Dirk Da Davo announces digital 3-track single/EP ‘Running Up the Hillside’ with remixes by Formshift and Mass Formation Audio – Out September 15, 2025
Dirk Da Davo announces digital 3-track single/EP 'Running Up the Hillside'
Belgian electronic musician Dirk Da Davo (The Neon Judgement, Neon Electronics) will release the digital 3-track single/EP “Running Up the Hillside” on September 15, 2025 via his DancedelicD imprint. The EP will be available on all digital outlets.
“Running Up the Hillside” arrives as a digital EP featuring the original track and two remixes. The title track credits Jorge Schanze on bass guitar and production by Dirk Da Davo. Remix contributions come from Formshift (Netherlands) and UK project Mass Formation Audio.
Formshift (Gavin Bucktrout) returns after earlier collaborations “Crash” (2017) and “E-Society” (2018), while Mass Formation Audio is the EBM/industrial project driven by Matt Brock.
Below is the earlier released single edit of the track.
Below is a video teaser for the EP.
Before we forget, about a month ago, Dirk Da Davo also released this excellent track and video: “Nothing For Nothing”.
About Dirk Da Davo
Dirk Da Davo (born Dirk Timmermans) is a Belgian electronic musician and producer from Leuven, known first as co-founder of The Neon Judgement with TB Frank (Frank Vloeberghs) in 1981. The duo’s early work – minimal electronics and drum-machine frameworks – has been often cited, alongside Front 242, as foundational to electronic body music (EBM).
The Neon Judgement began with self-released cassette material before issuing the single “Factory Walk” in 1982. Their early cassette era included “Suffering” (1981) and “TV Treated” (1982). From 1986, most releases appeared via Play It Again Sam, starting with “Mafu Cage”; the first US album release followed in 1987 with “Horny as Hell.” The group paused in the early 1990s, returned mid-decade, and later resumed live work tied to reissues and remix projects.
In 1999 Da Davo launched Neon Electronics as a parallel outlet focused on club-leaning electronics. The project’s self-titled debut arrived that year; later releases include “Keylogger” (2012) and “Apollo” (2019). “Apollo” documents the present band format with Glenn Keteleer (Radical G) and Pieter-Jan Theunis, a lineup also credited on subsequent singles. Collaborations under the Neon Electronics banner have included work with The Hacker and Franz & Shape on “Better Way” (2007).
As a solo artist and collaborator, Da Davo has issued EPs, compilations, and remixes across his own label DancedelicD, including the career-spanning “Retrospective 1987–2023”. He also partnered with Jean-Marie Aerts (TC Matic) on the digital album “OCEANed” in 2020. DancedelicD serves as his primary release platform today.
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