Frederick Moulaert's path :
1964
Birth in Ghent, Belgium
1980
First concerts :
The Police - Queen - AC/DC - Kiss (with Iron Maiden) - Bob Marley, Santana, The Cure - ...
1981
- February:
First time seeing Judas Priest (with Saxon) - March:
First time seeing Motörhead - October:
First time seeing Ozzy Osbourne (with Saxon) - December:
Judas Priest again (with Def Leppard & Accept)
1982
- June:
First time meeting with Iron Maiden - August:
Reading Rock Festival - Reading, England
Iron Maiden & MSG as headlining. Steve Harris gave me and my bro 2 All Access Passes for the whole festival. That's were we've met and talked to Lemmy (and many others) for 3 days. - December:
First time seeing and meeting Rainbow - Extensive concerts shootings in Belgium and France
1983
- April:
My first commissioned work : photo shooting with Accept in Antwerp, Belgium - June:
Heavy Sound Festival - Bruges - Belgium (where we've met Lemmy again) - September:
Sunrise Festival - Mulhouse - France
This festival was cancelled to extreme weather conditions. But me & my bro got to meet Anvil, Black Sabbath, B.O.C, Lemmy (again), and the Venom trio. Great memories. - October:
First time seeing Black Sabbath (with Ian Gillan) - November:
Steve Harris gave me a private bass lesson on my 1977 Fender Precision Bass - December:
First time seeing and meeting with Ronnie James Dio
1984
- January:
A crazy evening spent with Judas Priest before and after their show in Brussels (with Ted Nugent) - February:
First time meeting Metallica (a Sunday afternoon in a small restaurant in Poperinge, B) when touring as the opening act for Venom - June:
Heavy Sound Festival - Poperinge - Belgium (Merciful Fate, Metallica, Twisted Sister, Motörhead) - Extensive concerts shootings in Belgium, France & Holland
- November:
Meeting Metallica again (Ride The Lighting tour) where I did a video interview with the band
1985
- May:
Heavy Sound Festival - Poperinge - Belgium (Warlock, Pretty Maids, Lee Aaron, Slayer, UFO)
First time seeing and meeting Slayer - Extensive concerts and festivals shootings in Belgium, England, France, Germany & Holland
- Publications in various rock magazines
1986
- March:
First time meeting with Helloween - April/May:
I sent some live photos of Helloween by mail to their management (hoping that they will use some). At the end of my letter, I signed with a little drawing of a character with a pumpkin head... - June:
"FATALITE" a 4 pages short story published in Tintin Magazine - July:
I receive a thank you letter from Helloween asking for more drawings - August:
M.O.R. Nürnberg & Mannheim - Germany (Warlock, MSG, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Ozzy, Scorpions) - September/October:
Many fax exchanges with Helloween's management regarding my drawings - November/December:
Helloween send me the whole song-list and lyrics for their forthcoming album Keepers Of The Seven Keys
1987
- May:
The Helloween album Keepers Of The Seven Keys comes out (including my first drawings) - June/July/Aug:
Several publications in "Rue du Sourire" a professionnal comic fanzine - Sept-Oct:
First trip to the USA (California)
> Red Hot Chilli Peppers as a guest of Capitol Records
(The Roxy, West Hollywood)
> The Ramones as a guest of Johnny Ramone
(Hollywood Palladium, LA) - Nov/Dec/Jan: Road Trip to India
1988
- January: Back from India.
- May:
First time seeing live and meeting with Alice Cooper - August:
Helloween's Keepers Of The Seven Keys (Part II) album is released worldwide. - August:
Monsters Of Rock Festivals in Donington + Holland & Germany (Iron Maiden, Kiss, David Lee Roth, Guns 'n Roses, Megadeth, Helloween,...) in Donington Steve Harris gave me his own Artist's All Access Pass. - December:
Helloween ask me to create a front cover design for a forthcoming live album.
1989
- March:
Publication of "HOT TEACHER" a backcover comic strip for the famous Fluide Glacial (France) - April:
Release of Helloween's Live in The UK Live album - September > November:
2,5 months Road Trip (Northbound and Southbound) to the USA / Meeting with Sepultura in NYC
1990
- January : I was required to do my national service for 20 months in Belgium.
That's where I learned to use a Mac (with Photoshop 1.0). - Since that year, I've started to limit the number of concerts I photograph. This is mainly because I have less free time and I have a girlfriend who lives in Paris whom I try to see as often as possible during my "permissions" to leave the country.
1991
- Early August:
I finished my 20-months mandatory civil service. - 21st August:
Helloween's The Best, the Rest, the Rare release - End August:
Hanging out in Brussels, record stores and libraries along with James Hetfield and Kirk Hammet (prior to their show with AC/DC and Mötley Crüe). - November :
Slayer in Brussels + Nirvana in Ghent.
1991-1995
Art Director for PHB Communication & Marketing
Working 100% on Mac (Photoshop, Illustrator & Quark X-Press)
I still photograph some concerts, but since the number of accredited photographers has increased, too many restrictions have piled up and the pleasure of shooting live bands has diminished.
- July 1994:
Helloween's Master Of The Rings album release (for which I did everything from A to Z on my computer). - July 1994:
First time seeing and shooting TOOL ! - Aug 1994:
Metallica in Florida for the two last concerts of their US Tour as VIP guest. Crazy nights out with Kirk Hammet & friends - Nov 1994:
Helloween's Master Of The Rings Tour - This is the last time I've met the band in the flesh.
1995-1998
Art Director for Leo Burnett Advertising
Mainly for the Philip Morris Group (Marlboro, L&M, Merit)
1998
Creation of Hypnotized srl
Graphic Design & Image Manipulations
- 1998-2002: Art Direction, design & photo retouching
- 2002-2010: Web Design & Art Direction
- 2011: Hiring a top-notch developper,
Stéphane Turrin (a former intern) - 2011-Now: Web Development & Web Design
2012
First trip to Mauritius
2017
Creation of Hypno Luxo Ltd
Web Development & Web Design
- June: Moving to Mauritius
2021
Moving from Pereybere (North) to Albion, Black River (West)
2024
Photographic participation to "Heavy Sounds in the West" a 400 pages full-color book that recounts the coming-of-age of the heavy metal and hardcore music scenes in West Flanders in Belgium. 55 of my photos were published.