Eric Thielemans

Eric Thielemans is a Belgian drummer and percussionist who works across jazz, free improvisation and contemporary music. Classically trained in Brussels, he studied at the Jazz-Studio in Antwerp and attended workshops with Billy Hart. He also performs as a solo percussionist, as on the LP A Snare is a Bell. Thielemans was the drummer of the Ben Sluijs Quartet and later of Määk's Spirit. A Snare is a Bell came out on vinyl on the Antwerp label Ultra Eczema, and a CD-R of solo pieces followed on his own label Oorwerk.