Musician

When it comes to describing my style as a keyboard player, there’s four people I need you to know : Rick Wakeman, Ben Folds, Diamanda Galas and Rowlf, the incredible Muppet Show dog. Put them all in a blender with some cheesy seventies string sounds on top and you’ll get the kind of keyboard Smoothie that’s undoubtedly very ‘Poltrock’.

A band playing in different places every night with the main purpose of getting laid after the gig is often referred to as a ‘Band on tour’. Here’s a short survey of bands that had the pleasure of hiring me (some even of firing me) for one or more of these tours.

  • Monza (band member : 1999 – 2002) 
  • Hooverphonic (1999 – 2006 + 2011) 
  • Jan Leyers (2003 – 2006)
  • Yasmine (2004 - 2008 )
  • Arid (2008 - )
  • Vincent Venet (2008 - 2009 )
  • Tom Helsen (2006 - )
  • En Wat Dan (One off tour with Triggerfinger, Roos Van Acker, Anton Walgrave and Klaas ‘Yevgeni’ Delrue (2009)
  • Vincent Liben (2011- )
  • De Mens (2012 -)

Bands and artists that can’t afford me sometimes decide to hire me just once for the ultimate ‘Poltrock experience’ to be savoured on very, very special occasions :

De Laatste Showband, Arno, Flip Kowlier, Laïs, Piet Goddaer, Tom Barman (dEUS) Stef Kamil Carlens (Zita Swoon), Jane Birkin, Tom Robinson, Kris Debruyne, Marie Daulne (Zap Mama)

Or some incredibly wealthy dude decides to hire me as a band leader. That’s what happened when I was asked to lead Belgium’s own ‘Hilfiger Sessions’, - check out others vids in the video section - welcoming famous Belgian and international artists such as :

De La Vega, Brahim, Hadise, Jasper Steverlinck, Marie Daulne (Zap Mama), Zita Swoon, Headphone, Sweet Coffee, DJ 4T4, DJ Grazzhoppa, Stijn Meuris, Evi Hansen, Selah Sue, Lalalover etc etc

There’s more however to a musician’s job than life on stage. If an artist wants to record an album featuring keyboards influenced by Rick Wakeman, Ben Folds, Diamanda Galas and Rowlf-the-Muppet, he usually comes knocking at Poltrock’s door. Here’s a survey of some of the many albums I played on throughout the years.

  • Hooverphonic : ‘Jackie Cane’, ‘More sweet music/No more sweet music’ ‘Sit down and listen’ 
  • The Blackbox Revelation : ‘Set your head on fire’ 
  • Monza : ‘Van God Los’ 
  • Spencer The Rover : 'Sad Songs'
  • Raymond Van Het Groenewoud : ‘Meneer Raymond’
  • Vincent Liben : 'Vincent Liben'
  • Jan Leyers : ‘In the Virgin dark’
  • The Boondocks : ‘Bloed en Rozen’
  • Hans De Booij : ‘Emocratie’
  • Les Anges : ‘A deep grave as a shelter’
  • De Mens : ‘Onder de duinen’
  • Yasmine : ‘Vandaag, het gisteren van morgen’, ‘Licht ontvlambaar’
  • Junior Jazz : ‘Here it comes’ 
  • Vincent Venet : 'Darling'
  • Janez Detd : ‘Killing me’ 
  • Triggerfinger : ‘Inner Peace’ 
  • Tom Helsen : ‘More than gold’ 
  • The Ditch : ‘In this world’ 
  • Frank Vander Linden : ‘Frank Vander Linden’
  • Rachel : 'Cause I'

And many many more