Real name: David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele, Henry Smithson and Fergus Purcell.

Effective period / Period of releases: 2015

Members: Henry Smithson, David Dewaele, Stephen Dewaele, Fergus Purcell

Die Verboten is a Belgian krautrock-influenced band formed by David and Stephen Dewaele of Soulwax, alongside Riton and his brother-in-law Fergus Purcell (AKA Fergadelic).

Die Verboten was originally announced in late 2006 in Belgian weekly magazine HUMO. Die Verboten debuted officially in June 2009 with 'Live In Eivissa' released on The Vinyl Factory.
Later that year In an interview with Resident Advisor, David and Fergadelic announced the next Die Verboten release. Described by David as a DVD (DieVerbotenDisc), it was planned to include two albums worth of material, covering everything they recorded at the time. David:"You can expect the next release to be a DVD (DieVerbotenDisc) which will include everything we have recorded until now - two albums worth of material". This release, originally aimed to be released in 2009 on Vinyl Factory, never released. Die Verboten later surfaced in November 2015 on Deewee with '2007', featuring unreleased recordings originating from 2007.