• Debut cd still available!

    2009-09-10:

    This seems like a good time to remind people our debut CD is still available either from us directly (simply use the Contact page to order) or from a distributor near you.

     

    The album is also available as digital download from various sources.
    You can find the downloadable cd at all iTunes stores worldwide, as well as Rhapsody and eMusic.

  • FGG to perform in Berlin, August 15 2009

    2009-07-26:

    Next up will be our performance at the Schlagstrom festival. Location for this event is the RAW Tempel in Berlin.

    FGG wil start at 19:00 hours at the Ambient Chillout Noise floor.

    See you all there!

     

  • Two new concerts: first we take Antwerp, then we take Berlin.

    2009-03-15:

    We are glad to announce two new gigs!

    First upcoming concert will be BodyBeats Festival in TRIX/Hof Ter Lo, Antwerp, Belgium om May 23rd 2009.
    We will join the stage with some stunning bands such as PSYCHE, THE WEATHERMEN, SHEEP ON DRUGS, A SPLIT SECOND, PORTION CONTROL and THE NEON JUDGEMENT.
    More info here on the BodyBeats Website.

    The second concert is at SCHLAGSTROM Festival, in Berlin, Germany.
    Date is to be confirmed, but we will play either August 14 or 15.
    More info on this event coming soon, meanwhile check out their site here.

    We hope to see you all on one, or possibly both of these events!

     

  • After the Noise...

    2008-11-09:

    Thanks to all people who were there yesterday at the NCF IV festival!

    We had a very good time, the organisation was super-friendly and the SJU Jazzclub is one hell of a modern venue. The acoustics are tops and the equipment to die for. Thumbs up! We met some very nice people, we received very good comments yet again.

    This gig was the first one with our new audio engineer Wim. After all the good comments we received about him yesterday, I think he's a keeper. He did a great job and we feel totally comfortable with him behind the faders.

    Pictures were taken, we will raffle through them and upload some very soon. Other pictures, reviews or audio still welcome!

    Playlist was: Ossetian Ossuary - Love Your Terrorist - Dogged - Le Jugement Du Roi En Jaune - De Te Fabula Narratur - Distress

    See you next time!

     

  • FGG performs at NCF IV festival Utrecht, The Netherlands

    2008-11-04:

    This Saturday, November 8th, FGG will perform at the 4th edition of the Noise Central Festival in Utrecht (The Netherlands).

    The programme for November 8th:

    main stage: flint glass - xabec - the [law-rah] collective - for greater good

    second stage: wouter van veldhoven - pu:ppkakkbaggrlull - vernaggelkramp - fragments of duration

    For more info, tickets and route, surf to the special NCF MySpace Page here.

  • CD Reviews + Interview

    2008-10-12:

    The first reviews are coming in. We decided to bundle these in a special 'reviews' category on the Links page. Go check them out!

    We've done our second interview ever, published by German magazine Obliveon.de

    These people gave us a nice review beforehand and we're happy we can give them some comments and explanations about the first full cd and FGG in general.

    The above link to the magazine proper is the German version, so we did a bit of translating for you. Since this is a lengthy affair, we're happy to direct you to the English translation in our MySpace Blog here.

  • FGG releases first full-cd

    2008-07-15:


    After appearances on several compilations, including the highly-acclaimed Cold Meat Industry-release ‘All My Dead Friends’, For Greater Good found the time ripe to issue a first full-cd.

    The CD consists of 10 songs, good for over 50 minutes of music ranging from dark ambient over neo-classical towards a more industrial sound. For this, FGG uses a combination of synthesizers, samples, noises and acoustic instruments.

    Guest musician on this album is Edwin Vanvinckenroye (Troissoeur, Tribe, HandCrafted,…) on vocals and violin. Mastering was done by Daniel B. (Front 242,…)

    The theme of the songs is as varied as the sound. For Greater Good serves as a spectator towards life as it is. They give facts and topics to think about, without force-feeding you their own opinion; the sorrow of tragedies in ‘Ossetian Ossuary’, the present day abuse and violation of Human Rights in ‘Love your Terrorist’, but also the more mundane annoyance of  a simple traffic jam in ‘Rush Hour’.

    The cd is suited as a soundtrack for everyday life... the darker as well as the lighter moments.

    This full-cd can be bought directly from us. The price is 10 euro, postage and package for Belgian residents included. For people living abroad we will calculate the postage costs prior to sending.

    Payment can be done by bank transfer, IBAN transfer or by PayPal, for more info and account data please get in touch with us by filling in the form on the 'Contact Us' page.

    Alternatively, you can buy the debut album from a distributor near you. These are the worldwide distro's where you can buy the cd. New ones will be added as soon as we know they have our album in stock.

     

    The album is also available as digital download from various sources.
    You can find the downloadable cd at all iTunes stores worldwide, as well as Rhapsody and eMusic.

  • FGG is looking for artistic collaborations...

    2008-06-04:

    For Greater Good is looking for people that can and are willing to contribute to our live shows or to join us in artistic collaboration.

    We are thinking about filmmakers and amateur short movie makers in the first place, to provide our future shows with new video projections. Just go to our MySpace or our website, listen to the songs, and if one of those appeals to you and you see images in your mind already, give us a shout!

    But we will not limit the mixture of The Arts to just film...

    If you are a photographer, a choreographer, a dancer, if you are a designer, you are into fashion, a writer, you do some cool stuff with lighting, you can do awesome things with colored ribbons, you make amazing sand sculptures,...

    Whatever!

    For Greater Good is looking beyond the niche of the ambient music scene, and wants to combine their music with all forms of expressions and art. Collaboration beyond the boundaries of style and label, all for greater good...

    If you think your Art can contribute to our music or live shows, do not hesitate to contact us, no matter how weird it might look at first, whether you're a pro or an amateur... if in your mind you see your artform combined with the atmosphere and ambience of our music, a collaboration might be a very interesting experience indeed...

     

  • The first full-cd is a-coming!

    2008-05-11:

    FGG has been busy creating their first full-cd, this time things are really in the pipeline.

    We received the mastered audio cd back from Daniel B. (of Front 242), we sent in the obligatory papers for the pressing, and the artwork is done.

    Next stop: the pressing factory!

    Expect a cd very soon now, you had to wait a long time for it, thank you all for your patience!

  • FGG included on Till Dawn Do Us Part Compilation CD

    2007-11-17:

    The 23rd of November sees the release of a fine compilation called "Till Dawn Do Us Part 07". It features tonnes of very interesting bands in a wide spectre of genres, including EBM, Electro, Industrial and Dark Ambient.

    This compilation is put together by the people behind the 'Dead By Dawn' collective, well-known for their DbD parties throughout Belgium.

    Of course, For Greater Good features as well, contributing the track "Rush Hour" for this fine piece of art.

    The tracklist is as follows:

    01 - Obverse Reality - Adorable You
    02 - UxU vOmOv - Wounds
    03 - Ozzma - Slaughter
    04 - Crossvaults - Blessed (Alma Itopsia)
    05 - Die Baader-Meinhof Gruppe/Rote Armee Fraktion - Srebrenica (Album)
    06 - Diskonnekted - Prayer (Northborne Edit)
    07 - Psy'Aviah - Infected
    08 - The Man Van - The Ride
    09 - Erato - Amnesia
    10 - Experiments In darkness - Mother Earth
    11 - Star Industry - Lost Generation
    12 - Orlock - Darkland
    13 - Devoted Symbols - Hush
    14 - United & Identified - Believe Yourself
    15 - XmH - Rape Your God V2
    16 - For Greater Good - Rush Hour

    Initial price for this gem is 7,5 euro (plus 2 euro P&P) and can be ordered by sending an email to "info.deadbydawn AT gmail.com", or by checking out the DbD MySpace on www.myspace.com/deadbydawnparties

    Furthermore, the release will be celebrated by means of a release-party at Tequila, Stalhof 13, Ghent, on the 23rd of November. Entrance fee is 6 euro, and you will get a compilation cd for FREE (so actually you have free entrance AND a compil cd). More info on the above-mentioned MySpace.

  • FGG band of the week on Mean Music

    2007-10-25:

    Mean Music is a Germany-based music magazine for, and I quote, "Gothics, Metalheads and Crazy People.".

    As it happens, they also voted us 'Band of the Week'. A big thanks for that to Eotunun, the writer of the article that made us earn this title.

    You can read the review in English as well as in German.

  • Where to buy the Homerecording Sampler?

    2007-09-14:

    As said in the previous news-item, FGG features on the first Homerecording.be Sampler.

    We received news about some stores here in Belgium selling this fine piece of art: in Antwerp, they are available at Muziek & Visie, FNAC and Brabo Records; in Ghent the places-to-be are Bilbo, Dune Records, Key Music and FNAC.

    You can also order directly from the Homerecording Website, price is a mere 10 euro (plus 2 euro p&p for Belgium/The Netherlands).

    You can find some background information about the artists and the project proper on the compilation pages.

  • FGG features on Belgian Sampler

    2007-08-06:

    For Greater Good was included on a fine Belgian Homerecording Sampler CD called "From Bedroom to Headroom" with the song 'Rush Hour'.

    This sampler contains 18 tracks, with a variety of styles all mixed together.
    What bonds these (sometimes totally different) tracks, is the site Homerecording.be, dedicated to Belgian homerecorders. So you get a lot of upcoming attic-room musicians, sometimes with their first tryouts, others with years of experience, but all of a surprising quality, professionally mastered by one of the forum members and pressed onto silver disc.

    Well worth checking out, if not for us, then for the 17 other quite talented bands/musicians/DJs...

    More info at: http://www.homerecording.be/compilatie or at the MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/homerecordingbe

  • The new picture...

    2007-07-22:

    As some of you might have noticed already, there is a new picture on this home page.

    It was time for a new one, since the former was still a picture from our Antwerp gig, some years ago now.

    The new one is from our Rock Wemmel gig, the most recent gig we played, and includes the two guest musicians Niels and Dave.

    On the picture, from left to right: Iz - samdevos - Dave - Niels.

  • The Wemmel Review

    2007-04-23:

    Well, the Rock Wemmel gig was very nice, we did a nice setlist with no troubles at all, the response was very good, the crew was lovely, the venue was fantastic.

    Thanks to all the people there, the visitors as well as the crew. It was excellent, and we want to thank everyone that ran their legs off all day to make it as comfortable as possible for us. Respect!

    Pictures will be online soon, this was the setlist:

    DTFN - Love Your Terrorist - Dogged - Rush Hour - Le Jugement Du Roi En Jaune - Dawn Over Dachau - Distress 

  • FGG to play Rock Wemmel, April 21st 2007

    2007-03-23:

    A new gig is confirmed: we are to play the Rock Wemmel Festival on the 21st of April, 2007, at GC De Zandloper, Wemmel (Belgium).

    There is a website available, http://www.rockwemmel.be , where you can see the line-up as it is confirmed for the moment. More info will be added soon.

    We will play at about 20.00h.

    Hope to see you all there!

  • New songs on our MySpace

    2007-03-09:

    We put two new songs on the MySpace site.

    The third song is 'Spring Mechanist', the 2006 version. A lighter song for FGG standards...
    The fourth song is a 'danceable' remix of 'Le Jugement Du Roi En Jaune' by one of our mates, Bart Vervoort AKA Bamiteam. A surprising take on the neoclassical piece that was the original!
    We will try to make it a tradition to include a friend's remix as fourth song on the MySpace page, consider this an invitation... :)

    Visit the page at http://www.myspace.com/forgreatergood

    Enjoy!

  • Waking up after the Birthday Gig...

    2007-02-27:

    ...it IS hard to do...

    Suffice it to say it was just plain awesome? We can't even begin to thank everyone that turned up on this special Birthday Gig last Saturday, you are ALL the best!

    The gig was just stunning, and it was not our doing alone, not in the least... the sound was good, the lighting was excellent, everything went (more or less) according to plan.

    Some special thanks-es are due, especially to Steven and Christel from BackTRoots for being our hosts for the night, thanks for having us! They also played one hell of a setlist before and after the gig, which was highly enjoyed by all of us, no doubt.

    Also a BIG thanks to the special guests from that nice English fanforum: The HeartLand Crew. You people are just plain amazing, and the foreigners, English, Dutch and German alike... you are just plain crazy. Love it. Very special mention to James Blast, our logo designer, for showing up. He was and is a real member of FGG, and always will be.

    Also thanks to all the people at JH De Moeve for the logistics. I already mentioned it during the gig, but these people do all that work as volunteers, they deserve a statue of some sorts.

    All the FGG friends, family, lovers, guests (Niels and Dave), video crew, audio crew, you made this an evening hard to forget...

    We had a top night out, I hope you did as well. See you next year!

    Setlist for tonight was Ossetian Ossuary - Le Jugement Du Roi En Jaune - Dogged - Love Your Terrorist - Dawn Over Dachau - Distress - Rush Hour - Afterhours - White Is The New Black - De Te Fabula Narratur - Hurt.

    Expect some pictures up soon, and who knows what else... ;)

  • -UPDATE- Birthday Gig free entrance!

    2007-02-22:

    A small but important update for our Birthday Gig at JH De Moeve on Feb 24 (see below):
    Since some problems occurred with the invitations by email, quite a lot of people didn't receive an invite at all.
    So to avoid any confusion, we decided to make the gig, as well as the party, FREE ENTRANCE FOR ALL.

    Hope you'll join us!

  • Feb 24th 2007: The Birthday Gig coming up!

    2007-02-20:

    On to the next one, Saturday Feb 24th 2007 will see the For Greater Good Birthday Gig coming to life!

    Sam and IZ both turn 32, and this will be celebrated by a Birthday gig at JH De Moeve, Lier, Belgium.

    Expect the unexpected, apart from the 'regular' FGG live stuff, there will be some surprises...

    Doors open at 21.00h, the band will start at about 22.30h.
    Free entrance before 22.00h. Entrance fee is 1 euro for members but only 3 euro for non-members.

    This gig is a part of the BackTRoots Party "Dark Edition", see here for more details.

  • The Holland gig aftermath...

    2007-02-20:

    We had a great time in Holland! The set was nice, had some great reactions afterwards. FGG wished to thank everyone that supported us there, also the Goudvishal crew and catering, and the other bands Rome and The Protagonist.

    This gig also saw the appearance of two guests on stage, being Niels on guitars and Dave as live VJ. More info on them in the Members section...

    Setlist was as follows: Ossetian Ossuary - Le Jugement Du Roi En Jaune - Dogged - Love Your Terrorist - Dawn Over Dachau - Distress.

    Pictures of the gig will be up soon.

  • Some info on the two upcoming gigs

    2007-02-04:

    FEBRUARY 17, 2007, InDeepEnd Fest, featuring FGG, Rome and The Protagonist.

    FGG will feature on the InDeepEnd Fest, opening for the two CMI bands: Rome and The Protagonist, at the Goudvishal in Arnhem, The Netherlands.

    20.00h: open doors.
    20.30h - 21.00h: For Greater Good (B)
    21.20h - 22.00h: Rome (Lux)
    22.20h - 23.20h: The Protagonist (Swe)

    Entrance fee: 10 euro.
    For more info, reservations and route check the Goudvishal site.

    FEBRUARY 24, 2007, FGG Celebration Gig, JH De Moeve, Lier, Belgium.

    The 'celebration' part is twofold; first of all to celebrate the birthdays of Sam and Iz, both turning 32, second of all to have a small pat-on-the-back for appearing on the CMI sampler "All My Dead Friends".
    This is also a THANK YOU! gig towards all people that supported us throughout the years.
    Because it is a special occasion, there will be some surprises as well. We will not reveal too much, of course, but expect some 'unusual' and exclusive stuff on stage.

    Doors open at 21.00h, the band will start at about 22.30h.
    Free entrance before 22.00h. Entrance fee is 1 euro for members but only 3 euro for non-members.

    This gig is a part of the BackTRoots Party "Dark Edition", see here for more details.

  • FGG Radio Appearance!

    2007-02-01:

    FGG interview on Belgian Radio Scorpio on February 1st 2007.

    We will talk a bit about the band proper, about the upcoming gigs, and about the upcoming CD, and choose some personal favourite CDs/songs to
    be played during the one-hour show. We are joined by another Belgian artist, Ahráyeph.

    The show, called 'Kagan' starts at 21.00 PM CET, and will last an hour.
    Radio Scorpio can be listened to on 106 FM, and is based in Leuven, Belgium.
    More info on the programme can be found on the Radio Scorpio website.

  • Happy New Year!

    2007-01-01:

    The whole For Greater Good crew wishes everyone a happy 2007, may it be a year full of health, happiness and above all, music. 

    Thank you all for the support you gave us throughout 2006, may it continue in 2007...

  • Website code change

    2006-12-23:

    A small code change on the website; we designed a little FGG 'favicon'. This icon, a small FGG logo, will show up next to the web address in your browser address bar.
    For this to work, it is possible you have to do a cleanup of your Internet cache and cookies first, then restart your browser.

  • Availability of the CMI Sampler...

    2006-12-10:

    The sampler we have been talking about for a couple of weeks now, featuring For Greater Good's song "Le Jugement Du Roi En Jaune", is available on the Cold Meat Industry website.

    For those interested in buying the sampler, but want to buy it a bit closer to home, we found some online distributors in various countries:

    Tarantullashop, Belgium

    Going Underground, Germany

    Music Non Stop, UK

    Steinklang Industries, Austria

    DiskPol, Spain

    Eqvilibrivm, Portugal

    HotStuff Mailorder, Sweden

  • Full tracklist for the CMI sampler

    2006-10-24:

    Meanwhile, we received the full tracklist for the compilation CD we mentioned in the former news article.

    Here it is:

    Atrium Carceri - End titles
    :Golgatha: - Rites of Spring
    ROME - A La Faveur De La Nuit [Version One]
    Beyond Sensory Experience - in the midst of Death
    Medusa's Spell - Lulling
    Decadence - Love is for ever
    Coph Nia - Hymn to Lucifer (Premix)
    Hrafn - Crawl into dread's labyrinth Act 1
    All My Faith Lost ... - The Waves
    Stormfågel - Halgass
    Pimentola - Psychopompos
    Thar Mapsal Program - Cancer extralife
    Letum - Death will be my friend
    Foundation Hope - Troubled herd crawling
    For Greater Good - Le Jugement Du Roi En Jaune

    Keep checking this pages for availability of the Compilation and means of purchasing it.

  • FGG features on new Cold Meat Industry - sampler CD

    2006-10-16:

    For Greater Good are proud to announce that our track "Le Jugement Du Roi En Jaune" will be featured on Cold Meat Industry's upcoming sampler "All My Dead Friends", release due November 2006.

    Apart from FGG, bands such as Atrium Carceri, ROME, Coph Nia and Beyond Sensory Experience will offer a track to further complete the tracklist.

  • New website online!!!

    2006-09-11:

    As you all can see, we have a new website... Welcome to our new home.