About the artist

Axl Peleman is a singer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and media figure who has been active since 1987 and initially became known as a member of the bands Ashbury Faith, Camden, Angelico, The Paranoiacs, and Automatic Buffalo. He then became the regular bassist for Rick de Leeuw and De Kreuners. Since 2003, he has been a permanent musical member of Compagnie Maandacht, with whom he has completed nearly 40 tours. Over 4 decades, he has performed on stage 3500 times, has been featured as a bassist on dozens of albums, and has released 4 solo albums, including 2 with Antwerp 'folk songs'. In the late 90s, he co-hosted the radio program French Quiz on Studio Brussel with Luc De Vos and Chris Dusauchoit. Between 2001 and 2008, he became better known to the general public as a guest on various television talk shows. He was a regular guest on the talk shows Aan Tafel and De Zomer van..., frequently played in the band of De Laatste Show, and was a team leader in the quiz De tabel van Mendelejev. Afterwards, he produced 4 historical documentary series for ATV about folk music and the history of Antwerp. Additionally, he wrote various TV tunes for VRT, Ketnet, and VTM, composed music for films and documentaries, voiced characters in cartoons, and was a columnist for HLN for many years. He is currently working on a 5th solo album.