Pierre Vervloesem is a Belgian

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and producer, and has been described as Belgium's

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Career

After playing in a handful of experimental rock bands in the early 1990s, Vervloesem joined avant-garde band

X-Legged Sally X-Legged Sally (XLS) 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 (jazz, rock, improvi ...

. During that collaboration, he appeared on the band's albums: ''Slow-Up'' (1991) ,''Immer das Selbe Gelogen'' (1991) ''Killed by Charity'' (1994) ''Eggs and Ashes'' (1995) ''The Land of the Giant Dwarfs1996)'' ''Fired'' (1996) ''Bereft of a Blissful Union'' (1997) Since then, he has been a musical partner of

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in many musical expeditions, both as a performer and as a producer, for example in A Group and the theatre production Weg (by

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). Together Vervloesem and Vermeersch produced the first LP by

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. Vervloesem has also released several solo LPs

Playing style

Vervloesem's guitar playing style has been associated with that of:

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Discography

* ''Home Made'' (1994) * ''Fiasco'' (1996) * ''Chef d'Oeuvre'' (1999) * ''Zala Zala'' (2000), with John Litton Baraï * ''...plays John Barry'' (2002) * ''Grosso Modo'' (2002) * ''Rude'' (2005) * ''Not Even Close'' (2008) * ''Unchained Melodies'' (2009), by Kings of Belgium * ''Sketches of Pain'' (2010), by Caca * ''John Koenig'' (2010) * ''Grotesque'' (2010), by Codswallop * ''Très fort'' (2011), by Kings of Belgium * ''On dirait du singe'' (2012), by Ray Pinson * ''Silence Science'' (2013) * ''A Carbon Copy of Secrets'' (2022), a cover of

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'' (1968) * Wing-Chester (2018), with teun Verbruggen * Undeletable (2018) by Simple * Undeletable demo album (2018) * Live at Pelzer Jazz House (2018), with teun Verbruggen and Adrien Lambinet * Maité, het meisje en de vogel (2018) by Orchestra Exotica * Plays Martin Denny (2018) by Orchestra Exotica * Pot-pourri, Vol 1 (unreleased tracks) (2018) * Pot-pourri, Vol 2 (unreleased tracks) (2018) * Pot-pourri, Vol 3 (unreleased tracks) (2018) * The Art Of Going Nowhere, Part 1&2 (2018) * The Art Of Going Nowhere, Part 3 (2018) * The Art Of Going Nowhere, Part 4 (2018) * Invisible Quality (2018) with Alinovsky * The Art Of Going Nowhere 1 extended (2018) * The Art Of Going Nowhere 2 extended (2018) * The Art Of Going Nowhere 3 extended (2018) * The Art Of Going Nowhere 4 extended (2018) * Artiste Belge (2019) * Artiste International (2019) with Morgan Agren * Quality Streets (2019) by Kings of Belgium * Undeletable remixed (2019) by Simple * Wonderful Viruses (2019) * Sketches of Pain remixed (2020) by Caca * John Koenig remixed (2020) * Stardom (2020) * Africa (2020) * 1983 (2020) * Ponorogo (2020) * Influenza (2020) * Haines (2020) * Saint-Guy (2020) * Lou Rick’s Island (2020) * Folklorik (2021) * Tâla Shit (2021) * Ruder (2021) * Don’t (2021) * Electronicaca (2021) * 2020 (2021) * Dead (2021) * The Weight of a threatening Blue Sky (2021) * Pierre Vervloesem’s Flambant Neuf (2021) with bruno Vansina, Teun Verbruggen, Thomas Mayade, Falk Schrauwen * Basses of May (2021) * Young Talents (2021) by Pierre Vervloesem/Teun Verbruggen * Minimal Tropical (2021) * 30 Years of Succes (2022) * Masterpieces of irish Folklore, Vol. 12 (2022) by Pierre Vervloesem/Eric Thielemans * Not Even Close- Remastered and revised 2021 (2022) * Tamtams (2022) by Pierre Vervloesem/Marc Van Eyck *''A Carbon Copy of Secrets'' (2022), a cover of

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'' (1968) *Zgouing (2022) *Dark Matter 1- Dark Matter 2 (2022) *Dark Matter 3- Dark Matter 4 (2022) *Artsy-Fartsy (2022) *Oh ! (2022) *New Wave (2023) *Underwater Adventures (2023) *Expected Noises (2023) a cover of the album Unexpected Noises by Brian Brain *Chicxulub (2023) by Pierre Vervloesem/Teun Verbruggen *Let Fans Pay More If They Want (2023) *Let Fans Pay Some More If They Want (2023) *Dark Matter 5-Dark Matter 6 (2023) *Hit Me With Your Stochastic (2023) by Pierre Vervloesem/Teun Verbruggen *Spacequake (2023) *Graviton (2024) *Saucers (2024) *Non-essential (2024) *Sorry Louise couldn't come (2024) by Vansina / Verbruggen / Vervloesem *Buch Der Dinge (2024) by Vervloesem/Kowalski/Verbruggen *Lotta Boom Boom (2024) *Cue Music For Unsolicited Movie (2024) *Easy Solos (2024) *Palm Bleach (2024)

References

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* https://pierrevervloesem.bandcamp.com/ Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Belgian musicians Avant-garde guitarists Progressive rock guitarists 21st-century Belgian musicians 20th-century Belgian male musicians X-Legged Sally members {{Belgium-musician-stub