Jo Casters

Belgian musician and producer who has been a key part of the Belgian music scene for over 20 years. Originally the founder of Poésie Noire, Casters was later one third of [a71378], one of the most productive artists in the New Beat movement of 1987. (Casters was Morton and his Poésie Noire bandmate Herman Gillis was Sherman, with Roland Beelen completing the trio.) They released around an estimated 100 recordings in one single full year under a plethora of names. He and Gillis also formed the fake Yugoslavian band In Sotto Voce, where he adopted the name Ilya Dimitrijevic. His various aliases also include Joey Morton, Pateke Morton, Jill (or Jille) Johnson and Alessandro Di Ravo. Since 1999 he works in A&R for the CNR label, commercially succesful with Regi, Camille, Niels Destadsbader, Willy Sommers, ...