Front 242

Biography

Front 242 is a Francophone Belgian electronic music group, founded in 1981 in Aarschot by Daniel Bressanutti (Daniel B) and Dirk Bergen, both from Brussels. The duo initially goes by the name Prothese, which they later change to Front 242 (pronounced "Front Two Four Two"), which seemed to offer them more possibilities. They are shortly after joined by Jean-Luc De Meyer and Patrick Codenys, who had themselves founded a duo named Under Viewer. Geography, their first album, is released in 1982, followed shortly by Dirk Bergen's departure, who is replaced by Richard Jonckheere (Richard 23), whose first project is Tranik Ind.