Wim Mertens

producer, arranger, piano, guitar, vocal, electric piano, synthesizer, keyboard

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Artist name Roles Recordings
Stephan Kraemer engineer, recording A Delà du Fleuve, A Feet Maniac, A Fragile Peace, A Permit to Return, A Sandy Shore, A Secret Burning, A Wood Stove, According to the Real, Al, Alef, And Bring You Back, And Bring you Back, And Growth Can Be Heard, As Hay in the Sun, As Ifs, As Music in the Trees, Au fond, la mer, Au-delà du fleuve, Awol, Bewildering Din, Birds for the Mind, Bold Forgetting, Ce bruit, Circular Breathing, Close Cover, Collateral Damage, Comme en Dormant, Comme en dormant, Compass Strokes, Darpa, Das Unstatthafte, Der Des Ders, Eine Kugelrunde Null, Et pourtant, Evenhandedly, Face À Main, Fair Warnings, Finding a People, For Quietness, From Out of Which, Further Hunting, Geräusch, Gimel, Gist, Hedgehog's Skin, Hors-nature, Houfnice, Hufhuf, Humility, Humvee, I Come as I Am, I Saw You Come, In 3 or 4 Days, In and for Itself, In.Zones, Indexed by the Arche-Fossil, Inhale Deeply, Iris, I’ve Been Dreaming, Jaat, Jod, Kaf, Kanaries, Kanaries-Night Creature, Kerf Width, Kof, La Fin de la Visite, La brume, La femme de nulle part, La fin de la visite, Le noir, Le vide, Leverage, Man-In-Person, Mem, Mienneté, Multiple 12, My Confession, My Rosary, Navigare Necesse Est, Neither Do I Too, Newcomers, No More, Not Me, Not at Home (reprise), Oeuvrer, Often a Bird, Out of the Dust, Passend, Passend (reprise), Pierced Heart, Pitched in Pairs, Positively Imperative, Remaining So and as Such, Rest Meines Ichs, Retranchement, Rival Sameness, Send, Si loin du centre, Sich Polieren, Sideman, Sidemen, Song 6, Songes, Sonsings, Struggle for Pleasure, Swirling Backwards, Sänger Ohne Stimme, Ta tête, Tactility, The Belly of an Architect, The Biggest Fable of All, The Child, The Date, The Determinant of the Last Instance, The Fossil Argument, The Good News, The Great Outdoors, The Land Beyond the Sunset, The Line, The Paths Not Taken, The Real of the Cut, The Rhythm, The Ruler, The Same, The Scene, The Sense, The Way, The Way Down, The Way Up, To Obey, To Obey (reprise), Tout es Visible, Tout est illuminé, Tout est visible, Tout ça, c’est fini, Unwitnessed Ancestral Phenomena, Venturing Into Colony, Voilet, Von Ganz Unten, Voo Outro, Weiter Und Weiter, What It Is Like to Be From Belgium, What That One Does, Wia, With All Its Might, Working the Ploughs, Wound to Wound, Yes, I Never Did, Z's Rival, Zing'Up, Zoet'Kemiesch, Zusammensetzen, Zutzig
Werner Pensaert engineer, recording A Visiting Card, Circles, Condemnatio, Confutatio, Cross-Hold (Venerandam, Part 6), Educes Me, Exitium, Feline-Leisure (Venerandam, Part 2), Fore-Hatch (Venerandam, Part 1), Gerekt Geding (Mein Leib ist muede, Part 6), Geschuifel (Mein Leib ist muede, Part 1), Katachtig op hun gemak (Mein Leib ist muede, Part 3), Kronkelen de Armen (Mein Leib ist muede, Part 4), Kruislings (Mein Leib ist muede, Part 5), Lenige Spieren (Mein Leib ist muede, Part 2), Limes, Lir, Lithe Sinews (Venerandam, Part 4), Maximizing the Audience, Mimicry, No Plans No Projects, No Testament, Non Datur, Pad-Foot (Venerandam, Part 3), Paying for Love, Pernicies, Pranzo, Sea-Foam (Venerandam, Part 7), So That:, The Fosse, The Personell Changes, The Ship, The Whole, Tiresias, Twsited Arms (Venerandam, Part 5), Watch!, Whisper Me, Words on the Page
Eric Mertens producer, flute, piccolo A Fragile Peace, A Permit to Return, A Sandy Shore, A Wood Stove, Al, As Music in the Trees, Birds for the Mind, Ce qui a lieu, Ce qui arrive, Ce qui se produit, Close Cover, I Come as I Am, I Saw You Come, In and for Itself, Inhale Deeply, I’ve Been Dreaming, Multiple 12, My Confession, My Rosary, Newcomers, No More, Often a Bird, Plus Grandes les Parts de Mort, Plus Grandes les Parts de Vie, Struggle for Pleasure, The Good News, To Obey, Trouver le repos, With All Its Might, Yes, I Never Did
Dirk Descheemaeker bass clarinet, clarinet, soprano saxophone A Visiting Card, Ce qui a lieu, Ce qui arrive, Ce qui se produit, Circles, Condemnatio, Confutatio, Exitium, It Serves You Right, Le souffle du destin: La mesure, Le souffle du destin: Le cas, Le souffle du destin: Le héros, Le souffle du destin: Le propos, Le souffle du destin: Le vrai, Letter of Intent, Maximizing the Audience, Mimicry, Non Datur, Pernicies, Plus Grandes les Parts de Mort, Plus Grandes les Parts de Vie, Pranzo, Quotable Lines, Salernes, Trouver le repos, What’s Mine Is Yours, When the Line Grows Thick
Marc François engineer, recording 2 and 3 = 1, 4 Mains, Bresque, Circular Breathing, Close Cover, C·ntentu Melodiae, Gentleman of Leisure, Gleaner, Inergys, Inergys (reprise), Limes, Mildly Skeeming, Multiple 12, Salernes, So That:, Struggle for Pleasure, The Ship, Tiresias, Tourtour, Tsjueh, Wording, ’t Klopt

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Stephan Kraemer engineer, recording A Delà du Fleuve, A Feet Maniac, A Fragile Peace, A Permit to Return, A Sandy Shore, A Secret Burning, A Wood Stove, According to the Real, Al, Alef, And Bring You Back, And Bring you Back, And Growth Can Be Heard, As Hay in the Sun, As Ifs, As Music in the Trees, Au fond, la mer, Au-delà du fleuve, Awol, Bewildering Din, Birds for the Mind, Bold Forgetting, Ce bruit, Circular Breathing, Close Cover, Collateral Damage, Comme en Dormant, Comme en dormant, Compass Strokes, Darpa, Das Unstatthafte, Der Des Ders, Eine Kugelrunde Null, Et pourtant, Evenhandedly, Face À Main, Fair Warnings, Finding a People, For Quietness, From Out of Which, Further Hunting, Geräusch, Gimel, Gist, Hedgehog's Skin, Hors-nature, Houfnice, Hufhuf, Humility, Humvee, I Come as I Am, I Saw You Come, In 3 or 4 Days, In and for Itself, In.Zones, Indexed by the Arche-Fossil, Inhale Deeply, Iris, I’ve Been Dreaming, Jaat, Jod, Kaf, Kanaries, Kanaries-Night Creature, Kerf Width, Kof, La Fin de la Visite, La brume, La femme de nulle part, La fin de la visite, Le noir, Le vide, Leverage, Man-In-Person, Mem, Mienneté, Multiple 12, My Confession, My Rosary, Navigare Necesse Est, Neither Do I Too, Newcomers, No More, Not Me, Not at Home (reprise), Oeuvrer, Often a Bird, Out of the Dust, Passend, Passend (reprise), Pierced Heart, Pitched in Pairs, Positively Imperative, Remaining So and as Such, Rest Meines Ichs, Retranchement, Rival Sameness, Send, Si loin du centre, Sich Polieren, Sideman, Sidemen, Song 6, Songes, Sonsings, Struggle for Pleasure, Swirling Backwards, Sänger Ohne Stimme, Ta tête, Tactility, The Belly of an Architect, The Biggest Fable of All, The Child, The Date, The Determinant of the Last Instance, The Fossil Argument, The Good News, The Great Outdoors, The Land Beyond the Sunset, The Line, The Paths Not Taken, The Real of the Cut, The Rhythm, The Ruler, The Same, The Scene, The Sense, The Way, The Way Down, The Way Up, To Obey, To Obey (reprise), Tout es Visible, Tout est illuminé, Tout est visible, Tout ça, c’est fini, Unwitnessed Ancestral Phenomena, Venturing Into Colony, Voilet, Von Ganz Unten, Voo Outro, Weiter Und Weiter, What It Is Like to Be From Belgium, What That One Does, Wia, With All Its Might, Working the Ploughs, Wound to Wound, Yes, I Never Did, Z's Rival, Zing'Up, Zoet'Kemiesch, Zusammensetzen, Zutzig
Werner Pensaert engineer, recording A Visiting Card, Circles, Condemnatio, Confutatio, Cross-Hold (Venerandam, Part 6), Educes Me, Exitium, Feline-Leisure (Venerandam, Part 2), Fore-Hatch (Venerandam, Part 1), Gerekt Geding (Mein Leib ist muede, Part 6), Geschuifel (Mein Leib ist muede, Part 1), Katachtig op hun gemak (Mein Leib ist muede, Part 3), Kronkelen de Armen (Mein Leib ist muede, Part 4), Kruislings (Mein Leib ist muede, Part 5), Lenige Spieren (Mein Leib ist muede, Part 2), Limes, Lir, Lithe Sinews (Venerandam, Part 4), Maximizing the Audience, Mimicry, No Plans No Projects, No Testament, Non Datur, Pad-Foot (Venerandam, Part 3), Paying for Love, Pernicies, Pranzo, Sea-Foam (Venerandam, Part 7), So That:, The Fosse, The Personell Changes, The Ship, The Whole, Tiresias, Twsited Arms (Venerandam, Part 5), Watch!, Whisper Me, Words on the Page
Eric Mertens producer, flute, piccolo A Fragile Peace, A Permit to Return, A Sandy Shore, A Wood Stove, Al, As Music in the Trees, Birds for the Mind, Ce qui a lieu, Ce qui arrive, Ce qui se produit, Close Cover, I Come as I Am, I Saw You Come, In and for Itself, Inhale Deeply, I’ve Been Dreaming, Multiple 12, My Confession, My Rosary, Newcomers, No More, Often a Bird, Plus Grandes les Parts de Mort, Plus Grandes les Parts de Vie, Struggle for Pleasure, The Good News, To Obey, Trouver le repos, With All Its Might, Yes, I Never Did
Dirk Descheemaeker bass clarinet, clarinet, soprano saxophone A Visiting Card, Ce qui a lieu, Ce qui arrive, Ce qui se produit, Circles, Condemnatio, Confutatio, Exitium, It Serves You Right, Le souffle du destin: La mesure, Le souffle du destin: Le cas, Le souffle du destin: Le héros, Le souffle du destin: Le propos, Le souffle du destin: Le vrai, Letter of Intent, Maximizing the Audience, Mimicry, Non Datur, Pernicies, Plus Grandes les Parts de Mort, Plus Grandes les Parts de Vie, Pranzo, Quotable Lines, Salernes, Trouver le repos, What’s Mine Is Yours, When the Line Grows Thick
Marc François engineer, recording 2 and 3 = 1, 4 Mains, Bresque, Circular Breathing, Close Cover, C·ntentu Melodiae, Gentleman of Leisure, Gleaner, Inergys, Inergys (reprise), Limes, Mildly Skeeming, Multiple 12, Salernes, So That:, Struggle for Pleasure, The Ship, Tiresias, Tourtour, Tsjueh, Wording, ’t Klopt
Wim Mertens Ensemble performer A Fragile Peace, A Permit to Return, A Sandy Shore, A Wood Stove, As Music in the Trees, I Come as I Am, I Saw You Come, Inhale Deeply, I’ve Been Dreaming, My Confession, My Rosary, Newcomers, No More, The Good News
Ton Van Draenen recording Circular Breathing, Close Cover, Humility, Iris, Kanaries-Night Creature, La femme de nulle part, Multiple 12, The Belly of an Architect, The Land Beyond the Sunset, Voo Outro
The Flemish Radio Orchestra performing orchestra Al, Birds for the Mind, Close Cover, In and for Itself, Multiple 12, Often a Bird, Struggle for Pleasure, To Obey, With All Its Might, Yes, I Never Did
Grégory Beaufays (Sound engineer) engineer Al, Birds for the Mind, Close Cover, In and for Itself, Multiple 12, Often a Bird, Struggle for Pleasure, To Obey, With All Its Might, Yes, I Never Did
Manuel Mohino (engineer/producer) recording Al, Birds for the Mind, Close Cover, In and for Itself, Multiple 12, Often a Bird, Struggle for Pleasure, To Obey, With All Its Might, Yes, I Never Did
Dante Anzolini conductor Al, Birds for the Mind, Close Cover, In and for Itself, Multiple 12, Often a Bird, Struggle for Pleasure, To Obey, With All Its Might, Yes, I Never Did
Eddy Verdonck bass trombone Ce qui a lieu, Ce qui arrive, Ce qui se produit, How About It?, How About What?, Now You See It, Now You Don’t, Trouver le repos
Gilles Martin engineer, recording At Home, Coloured by Turning, Dense Points, Not at Home, That M, That Strange Attractor
Pascal Smets double bass Der Des Ders, In.Zones, Indexed by the Arche-Fossil, Navigare Necesse Est, Tactility
Otto Derolez violin Der Des Ders, In.Zones, Indexed by the Arche-Fossil, Navigare Necesse Est, Tactility
Jeroen Robbrecht (violist) viola Der Des Ders, In.Zones, Indexed by the Arche-Fossil, Navigare Necesse Est, Tactility
London Sinfonietta performing orchestra Close Cover, Struggle for Pleasure, The Aural Trick, Time Passing, Tourtour
Manu Mellaerts trumpet Der Des Ders, In.Zones, Indexed by the Arche-Fossil, Navigare Necesse Est, Tactility
Luc Verdonck bassoon Ce qui a lieu, Ce qui arrive, Ce qui se produit, Plus Grandes les Parts de Mort, Plus Grandes les Parts de Vie
Paul Daniel (conductor) conductor Close Cover, Struggle for Pleasure, The Aural Trick, Time Passing, Tourtour
Hugo Matthijssen (tuba) tuba Ce qui a lieu, Ce qui arrive, Ce qui se produit, Trouver le repos
Anne Van Den Troost harp Bresque, Educes Me, Salernes, Tourtour
Luk Schollaert soprano saxophone Bresque, Salernes, Struggle for Pleasure, Tourtour
Hans François electric piano, piano Gentleman of Leisure, Maximizing the Audience, Salernes, Struggle for Pleasure
Jo Tavernier recording For Soothsay, Stretti, To Keep Them From Falling
Etienne Siebens bass Ce qui a lieu, Ce qui arrive, Ce qui se produit
Lieven Vandewalle cello Ce qui a lieu, Ce qui arrive, Ce qui se produit
Marc Grauwels bass flute, flute, piccolo A Visiting Card, Salernes
Anne Crabbe vocal Usura, When the Line Grows Thick
Chris Nieuwenhuysen vocal Usura, When the Line Grows Thick
Fons Adriaensen engineer Usura, When the Line Grows Thick
Pieter Vereertbrugghen bass, bass synthesizer, synthesizer Close Cover, Struggle for Pleasure
Rika Joris vocal Usura, When the Line Grows Thick
Aranis (Belgian progressive rock group) performer Gentlemen of leisure, Salernes
Jeroen van Veen (Dutch pianist) piano 4 mains (Wim Mertens), Struggle for Pleasure
Eric Robberecht violin Plus Grandes les Parts de Mort, Plus Grandes les Parts de Vie
John Ruocco clarinet, saxophone Circular Breathing, Gentleman of Leisure
Malufi Singers vocal The Fosse
Ine van den Bergh vocal Maximizing the Audience
Jan Nicholaers trombone Oeuvrer
Marc Bonne percussion Maximizing the Audience
Bernd Van Echelpoel tuba Oeuvrer
Geert De Vos bass trombone Oeuvrer
Marilyn Maingart flute, piccolo Gentleman of Leisure
Minne Pauwels vocal The Fosse
Monique Laperre cello Whisper Me
Nick Ost euphonium Oeuvrer
Geoffrey Maingart violin Maximizing the Audience
Eliz Erkalp French horn Oeuvrer
André Van Driessche French horn Whisper Me
Keiko Kusaka harp A Visiting Card
Kris Van Severen viola Whisper Me
Sandra van Veen piano 4 mains (Wim Mertens)
Gyde Knebusch harp Circular Breathing
Tatiana Samouil violin Oeuvrer
Hanna Grociak harp Oeuvrer
Anne Mertens vocal A Visiting Card
Valerie Koolemans-Beijnen vocal Maximizing the Audience
Ward Hoornaert trumpet Trouver le repos
Bart Watté clarinet Oeuvrer
Karla Van Loo alto saxophone Trouver le repos