Styrofoam

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The electronic one-man project known as Styrofoam came to life in Antwerp, Belgium, but didn't find its feet until moving to Berlin early on, and immersing itself in the developing rock/electronic hybrid scene that was taking that city by storm in the early years of the 21st century. The sole artist behind the moniker, Arne Van Petegem, quickly built a solid following in his new home, and caught the attention of Morr Music. Styrofoam released its first album for the label, The Point Misser, in 2000, followed by a string of successful releases, including 2001's A Short Album About Murder, 2003's I'm What's There to Show That Something's Missing, and 2004's Nothing's Lost. An EP (Heart Without a Mind) followed the album releases, but it was to be the last for Styrofoam under the guidance of Morr. Although most of Styrofoam's work -- up to this point -- was purely solo work, focusing on Van Petegem's ideas and concepts in a rather intimate recording atmosphere, he did manage a handful of remixes (Jimmy Eat World, for one) and collaborations with other Morr artists (Notwist, Lali Puna). His next move, to the acclaimed label Nettwerk, also saw Van Petegem working with outside producers on his Styrofoam work for the first time. The 2008 full-length (and debut for Nettwerk) A Thousand Words featured the production team Wax, Ltd. and guest appearances from Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World), Blake Hazard, and Josh Rouse. ~ Chris True, Rovi

Genres

: idm indie electronic

Total plays

4.2 million

Updated on 2025-06-04

Date	Total plays
2025-06-04	4,211,832
2025-05-27	4,207,905
2025-05-18	4,218,141
2025-05-03	4,202,058
2025-04-24	4,192,000
2025-04-14	4,193,150
2025-04-07	4,198,245
2025-03-29	4,178,191
2025-03-21	4,173,993
2025-03-12	4,168,988
2025-03-03	4,164,493
2025-02-22	4,159,568
2025-02-13	4,154,863
2025-02-05	4,150,891
2025-01-25	4,145,205
2025-01-17	4,141,028
2025-01-08	4,134,994
2024-12-31	4,131,013
2024-12-22	4,126,849
2024-12-13	4,122,015
2024-11-24	4,111,614
2024-06-11	4,024,387
2024-05-30	4,017,050
2024-05-14	4,006,394
2024-04-27	3,995,756
2024-04-12	3,987,604
2024-03-29	3,980,301
2024-03-14	3,971,990
2024-02-28	3,963,993
2024-02-13	3,955,563
2023-11-27	3,911,583
2023-10-18	3,887,691
2023-10-02	3,874,674
2023-09-17	3,861,308
2023-08-29	3,836,801
2023-08-25	3,589,856
2023-08-21	1,602,302

Country

Belgium

Social media links

Monthly listeners

7,523

Followers

4,913

Top Cities

Chicago

139 listeners
Los Angeles

150 listeners
Brussels

272 listeners
Antwerp

132 listeners
Seattle

111 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Nothing Better (Styrofoam Remix) - Remastered	1,953,473	3:28	2003-02-19
Couches In Alleys	379,237	4:47	2004-11-16
Laat de mensen dansen!	166,554	3:23	2015-07-01
Xavia - Styrofoam Remix	122,797	4:03	2010-12-14
After Sunset	93,910	3:42	2008-05-06
It Isn't Real So It Doesn't Count	73,379	3:04	2018-10-26
Make It Mine	55,364	9:15	2004-11-16
Grab the Sunset - Styrofoam RMX	42,161	4:36	2011-11-11
Brighter Discontent - Styrofoam Remix	39,777	4:45	2006-10-24
Misguided	39,684	4:15	2004-11-16
Altogether	37,719	3:58	2002-08-26
Acid Rain Robot Repair	35,212	4:07	2006-10-06
A Thousand Words	33,303	3:43	2008-05-06
Runnin Circles	30,802	4:11	2006-10-06
Generic Genes	30,223	4:54	2006-10-06
Bleed	29,667	7:29	2006-10-06
Upgrade	29,027	5:32	2006-10-06
Carolyn	28,601	4:31	2010-10-12
Lil White Boy	28,502	4:04	2008-05-06
My Next Mistake	26,938	4:41	2008-05-06
Anything	26,470	4:01	2004-11-16
Please Sing My Spring Reverb - Styrofoam's Styromix	26,408	5:33	2001-09-10
Space Gangster	26,352	3:56	2006-10-06
Front to Back	25,301	4:45	2004-11-16
Bright Red Helmet	23,807	4:14	2008-05-06
Your Eyes Only	22,821	3:17	2004-11-16
The Middle	22,705	8:26	2006-10-06
No Happy Endings	22,268	4:09	2008-05-06
Fully Present	22,068	5:01	2018-09-20
Nervous Inaction	21,106	2:52	2006-10-06
Microscope	20,769	3:56	2008-05-06
Scream It Out	19,844	4:43	2006-10-06
Upgrade - Grace Periode Mix	19,799	4:21	2006-10-06
A Heart Without a Mind	19,089	5:44	2003-04-07
Ticket Out Of Town	18,802	3:47	2004-11-01
The Comforting of a Transparent Life	18,450	4:55	2012-01-01
Fade Out Your Eyes	17,685	5:26	2002-08-26
I Found Love	17,554	3:49	2001-08-03
(All I Want Is To) Disappear	17,076	3:10	2023-02-03
Name Your Trouble	16,901	4:17	2019-11-22
If You Tell Me The Truth I Will Kill You	16,767	4:57	2001-02-15
Beequeen	15,045	4:38	2004-11-16
Other Side of Town	14,378	4:21	2008-05-06
Get Smarter - Single Version	13,839	4:29	2010-01-01
No Deliveries List	13,585	4:22	2008-05-06
Extra Careful	13,525	4:51	2010-10-12
Thirty To One	13,297	4:38	2008-05-06
Safe + Broken	12,831	3:38	2004-11-16
The River Breaks	10,433	5:18	2000-09-11
Kids on Acid	10,426	4:21	2010-10-15
Kids On Acid	10,426	4:23	2010-08-24
It Wouldn't Change a Thing	10,076	3:43	2003-04-07
The Long Wait	10,046	4:30	2003-04-07
Between The Bars	9,884	4:13	2004-04-21
Final Offer	8,680	3:11	2008-05-06
What I Want - Styrofoam´s Perfect Time Remix	8,505	2:40	2004-04-21
Every Step	7,473	4:00	2023-02-24
The Postman - Styrofoam's Just Like the Nineties Never Happened Mix	7,409	6:19	2002-07-09
The Crook of Your Elbow	7,301	5:35	2018-10-26
A New Start - Styrofoam Version	7,182	6:10	2002-11-11
Oh, But You Are, Really - Sampler Version	7,119	4:38	2007-11-20
Looking Glass to Zero	6,996	4:12	2010-10-15
Looking Glass Two Zero	6,996	4:14	2010-10-12
Mile After Mile	6,630	4:36	2010-10-12
Forever, You Said Forever	6,460	5:08	2003-04-07
To Simply Lie Here And Breathe - Sampler Version	6,382	5:56	2007-11-20
Snowblind	6,371	2:56	2001-02-15
The Only One to Curse	6,369	2:53	2010-10-15
The Only One To Curse	6,369	2:53	2010-10-12
No Matter What	5,967	5:51	2001-02-15
You Pretend You Own This Place	5,964	6:44	2003-04-07
Am I the Ghost	5,910	3:35	2010-10-15
Am I The Ghost	5,910	3:36	2010-10-12
Take Back the Moment	5,840	3:17	2023-02-24
This Terrible and Beautiful World	5,723	3:13	2018-10-12
If I Believed You/Back Into Focus	5,229	6:23	2003-04-07
Political Song for Hannah Arendt to Sing	5,032	3:42	2020-09-04
Did Your Mouth Buy You This Scar?	4,991	7:38	2018-10-26
Make It Mine - Live at AB 2004	4,983	9:51	2005-11-01
Blow It Away From Your Eyes	4,908	5:52	2003-04-07
What's Hot (And What's Not)	4,851	4:30	2010-10-12
By Anybody Else I Mean You	4,815	9:13	2001-02-15
There Is No Rest	4,634	4:23	2001-02-15
Blind Spot Safety Procedure	4,524	8:58	2018-10-26
Bad Night Is Falling	4,437	3:27	2001-02-15
Love Restores Almost Everything	4,418	3:25	2018-10-26
It's Just That We Don't Show It	4,410	6:28	2001-02-15
Name Your Trouble (Instrumental)	4,400	4:17	2019-11-22
We Can Never Go Home	4,378	3:41	2018-10-26
Heaven Is Burning, Pt. 1	4,350	9:04	2000-07-11
Believe Everything	4,314	5:18	2010-10-12
I Have to Keep Reminding Myself to Be Pleased	4,269	6:04	2003-04-07
The Sign That Points One Way	4,070	2:31	2000-07-11
Psychic Friends Network	4,015	6:57	2000-07-11
Close to the Knives	4,007	3:49	2023-02-24
Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)	3,734	6:30	2021-01-08
Accidentally Left-Wing	3,642	6:13	2022-12-03
Nothing is Impossible	3,606	4:39	2023-02-24
Political Song for Theodor W. Adorno to Sing	3,587	7:18	2020-09-04
Control Field	3,581	4:57	2022-12-03
Through You	3,202	3:12	2023-02-24
If It's a Symbol	3,198	8:55	2023-02-24
Words Never Spoken	3,154	6:30	2000-07-11
Think (Let Tomorrow Bee)	3,104	4:03	2004-04-21
No Deliveries List - acoustic	3,077	4:12	2008-09-02
Other Side of Town - Kate Simko's Chicago Spring Remix	3,073	5:45	2008-09-02
Political Song for the Lonely City to Sing	3,040	5:50	2020-09-04
A Thousand Words - Cassettes Won't Listen Remix	2,693	4:40	2008-09-02
Game of Pricks	2,672	2:52	2023-09-15
Future Debt Collector	2,649	4:27	2000-07-11
Tape Travel Is Lonely	2,625	2:07	2022-12-03
Other Side of Town - acoustic	2,551	3:27	2008-09-02
Dead Air	2,478	4:09	2000-07-11
Loose Ends	2,470	4:32	2023-02-24
Off Is Not a Speed	2,364	4:47	2000-07-11
You Pretend You Own This Place - Live at Pukkelpop 2005	2,307	7:22	2005-11-01
It Was the Earth He Was Standing On That Was Moving	2,230	6:44	2000-07-11
Always Under My Skin	2,223	4:50	2023-02-24
Old Enough to Care	2,176	4:03	2023-02-24
We're Computerizing and We Just Don't Need You Anymore - Styrofoam's Freezer Burn Mix	1,881	8:54	2002-07-09
The Longest Wait - Live at Pukkelpop 2005	1,838	3:57	2005-11-01
Smile Though Your Heart is Breaking	1,838	9:39	2022-12-03
Political Song for James Baldwin to Sing	1,836	7:28	2020-09-04
Misguided - Live at AB 2004	1,826	4:41	2005-11-01
Political Song for Susan Sontag to Sing	1,813	4:00	2020-09-04
Get Smarter - Miracle Boy Remix	1,810	7:38	2010-01-01
In the light I wrap my tears - Hood mix	1,647	3:18	2006-01-01
Like a Daydream	1,628	2:55	2009-01-01
Political Song for Angela Y. Davis to Sing	1,573	5:32	2020-09-04
Political Song for the Lonely City to Sing - Edit	1,553	3:28	2020-08-28
Fade Out Your Eyes - Live at Pukkelpop 2005	1,542	4:08	2005-11-01
Casio - Styrofoam Remix	1,362	4:37	2002-02-05
Get Smarter - Juan MacLean Remix Vocal Radio Edit	1,343	4:14	2010-01-01
I Built Your House	1,268	6:14	2024-09-06
Political Song for Brian Eno to Sing	1,255	3:31	2020-09-04
Beequeen - Live at AB 2004	1,158	4:43	2005-11-01
Snow Crush Killing Song	1,152	5:22	2003-03-10
Baroque Tape	1,103	4:04	2022-12-03
Get Smarter - Brenmar Club Mix	1,090	4:46	2010-01-01
Get Smarter - Juan MacLean Remix Vocal	1,063	6:47	2010-01-01
Safe + Broken - Live at AB 2004	1,055	3:48	2005-11-01
Everyday Was a Chance	1,008	4:12	2013-06-25
A Heart Without a Mind - Radio Mix	< 1000	4:27	2003-03-10
Fade Out Your Eyes - Live at D+M	< 1000	6:08	2003-03-10
Hard To Find	< 1000	3:05	2003-03-10
Bad Natured	< 1000	7:37	2002-11-03
Break The Floor	< 1000	6:50	2002-11-03
I Come and Stand at Every Door - instrumental	< 1000	4:01	2002-11-03
Bad Natured - vocal reprise	< 1000	2:29	2002-11-03
Beautiful Gray (Styrofoam Remix)	< 1000	4:47	2018-03-02
Akela - Styrofoam Remix	< 1000	3:41	2006-10-16
Sleeping As Much of the Day As We Wanted	< 1000	18:07	2020-06-26
Get Smarter - Juan MacLean Remix Instrumental	< 1000	6:44	2010-01-01
Hey - Styrofoam Remix	< 1000	3:52	2017-03-07
The Inherent Value of Perception	< 1000	3:05	2022-12-03
The Night Always Comes - Radio Edit	< 1000	2:53	2022-12-03
Happiness is Obsolete	< 1000	5:44	2022-12-03
Crawl	< 1000	2:38	2009-01-01
Broken, Every Record	< 1000	5:19	2013-06-25
Sun, Water	< 1000	5:03	2013-06-25
Benin Shuffle	< 1000	4:22	2013-06-25
Three Strikes	< 1000	4:34	2013-06-25
Polynoise Cotonou	< 1000	6:56	2013-06-25
Less of Everything	< 1000	3:25	2013-12-23
Lick Your Sore Chops	< 1000	4:54	2013-12-23
Bad Natured	< 1000	7:36	2024-09-06
Overseas	< 1000	6:20	2024-09-06
Real Life Fake out	< 1000	3:57	2024-09-06
I Will Try If You Need It	< 1000	5:06	2024-09-06
There Is No Easy Way	< 1000	4:37	2024-09-06
Oh But You Are, Totally	< 1000	4:35	2024-09-06
On The Streets	< 1000	6:52	2024-09-06
Zero Plus One Equals Nothing More	< 1000	5:20	2024-09-06
Degree Zero	< 1000	4:15	2024-09-06
Break The Floor	< 1000	6:46	2024-09-06
To Simply Lie Here And Breathe	< 1000	5:25	2024-09-06