. Soulwax produced the debut album by fellow Belgians
Das Pop, fronted by Soulwax drummer
Bent Van Looy, scheduled for 2009 release in the UK. In December 2009, Soulwax produced the song "We Love Animals" for
Crookers with
Mixhell. In addition, Soulwax produced the song "
Talk to Me" by
Peaches. In 2016, Soulwax returned with a new live show entitled "Soulwax Transient Program For Drums And Machinery". The new line up consisted of three drummers (Victoria Smith,
Blake Davies and
Igor Cavalera) as well as Igor's wife Laima Leyton, (also of Mixhell) on synths and backing vocals. This live show was the basis for their album
From Deewee, released March 24.
As Heard on Radio Soulwax In 2002, under the name 2manydjs, the Dewaele brothers released the compilation mixtape/mashup album
As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2. The album, structured as a continuous DJ mix, is composed of 45 tracks the Dewaeles were able to clear the rights for. They originally requested rights for 187 tracks and got clearances for 114 of them; 62 were refused, and 11 remained untraceable. Despite the
Pt. 2 in the title, all other albums in the "series", even
Pt. 1, are unofficial fan-released bootlegs. Released from 2002 to 2012, they are mostly compiled from the
Radio Soulwax and
Hang the DJ series of mixes 2manydjs did for radio stations, including
Studio Brussel (Belgium),
Radio 1 (UK),
KISS 100 (UK), and
Eins Live (Germany); the last several installments in the series (
Pt. 12 to
Pt. 15) are bootlegs of mixes from
the 2011 incarnation of Radio Soulwax.
VIVID Sydney 2011 As part of the Vivid Live Festival in Sydney, David and Stephen Dewaele behind 2manydjs and electro-rock outfit Soulwax presented a one-off series of radio shows on 'Triple J' Australian national radio station. The series was broadcast nationally 6 PM nightly from 31 May 2011 to 3 June 2011.
Other work The 2001 track "Theme from Discothèque" is by David and Stephen Dewaele from Soulwax, under the name
Samantha Fu. David and Stephen produced Bolis Pupul's debut album
Letter to Yu, and recorded it at their studio, Deewee Studios, in Ghent. In 2015, the Dewaeles founded the record label
DEEWEE, operated out of their specially-designed studio in Ghent.
Film In 2004, Soulwax compiled the soundtrack for the Belgian movie
Steve + Sky. Soulwax contributed three instrumental tracks on this compilation under the name "
Kawazaki". Soulwax's remix of the Rolling Stones' "
You Can't Always Get What You Want" is the credit song of, and featured in the movie
21. Director Saam Farahmand has filmed Soulwax on their international dates (2005–2007), capturing all the excitement, chaos and humour of the world tour. Soulwax filmed 120 shows with one camera in Europe, Japan, U.S., Latin America and Australia. This resulted in two films entitled "Part of the Weekend Never Dies"; a live music film and a documentary which includes 2manydjs, Soulwax Nite Versions and features James Murphy,
Nancy Whang, Erol Alkan, Tiga, Justice, Busy P, The Naked Guy, So-Me,
Peaches, Kitsuné, Klaxons and many more in behind the scenes footage, interviews, etc. They performed a sold-out gig at the London Royal Festival Hall, during which they did a première of the film. It came out on DVD September 2008. Soulwax composed the soundtrack for the 2016 film
Belgica by
Felix Van Groeningen, crediting every song on the soundtrack to a different fictional band. In 2025, the Dewaeles, under the 2manydjs name, provided the soundtrack for the
Netflix film
Banger directed by
So Me.
Radio Soulwax In 2011, Soulwax established a website called
Radio Soulwax, in which a continuous mix played all day, featuring 24 hour-long mixes with visuals similar to those used in the 2manydjs live sets, and included music from many decades. These "RSWX hours" have since been made available on
Vimeo.
Soulwax - Machine was conceived and directed by
Saam Farahmand, who was inspired to create an interpretation of the ethos behind the project. The result is a film featuring model Marilyn Rose that encapsulates the audio-visual obsession of Radio Soulwax, according to Soulwax themselves. The film was previsualised, edited, and post-produced by Andrew Daffy's The House of Curves in London.
Soulwax FM Soulwax contributed to the soundtrack of
Grand Theft Auto V. They hosted and supplied the playlist to the in-game radio station "
Soulwax FM". ==Awards and nominations==