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Milk Incorporated

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Milk Inc. (Milk Incorporated) started as a studio-project of 3 young Belgian producers: Regi Penxten, Philip Vandueren and Ivo Donckers. All three were already active in the commercial house-scene in Belgium, doing succesfull things under various names, such as K-Lab (for Dance Opera), Regg & Arkin, Karnak-X, some of the "Illusion"-compilations and remixes for different dance-projects.

Their first release La Vache under the name Milk Inc got a vocal remix by Praga Khan and this one took a flying start. The vocals were done by Nikki Van Lier (aka Nikki Mono aka Jade4U). The tune became a huge hit in France. After a while, Reggie had to look for a new stage act because Jade4U was way too busy with Praga Khan when Praga Khan got successful in the US.

He found Sofie Winters which was present only on the second single 'Free your mind'. From the third single on (Inside of me), Ann Vervoort was the frontstage girl and singer. (Regi being the frontstage boy). She was a dancer for Pat Krimson and graphic designer.

On September 15th 2000 she announced her departure from Milk Inc. She had decided to leave for Ibiza to start a dance-label Benimusa with her husband Patrick Claesen alias Pat Krimson (who has/had projects such as Nunca, 2 Fabiola). Linda Mertens became the new singer and face of the group.

It has been confirmed from various sources that Ann didn't really sing live and the real singer was actually Karine Boelaerts (also the studio singer of projects like 2 Fabiola and Maurizzio). Ann could sing but for some parts her voice was not good enough.
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Discography

Releases:
Cream (Maxi) (2 versions)   Dance Opera ... 1996
La Vache (The Remixes) (Maxi, Single) (12 versions)   Dance Opera ... 1996
Milk Incorporated vs Pat. Krimson (CD, Single)   Atmoz 1996
Free Your Mind (Maxi, Single) (4 versions)   Antler-Subway ... 1997
Good Enough (La Vache) (Maxi) (2 versions)   Malarky Records 1997
Inside Of Me (Maxi, Single) (4 versions)   Smart Records Copenhagen ... 1997
Remixes:
Illusion 3 - Future Trance Tracks (Comp) (2 versions) Sky Plus (Milk Incorpo... Antler-Subway 1996
Sky Plus (12") Sky Plus (Milk Incorpo... Groovy Records 1996
Destination Dance (CD, Comp) Freak Out (Milk Incorp... EMI Music, EMI Music 1997
Freak Out (12") Freak Out (Milk Incorp... Emi Music (France), DLA 1997
My Beat Shoot Back (Maxi) (4 versions) My Beat Shoot Back (Mi... Catchy Tunes ... 1997
Puzzletron 5 (3xCD) My Beat Shoot Back (Mi... Boy Records (Spain) 1997
Trance The Future (2xCD, Comp) My Beat Shoot Back (Mi... XSV Music 1997
Full Moon Party No. 2 (CD, Comp) Injected With A Poison... Warner Bros. Records 1998
Injected With A Poison ('98 Remixes) (Maxi, Single) (7 versions) Injected With A Poison... Sixth Sense ... 1998
Mix Mania Vol. 2 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Injected With A Poison... Antler-Subway, EMI Music (Belgium) 1998
Super Dance Freak Vol. 65 (CD, Comp) Injected With A Poison... Avex Trax 1998
Tracks Appear On:
Atmoz I - Ibiza Dreamhouse Summer Of '96 (CD) La Vache Atmoz, EMI Music (Belgium) 1996
Dance Opera Cybertrip 6 (2xCD) Cream Dance Opera 1996
Dance Opera New Year's Trip (CD) Santa's X-Mas Trip Dance Opera 1996
Dance Opera Trip 7 (Comp) (2 versions) La Vache Dance Opera 1996
Illusion 3 - Future Trance Tracks (Comp) (2 versions) Cream Antler-Subway 1996
Illusion 4: Trance Odyssey (2xCD, Comp) La Vache Antler-Subway, EMI Music (Belgium) 1996
New Year's Trip E.P. (12") Santa's X-Mas Trip Dance Opera 1996
Serious Beats 20 (2xCD, Comp) W.O.O.W. Antler-Subway 1996
Serious Beats 21 (2xCD, Comp) La Vache Antler-Subway, N.E.W.S. 1996
Strictly Trance 3 (2xCD, Comp) La Vache Groovy Records, EMI Music (Belgium) 1996
Vibration - Most Wanted Underground Club Tracks (CD, Comp) Cream S3, Sony Music Entertainment (Belgium) 1996
Club Dance! - House Edition (2xCD, Comp) La Vache (Regg & Arkin... SR International 1997
Club Scala 2 (2xCD) La Vache Mecado 1997
Club Vibes Vol. 2 (A Byte Compilation) (CD, Mixed) La Vache (Remix) B² (Byte Blue) 1997
Cosmic-Trance - Chapter 1 (2xCD) La Vache (Mad Cow Mix) Legoan 1997
Cyber Active 6 (CD) La Vache PolyGram Belgium 1997
Dance 97: Les N°1 Discotheques (Cass, Comp) La Vache (Regg & Arkin... Dance Pool 1997
Dance Mania 97 (2xCD, Comp) La Vache, La Vache, La... Vidisco 1997
Dance Now! 97-2 (2xCD, Comp) La Vache (Remix) Sony Music Media 1997
Dance Opera Trip 9 (2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Met) Free Your Mind (Vibro-... Dance Opera 1997
Dance Xplosion Megamix (Volume 4) (CD, Comp, Mixed) La Vache (Regg & Arkin... EVA Belgium 1997
Destination Dance (CD, Comp) La Vache (Regg & Arkin... EMI Music, EMI Music 1997
Dream Dance Vol. 4 (2xCD, Comp) La Vache (Regg & Arkin... Sony Music Media 1997
Energy Dance Hits (CD, Comp) La Vache Arcade (Sweden) 1997
House & Dance (3xCD) La Vache Boy Records (Spain) 1997
House Journey Vol. 1 (CD) LaVache (Reg & Arkin Mix) Discotax Rec. Company 1997
House Line 3 (2xCD) La Vache (Vibrodworf's... Dance Paradise 1997
House Marke Vol. 3 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) La Vache (Tastes Like ... Sub Terranean, Sub Terranean, Sub Terranean 1997
Houseverbot (CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Mixed) La Vache (Mad Cow Mix) Polystar Records 1997
Hyper Cool - Into The Phuture Vol. 2 (CD) La Vache (Regg & Arkin... ZYX Music 1997
Kickin' House Tunes 2 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) La Vache (Mad Cow Mix) Massive Dance Attack, Massive Dance Attack, Massive Dance Attack 1997
La Plus Grande Discotheque Du Monde Vol.14 (CD) La Vache Scorpio Music 1997
La Villa Dance Ballrooms - Free Your Mind (CD) La Vache (Vibro-Dwarfs... Antler-Subway, EMI Music (Belgium) 1997
M6 Dance 9 (CD, Comp) La Vache M6 Interactions 1997
Makinaria DJ's Live (2xCD, P/Mixed, Comp) La Vache Boy Records (Spain) 1997
Mega Dance 1997 Volume 3 (CD) La Vache Arcade 1997
Now Dance Hits '97 Volume 3 (2xCD, Comp) La Vache (Praga's Radi... PolyGram TV (Netherlands) 1997
Popkomm 1997 - PAB/BAP SABAM (CD, Comp, Promo) La Vache Antler-Subway 1997
Promo 21 (CD, Comp) La Vache Ginger Music 1997
Puzzletron 5 (3xCD) La Vache Rmx (Praga Ka... Boy Records (Spain) 1997
Ravemaster Vol. 3 (2xCD) La Vache ZYX Music 1997
Skate & Dance 1 (CD) La Vache EVA Belgium 1997
Smart Dance Three (CD, Mixed) Jesus Loves The Vache,... Smart Records Copenhagen 1997
Smart Dance Too (CD, Mixed) La Vache (Vibro-Dwarfs... Smart Records Copenhagen 1997
Strictly Top 100 Club '97 (4xCD, Comp) La Vache MECADO 1997
Strictly Trance 4 (2xCD, Comp) La Vache (Praga's Voca... Groovy Records, EMI Music (Belgium) 1997
The Very Best Of House Nation Vol. 2 (3xCD, Comp) La Vache (Mad Cow Mix) Dance Street Records, House Nation 1997
Trance The Future (2xCD, Comp) La Vache (Vibro Dwarfs... XSV Music 1997
Trancehouse Top 100 (4xCD) La Vache MECADO 1997
100% Pizzicato Vol. II (2xCD) La Vache (Regg & Arkin... Blanco Y Negro (2) 1998
Alarma! - The New Club Style... Vol. 1 (2xCD, Comp) La Vache (Regg & Arkin... Warner Special Marketing GmbH 1998
Carat 7 (Celebration Edition) (3xCD) Inside Of Me (Regg & A... Lightning Records 1998
Carré Summermix 98 (CD, Mixed) Inside Of Me CNR Music 1998
Club X - Volume V (2xCD, Comp) Inside Of Me Arcade 1998
Cyber Active 10 (CD, Comp) Inside Of Me (Full Voc... PolyGram TV (Belgium) 1998
DJ Promo 23 (12", Promo) Free Your Mind (Vibro ... Dee Jay Mix Club, Analogo 1998
DanceNet (2xCD, Comp) Inside Of Me BMG, BMG Finland Oy 1998
La Villa Dance Ballrooms - Free Your Mind 3 (CD) Inside Of Me Antler-Subway 1998
Megamixes 181 (12", Ltd) Good Enough DMC 1998
Mix Mania Vol. 2 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Inside Of Me Antler-Subway, EMI Music (Belgium) 1998
Multi Singles 8 (CD, Maxi) La Vache (Vibro-Dwarfs... Musart 1998
Progressive Collection Vol. 1 (CD) Inside Of Me Max Music (Spain) 1998
Techno Mancer 7 (CD, Comp) Inside Of Me (CS Johan... Never Records 1998
The CD Collection 181 (CD, Comp) Good Enough DMC 1998
The Very Best Of House Nation Vol. 3 (3xCD) Free Your Mind (Vibro-... Dance Street Records 1998
XL-Dance Attack Vol. 3 (CD, Comp) Jesus Loves The Vache Sony Music Entertainment (Austria) 1998
Disco Radio Disco Dance (CD) In My Eyes New Music International, BMG Ricordi S.p.A. 1999
Dance D'Or (CD, Comp) La Vache Scorpio Music 2000
New Year 2001 - Atmoz Retro Classics (CD) La Vache Atmoz 2000
The Best Of 5 Years C-Dance (2xCD) La Vache Antler-Subway, EMI Music (Belgium) 2001
Best Of Retro Arena (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) La Vache Mostiko 2005
Zillion 15 - Obscurity (2xCD, Comp + CD, Comp, Mixed) La Vache (Regg & Arkin... Digidance 2007
I Love The 90's (3xCD, Comp, P/Mixed) La Vache ARS Entertainment Belgium 2008
DJ Dance (CD, Comp) La Vache Dance Pool, Sony Music Entertainment (France)  
Unofficial Releases:
Hit Explosion '97 Volume 12 (2xCD) Free Your Mind Double Fun Records 1997
Hit Explosion '97 Volume 7 (2xCD) La Vache Double Fun Records 1997
MTV Presents Mega Mix '97 (CD, Mixed, Unofficial) La Vache EM1 Music Holland 1997
Music Factory Volume 08-97 (CD, Comp) La Vache Music Factory Publishing NV 1997
Shark Mission Volume One (CD, Comp, Mixed, Unofficial) La Vache Shark (2)  
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Review by Dec 30, 2005 (edited over 3 years ago)
Milk Inc was and is one of the most famous dance projects. Together with Sylver, Lasgo, Noemi, Foggi and so.. they introduced a new genre inside dance/trance music. The music is kind of cheezy, and many likes to put all these artist under "cheezy music".

Milk Inc's most famous tunes are Never Again, Land of the Living, Livin a Lie, Walk on Water and Promise, that all has been listed high on music top lists.

I will rank Saxy-Motion and La Vache as maybe Milk Inc's best songs, these songs aren't actually cheezy but more like real trance. Saxy-Motion is a very nice tune, a speeded jazz song with some great songs. Maybe Milk Inc's best and most underrated song.

The other comment here states that Belgium shouldnt be proud of this music. This is not trance, but euro dance or euro trance, or whatever you would like to call it. But then again, the usual "arguments" come saying a child could have made this music. That's stupid.

To sum up i think Milk Inc deserves the recogniztion and status they have got. They have made great dance songs and should be listed as one of the best dance projects in modern music.
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Review by itaiil Sep 06, 2008
I have just added the new album - Forever. I hope the web will be updated soon - the album was released 2 months ago (already).
I love their songs and I wonder why only few people relatively know them. Linda is a great singer and the effects that used during the songs are cool!
The songs are full of energy, energy, energy and the new cover to "maniac" is really refreshing!
I hope they will continue their work and provide more and more and more songs, which are exactly to my taste and favorites!
Review by tektick Sep 04, 2003
Back in the days, Belgium was famous for it 's innovating sounds in the techno and new beat scene, with R&S as most important label, even on a world scale. This was a real honour I guess. Milk Inc. is also Belgian, but it isn't something to be very proud of, I'm afraid. To my opinion, their music is very easy to make, even a child could sit back after his pc, and with the easiest music producing software, it can make these cheesy poppy sounds. I'm a bit ashamed when I hear this stuff. I'm glad that people who know what they 're talking about, do not take this genre for real. This kind of 'music' could never have been the intention of the Belleville Three, when they started experimenting to innovate techno 15 years ago...
On the other hand, it's an evolution from underground to mainstream, and that is something no one could withdraw...

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