Wouter Van Belle

Wouter Van Belle is a Belgian musician and producer. He is known for his work with Flip Kowlier, Gorki, Noordkaap, Arno, Axelle Red, Yevgueni, Novastar and Racoon. He scored as producer four number-one albums in Flanders and one in the Netherlands, and had top three singles in Flanders, France and the Netherlands. He is also the keyboard player for Dead Man Ray.

Career One of Van Belle's first productions was Gorky, the debut album of Belgian band Gorki. Van Belle was responsible for much of the sound and melody of the song Mia, which he turned from a punkrock song into a piano ballad. Despite never being released as a single, it became a classic which was voted the best song ever by the listeners of Studio Brussel and best Belgian song ever by the listeners of Radio 1. Van Belle not only produced the album, but also created the piano melody for the song. The number 2 song in the above mentioned list of best Belgian songs ever, Als ze lacht by Yevgueni, was also produced by Van Belle.

In 2011 he was one of the four judges on Idool, the Flemish version of British TV show Pop Idol. The Hall of Fame lauded his work as a producer and as talent developer with e.g. Axelle Red and Flip Kowlier.

In 2022 and 2025, Van Belle contributed as a musician to the recording of Poldoore's albums Soft Focus and Chroma Dream.

Charted singles As writer or composer Arno, Vive ma liberté (1993), reached #48 in the Flemish charts Margriet Hermans, Alle mooie mannen zijn zo lelijk... (als ik je zie) (1990), #53 on the Dutch charts

As producer Axelle Red A quoi ça sert (1996), reached #45 in the French charts À tâtons (1996), reached #30 in Wallonia and #35 in Flanders Elle danse seule (1992), #11 in Flanders Je t'attends, #113 in France and #22 in Flanders Le monde tourne mal (1993), #28 in Flanders and #38 in France Rester femme (1996), #9 in France Sensualité (1996), #2 in France (remained in the charts for 46 weeks) and #6 in Belgium Belgian Asociality De gefrustreerde automobilist (1995), #50 in Flanders Morregen (1994), #47 in Flanders Flip Kowlier Directeur (2013), #41 in Flanders Mo ba nin (2010), #30 in Flanders Gorki/Gorky (band changed name) Anja (1990), #36 in Flanders Lieve kleine Piranha (1991), #50 in Flanders Soms vraagt een mens zich af (1992), #32 in Flanders Kid Safari, Blue (1994), #38 in Flanders MC Baker & The PCB, Don't Mess It Up (1991), #29 in Flanders Noordkaap Ik hou van u (1995), #22 in Flanders Satelliet Suzy (1996), #21 in Flanders Novastar Lost & Blown Away (2000), #45 in Flanders and #92 in the Netherlands Wrong (1999), #43 in Flanders and #47 in the Netherlands Paul Michiels, One Day At A Time (1998), #44 in FLanders Racoon Brick By Brick (2014), #32 in the Netherlands Don't Give Up The Fight (2011), #8 in the Netherlands Freedom (2011), #81 in the Netherlands Liverpool Rain (2011), #56 in the Netherlands No Mercy (2011), #3 in the Netherlands Oceaan (2012), #6 in the Netherlands (64 weeks in the charts) Shoes Of Lightning (2013), #5 in the Netherlands Took A Hit (2011), #57 in the Netherlands Stash, Sadness (2004), #2 in Belgium (33 weeks in the charts), #96 in the Netherlands Volt, They're Gonna Sample Me (1993), #50 in Flanders Wigbert, Ebbenhout blues (1991), #5 in Flanders

Charted albums (as producer) Axelle Red À Tâtons (1996), #3 in Flanders, #5 in France and #6 in Wallonia Con solo pensarlo (1998), #1 in Flanders and #5 in Wallonia Sans plus attendre (1993), #16 in Flanders, #19 in Wallonia, #46 in France Belgian Asociality, Adenosine Trifosfaat Preparaat (1995), #44 in Flanders BiezeBaaze, Wachten op misschien (2003), #31 in Flanders Flip Kowlier Ocharme ik (2001), #18 in Flanders In de fik (2004), #2 in Flanders Otoradio (2010), #7 in Flanders Cirque - De avonturen van W.M. Warlop (2013), #7 in Flanders Geike Arnaert, Lost In Time (2019), #3 in Flanders Gorky, Gorky (1992), #39 in Flanders Laïs, Douce victime (2004), #3 in Flanders Noordkaap, Programma '96, #8 in Flanders Novastar, Novastar, #1 in Flanders and #66 in the Netherlands Paul Michiels, The Inner Child (1998), #10 in Flanders Racoon Liverpool Rain (2011), #1 in the Netherlands and #109 in Flanders Stash Blue Lanes (2007), #24 in Flanders Rock 'n Roll Show (2005), #1 in Flanders Yevgueni Aan de arbeid (2007), #13 in Flanders Kannibaal (2004), #50 in Flanders We zijn hier nu toch (2009), #1 in Flanders