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1 STRUGGLE FOR PLEASURE 03:53
2 BIRDS FOR THE MIND 04:43
3 CLOSE COVER 03:15
4 THEIR DUET 03:28
5 HUMILITY 02:54
6 OFTEN A BIRD 03:41
7 4 MAINS 03:10
8 NO TESTAMENT 03:50
9 IRIS 09:47
10 HORS NATURE 03:14
11 MAXIMIZING THE AUDIENCE 0
12 THE SCENE 03:10
musicians
1. STRUGGLE FOR PLEASURE
DIRK DESCHEEMAEKER - CLARINET
LUK SCHOLLAERT - SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
PIETER VEREERTBRUGGHEN - BASS SYNTHESIZER
HANS FRANÇOIS - ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC PIANO
WIM MERTENS - PIANO
2. BIRDS FOR THE MIND
DIRK DESCHEEMAEKER - CLARINET, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
MARC GRAUWELS - FLUTE, PICCOLO
GEERT STEEN - BASS TUBA
WIM MERTENS - PIANO, VOICE
3. CLOSE COVER
PIETER VEREERTBRUGGHEN - BASS
WIM MERTENS - PIANO, VOICE
4. THEIR DUET
DIRK DESCHEEMAEKER - SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
WARD HOORNAERT - TRUMPET
EDDY VERDONCK - BASS TROMBONE
HUGO MATHIJSSEN - BASS TUBA
KATELIJNE VAN LAETHEM - VOICE
WIM MERTENS - PIANO
5. HUMILITY
WIM MERTENS - PIANO, VOICE
6. OFTEN A BIRD
XAVIER CLAEYS - VIOLIN
STEFAAN CLAEYS - VIOLIN
CLAIRE DELPLANQUE - VIOLIN
MAURITS GOOSSENS - VIOLIN
KRIS VAN SEVEREN - VIOLA
LIVIN VANDEWALLE - CELLO
KOEN LIEVENS - CELLO
DIRK DESCHEEMAEKER - CLARINET
MICHEL VANGHELUWE - DOUBLE BASS
BRIGITTE HERTOGS - HARP
RICK VERCRUYSSE - HORN
EDDY VERDONCK - BASS TROMBONE
HUGO MATHIJSSEN - BASS TUBA
PAUL BERVOETS - VIOLA
BART QUARTIER - PERCUSSION
WIM MERTENS - PIANO
7. 4 MAINS
HANS FRANÇOIS - PIANO
WIM MERTENS - PIANO
8. NO TESTAMENT
DIRK DESCHEEMAEKER - CLARINET
MARC GRAUWELS - PICCOLO
LIVIN VANDEWALLE - CELLO
EDDY VERDONCK - BASS TROMBONE
GEERT STEEN - BASS TUBA
LUC VERDONCK - BASSOON
ETIENNE SIEBENS - BASS
MARC BONNE - PERCUSSION
9. IRIS
WIM MERTENS, PIANO, VOICE
10. HORS-NATURE
XAVIER CLAEYS - VIOLIN
GEERT DEVOS - BASS TROMBONE
KRIS VAN SEVEREN - VIOLA
LIEVEN VANDEWALLE - CELLO
ETIENNE SIEBENS - BASS
DIRK DESCHEEMAEKER - CLARINET
MARK VERDONCK - ALTO SAXOPHONE
STEFAAN CLAEYS - VIOLIN
TIM VAN MEDEGAEL - BASS TROMBONE
BRIGITTE HERTOGS - HARP
BART QUARTIER - PERCUSSION
WIM MERTENS - PIANO
11. MAXIMIZING THE AUDIENCE
GEOFFREY MAINGART - VIOLIN
DIRK DESCHEEMAEKER - SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
VALÉRIE KOOLEMANS-BEIJNEN - VOICE
INE VAN DEN BERGH - VOICE
MARC BONNE - PERCUSSION
WIM MERTENS - PIANO
12. THE SCENE
WIM MERTENS - GUITAR
credits
1. RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY MARC FRANÇOIS - FROM THE ALBUM STRUGGLE FOR PLEASURE, 1983
2. RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY WERNER PENSAERT - FROM THE ALBUM THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT, 1986
3. RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY MARC FRANÇOIS - FROM THE ALBUM STRUGGLE FOR PLEASURE, 1983
4. RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY STEPHAN KRAEMER - FROM THE ALBUM SHOT AND ECHO, 1993
5. RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY MARC FRANÇOIS - FROM THE ALBUM AFTER VIRTUE, 1988
6. RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY STEPHAN KRAEMER - FROM THE ALBUM JARDIN CLOS, 1996
7. RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY MARC FRANÇOIS - FROM THE ALBUM VERGESSEN, 1982
8. RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY WERNER PENSAERT - FROM THE ALBUM MOTIVES FOR WRITING, 1989
9. RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY STEPHAN KRAEMER - FROM THE ALBUM STRATÉGIE DE LA RUPTURE, 1991
10. RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY STEPHAN KRAEMER, 1996 - PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED COMPOSITION
11. RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY WERNER PENSAERT - FROM THE ALBUM MAXIMIZING THE AUDIENCE, 1985
12. RECORDED AND ENGINEERED BY STEPHAN KRAEMER - FROM THE ALBUM SIN EMBARGO, 1997
ALL MUSIC COMPOSED, ARRANGED AND COMPOSED BY WIM MERTENS
COVER PHOTO BY JOHAN JACOBS
PUBLISHED BY USURA, 1997. ALL RIGTHS RESERVED
© 1997 USURA