HE DIED WHILE HUNTING
slow & sad pop
he died while hunting was started in 2009 by Cédric Van Mol as an experimental solo project. Rather than dying while hunting, Cédric preferred to travel in his cellar while making music inspired by contemplative movies or imaginary lives. The project evolved in December 2010 towards a richer and livelier experience thanks to the involvement of his bandmate Kevin P. of the defunct band ‘Paperweight‘.
After four months spent at home recording in an attic and some shows concerts with Travels (US), loïc b.o. and the Frantic Lovers (BE), Françoiz Breut (fr) in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, he died while hunting releases its first album entitled ‘we used to dream awake’ in 2011. The album was released on the Japanese netlabel ‘Totokoko’ and the Belgian netlabel ‘Tripostal’.
In 2015, he died while hunting released a new album, entitled ‘with reckeless abandon’. During two years, the duo had been working carefully at home on new delicate materials, maintaining the sincerity, the sweetness and the DIY approach while pushing new doors. Some friends - including Ludovic Bouteligier, Pierre Constant, Catherine De Biasio, Fabien Ghigny, Aurélie Muller and Philippe Van Bellinghen - have joined the album, turning HDWH music into a much more orchestral indie pop - but still slow and sad.