Maximalist! (band)
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Maximalist! was an ensemble formed to perform the compositions that Thierry De Mey
and Peter Vermeersch
wrote for the dance choreographies of Wim Vandekeybus
. The music they performed mixed avant-garde jazz with minimal music; hence (by contrast) the name of the band.
De Mey and Vermeersch had met each other in their previous band Union, an avant-garde punk jazz/classical music ensemble. When the constraints of writing and playing from music scores became too much of a restraint for Peter Vermeersch, he and De Mey split ways in 1989. Maximalist! became a direct precursor to the later band X-Legged Sally
, with three early members already present: Peter Vermeersch, Jean-Luc Plouvier and Eric Sleichim.
Thierry De Mey
Thierre De Mey is a musician and filmmaker from Belgium.-Biography:After studying film at the IAD, he continued to studying music composition and contemporary dance after meeting Fernand Schirren, for whose works he has written original incidental music...
and Peter Vermeersch
Peter Vermeersch
Peter Vermeersch is a Belgian composer, clarinet player and producer.He is a main character in several Belgian bands such as X-Legged Sally, A Group and the Flat Earth Society...
wrote for the dance choreographies of Wim Vandekeybus
Wim Vandekeybus
Wim Vandekeybus is a Belgian choreographer, dancer, film director and actor. His dance company is based in Brussels, and is called Ultima Vez. He directed several shows, since his first piece in 1987, What The Body Does Not Remember...
. The music they performed mixed avant-garde jazz with minimal music; hence (by contrast) the name of the band.
De Mey and Vermeersch had met each other in their previous band Union, an avant-garde punk jazz/classical music ensemble. When the constraints of writing and playing from music scores became too much of a restraint for Peter Vermeersch, he and De Mey split ways in 1989. Maximalist! became a direct precursor to the later band X-Legged Sally
X-Legged Sally
X-Legged Sally is a Belgian avant-garde rock/jazz-band founded in 1988 by composer Peter Vermeersch, and disbanded in 1997. They were one of the first bands from Belgium to combine a set of very different musical styles , becoming a starting point for the Belgian indie music scene that developed...
, with three early members already present: Peter Vermeersch, Jean-Luc Plouvier and Eric Sleichim.
Members
- Thierry De Mey (percussions)
- Dirk Descheemaeker (bass clarinet)
- Jean-Paul Dessy (cello)
- Walter HusWalter HusWalter Hus is a Belgian composer and musician.Walter Hus studied at the music conservatories in Ghent and Brussels. In 1984, he graduated with excellence for piano with Prof. Dr. Robert Steyaert and soon became involved with new music in many different expressions...
(piano) - Jean-Luc Plouvier (piano)
- Eric Sleichim (saxes)
- Peter Vermeersch (clarinet)
Discography
- Rosas danst Rosas (1983)
- Maximalist! (1984)
- What the body does not remember (1989)