News
Coming Concerts
History
Discography
Press releases
Interviews
Personnel
Gallery
Downloads
Where to buy
Links
Guestbook
Join mailing list
Frontpage
UZ_logo4

headline personnel

Univers Zéro’s musicians through all incarnations.

Daniel DENIS – composer, drums, keyboards, harmonium and voice
Founding- member, May 1974 until today

Claude DERON – trumpet
Founding- member, May 1974 – leaves in May 1975

Guy SEGERS - bass and voice
Founding- member– May 1974, leaves in March 1977; rejoins in January 1978 and leaves in late 1983; member of 1997 line –up for FIMAV Festival in May 1997

Roger TRIGAUX –composer, guitar, piano and harmonium
Founding- member, May 1974, leaves in December, 1975; rejoins in March, 1977 and leaves in May, 1979

Patrick HANAPPIER – violin and viola
Founding- member, May 1974, leaves in May, 1979; plays some shows as a guest in 1982 and rejoins late in 1985 and stays until 1986 when the band splits

Vincent MOTOULLE – organ and keyboards
Founding- member, May 1974, leaves in August, 1974; rejoins in May, 1975 and leaves in March, 1977.

Guy DENIS – percussion
Necronomicon member

John VAN RIJMENANT – soprano and tenor saxophones
Necronomicon member – one show with UZ as a guest

Michel BERCKMANS – basson, oboe, english horn, voice, melodica, percussion, piano and composer
Joins as a guest in several shows in 1975 and joins as a full member in late 1975; leaves in January,1981; returns in 1998 for The Hard Quest sessions, play in the band from 2004 to 2012, but leaves the band in December 2012.

Jeannot GILLIS - violin
Joins in December, 1975 and leveas early 1977 after have played in only 2 concerts

Marcel DUFRANE – violin
Joins in February, 1977, takes place in the recordings of 1313 and leaves in January, 1978

Christian GENET – bass, nailskake, balafon, bowed guitar, tapes and whistle
joins in March 1977; leaves January 1978; rejoins late 1983 until late 1986 when the band splits; replaces Reginald Trigaux in 1999, but no performances happen

Emmanuel NICAISE – harmonium and spinet
joins as semi-permanent member in May, 1977; leaves in August, 1977, but takes part in 1313 recording sessions

Marc HOLLANDER – keyboards and clarinet
plays only one show as a guest in November, 1977

Thierry ZABOITZEFF – bass and cello
plays some shows early 1978 and takes part of Ceux Du Dehors recordings, one track

Geoff LEIGH – soprano saxophone and clarinet
Takes part in several shows as a guest in 1978 and 1979.

Andy KIRK – composer, keyboards, viola, percussion and guitar
Joins May 1979, leaves mid – 1983; returns in late 1985 and stay until 1986 when the band splits, member of 1997 line –up for FIMAV Festival in May 1997
Rejoins on May 2005, but he plays the 1st show only in January 2006.
Leaves in June 2008.

Pierre CHEVALIER - keyboards
Joined in June 2008 - leaves in December 2012

Jean-Luc AIMÉ – violin
joins in September, 1979 and leaves in May 1980; plays in only one track of Ceux Du Dehors (Bounjour Chez Vous)

Ilona CHALE - voice
sings on one track of Ceux Du Dehors (Combat)

Jean DEBEFVE - hurdy-gurdy
plays on 2 tracks of Ceux Du Dehors (La Corned u Bois des Pendus and La Musique D’Erich Zann)

Dirk DESCHEEMAEKER - soprano sax, clarinet and bass clarinet
joins in late 1981 and stays until late 1986 when the band splits; appears on The Hard Quest, Rhythmix and Implosion, but does appear in the live version of the reformed band

Enzo CANATA - guitar
joins in late 1981 and plays in only two shows

Alan WARD – violin
joins in late 1981 and leaves in middle, 1983

Michel DELORY – guitar
Joins as a guest in January 1983; takes part as a guest in one tarck of Uzed (Celesta) and joins as a full member in late 1985

André MERGENTHALER – cello, alto sax and voice
joins in late 1983 and leaves early 1985 to join Art Zoyd

Jean-Luc PLOUVIER – keyboards
Joins late 1983 and stays until late 1986 when the band splits

Marc VERBIST - violin
session musician for one track of Uzed (Célesta)

Marianne DENOIA - violin
joins in 1997 for only a single show at FIMAV Festival; after the Hard Quest sessions returns to the band but no shows were performed

Kaat DEWINDT– keyboards
Joins in 1997 for only a single show in VICTO Festival

Igor SEMENOFF – violin
session musician who takes part in The Hard Quest and Implosion recording sessions

Reginald TRIGAUX – bass, acoustic guitar and voice
takes part in The Hard Quest recording sessions

Aurelia BOVEN - cello
Session musician for Rhythmix, Implosion and Clivages

Ariane DEBIEVRE– flute and piccolo
Session musician for Rhythmix

Bart MARIS - trumpet
Session musician for Rhythmix and Implosion

Eric PLANTAIN - bass
Joins in 2001 for recordings sessions of Rhythmix; takes part in the recording sessions of Implosion and is the bass player in the current band

Christophe PONS – acoustic guitar
Session musician for Rhythmix and Implosion

Bart QUARTIER – marimba and glockenspiel
Session musician for Rhythmix and Implosion

Louison RENAULT - accordion
Session musician for Rhythmix

Serge BERTOCCHI – saxes and tubax
Session musician for Implosion

Peter VANDENBERGHE– keyboards
Joins in 2004 and leaves in December 2005

Martin LAUWERS - violin
Joins in 2004 and leaves in December 2012

Kurt BUDÉ – clarinet and saxes
Joins in 2004 for the current version of the band

Eric PLANTAIN – bass
Joins in 2001 for recordings sessions of Rhythmix; takes part in the recording sessions of Implosion and Live and leaves the band in June, 2008.

Dimitri EVERS - bass
Joins the band in June 2008

Philippe SEYNAEVE – videos and projections
Joins in 2004 for the current version of the band, leaves in 2009

Nicolas DENIS – drums
Session musician Clivages

Philippe THURIOT – accordion
Session musician for Clivages
To the top of the page

Antoine GUENET
Joins in January 2013

Nicolas DECHÊNE
Joins in January 2013