An Pierlé
| An Pierlé | |
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Pierlé, performing in Lokeren 2006
Photo: Chris Hakkens |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | An Miel Mia Pierlé |
| Born |
13 December 1974 Deurne, Belgium |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Piano |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | PIAS Recordings |
| Website | myspace |
An Pierlé (born An Miel Mia Pierlé on 13 December 1974) is a Belgian pianist and singer-songwriter.
She studied classical piano and enrolled at the age of 17 at the art school Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp. In her third year there she made a solo-programme with songs of her own, alone at the piano. Shortly after she became known to a moderately wide audience in 1996 when she entered Humo's Rock Rally with a tape of her own version of Are 'Friends' Electric?, originally sung by Tubeway Army. The song ended up on a number of albums, including Random, a tribute album to Gary Numan (of the Tubeway Army) composed of covers of Gary Numan songs.
After this, An toured for two years with a theatre group, and starred in a Belgium television series (Moeder, waarom leven wij?), gave a few solo performances and collaborated with DAAU on their song "Broken", where she sings all of the vocals.
In 1998 she signed a record deal with Warner Music Benelux. This resulted in her first album titled Mud Stories, completely in singer-songwriter fashion. Most of the album was recorded on electric piano in the winter of 1998 and 1999 in the attic of a theatre in Ghent (in some songs, with high quality audio equipment, very faint background car noises can be heard). The extra acoustic piano parts were done in the spring of 1999. This resulted in a range of songs with very little production, essentially An and her piano, plus an occasional accordion.
The record sold over 25,000 copies in Belgium and the Netherlands.
In 2002 An Pierlé released her second record, Helium Sunset. Unlike the previous album, this album was also released outside of the Benelux and France. Most of the songs here were co-written by Koen Gisen.
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