He has performed in a very large number of bands,either as a group member or a guest musician on records or in concert. He was one of the original members of Fukkeduk with Niek Roseeuw, Kristof Roseeuw, TomDewulf, Jan Kuijken, Rik Verstrepen, Frank Gijsels and also the Gerard VanDongen Kwintet with Joe Williamson, Tom Wouters, Henk Bakker, (KAMIKAZE)withTom Wouters, Filip Wauters, Kristof Roseeuw, X-Legged Sally with PeterVermeersch, Pierre Vervloesem, Danny Van Hoeck, Pol Belgrado and Jean-lucPlouvier and later Peter Van Den Berghe, Think of One with Roel Poriau, ErikMorel, Tobe Wouters, Thomas Desmedt, David Bové and the Flat Earth Society. Healso plays in the Brussels folk band Jaune Toujours, with his brother PietMaris, Electric Barbarian, Synaesthetic trip by Edward Perraud, with BenoitDelbecq (piano), and Arnault Cuisinier (bass), or in duo with Edward Perraud, ,Victor Toth tercett with Matyas Szandai (bass), Robert Ikiz (drums, 1000 fromJan Klare (alto sax/ flute/clarinets) (munster-germany) and Wilbert de Joode(bass)(Netherlands), Michael Vatcher (drums)(USA)

Other bandsplayed with on a regular basis include rock- and dance-bands as The Whodads,Janez Dedt, The Groove Cartel, Muziekmaatschappij Excelsior, Arno, Corrie VanBinsbergen, The Simpletones, Das Kammer Orchestra (founded by Piet Jorens),Rouppe Group with Ab Baars, Klaas Hekman, Wilbert de Joode, Verian Weston andthe Folk Big-Band Olla Vogala. His contributions can be heard on dozens of CDsby Belgian rock bands such as Dead Man Ray (Berchem), dEUS (In a Bar under theSea, The Ideal Crash), Gorky (Monstertje) and Zita Swoon (Sunrise/), but alsoon discs by international artists such as Art Zoyd Armagedon for lille 2004,symphonie pour le jour ou bruleront les cites with orchestre national delille], Fred Frith, Stone, Brick, Glass, Wood, Wire, Salvatore Adamo, ((Zanzibar (2003), Un soir au Zanzibar (2004)), Univers Zero Rhythmix - 2002.and Marc Moulin (into the dark (2001)), Soplarte by Charlotte Van Wouwe,performing on glass trumpets, performing with the Michiel Braam ( Trio and BikBand Braam, Blast from Frank Crijns, Italian Band Cani Di Trufola, John Watts(from Ficher-Z) ( and joins in every time with the 'beukorkest by Rik Van Ierselwith the Holland/American crew with folks like Woody&Paul, Jonnhy Dowd,Def-P from Osdorp Posse, André Manuel Stuurbaard Bakkebaard, Gary Lucas Jozef van Wissem, Kyteman, but also with John Zorn in s'hertogenbosch on the opening of the toonzaal and Dick van der Harst in his Banda Azufaifo and his bigouverture for Klangwolke in Linz and with George De Decker in a hommage pieceto Rene Magritte and the music for the belgium tv-serie 'recht op recht',andalso a orchestral piece for solo trumpet and guitar Roland Van Campenhout. Foroccasion he performed with Jean-Luc Capozzo and Werni und Jendreiko, and wasrecently invited by Fred Van Hove to perform with Evan Parker, Peter Brötzmann,Ken Vandermark, Els vandeweyer and Andre Goudbeek. Touring with Joost Buis andTobias Delius, jan Willem Van Der Ham, Alan Purves, Achim Kaufmann, performingin france with 69 a hardcore impro band with Jean Luc Guionnet, jean-Phi Morel,Frank Vaillant, Edward Perraud, Frank Gaily, played with Va Fan Fahre a ghentbased balkan/klezmer/arab-band touring all over Europe, and now with Pandoering,

a newbornAntwerp fanfare.

He also did a lot of theatre (L king of pain by Luc Perceval), not only making the music, but also actively participating in the play, as in 'Aan Tafel' from Luc Nys with Peter Gorissen and 'some voices' with Antonio Tavares and 'Virgula' with Luanda andPablo Casella and Giovanni Barcella. And music for dance, for David Hernandez 'Box', Meg Stuart 'it's about time'and as bandmember of X-Legged Sally in the Ultima Vez performances Bereft Of A Blisfull Union (1996) and Her Body Doesn't Fit Her Soul (1993) by Wim Vandekeybus

But now he performs with his own bands, and playing solo les poubelles with Filip Wauters (guitars) and Tom Wouters (drums) p'tits cons/'tklein verbruik with stefaanblancke (trombone) and Roel Poriau (zabumba), loops is a solo program withtaperecordersmachines giving him the full background of a symphonical orchestraGLITS is a duo with pianist Peter Van Den Berghe around his compositions withLode Vercampt, a genius celloplayer, he plays for 5 years in duo now andcreated a whole repertoire for this special setting.

And working on program highlighting Maria Nys, unknow in Flandres but lifetime compagnion of famous writer Aldous Huxley, with great colaratura-soprano Sylvie De Pauw, premiere in januari 2017

He has weekly sessions in the hotclub de gand in Gent (groentenmarkt), hosting all the people on tour with off-days like Jimmy Tenor, Josh Berman, Jozef Dumoulin, TeunVerbruggen, Too Noisy Fish, Hasse Poulsen, 1000, I Am So Me, 1000, PeterJacqmyn, Verian Weston, Fred Lohnberg-holm, Els Vandeweyer, de beren gieren, Zeger Vandenbussche.. as well as young talent.

is actually alsoGuest Professor improvisation at School Of Arts in Ghent.

[edit] Records

* Fukkeduk -Ornitozozy

* X-Legged Sally-Immer dasSelbe Gelogen (1991)

* X-Legged Sally-Killed ByCharity (1993)

* X-Legged Sally-Eggs andAshes (1994)

* X-Legged Sally-The Landof the Giant Dwarfs (1995

* X-Legged Sally-Fired(1996)

* X-Legged Sally-Bereft ofa Blissful Union (1997)

* In a Bar, Under the Sea(1996)

* The Ideal Crash (1999)

* Marc Moulin- Top Secret(2001)

* Nanook of the North -André Goudbeek (1995)

* In A Bar, Under The Sea -dEUS (1996)

* Monstertje - Gorki (1996)

* Einfach -the simpeltones

* Univers Zero - Rhythmix(2002)

* Juggernaut - Think Of One(1997)

* Music Inspired by Sunrise- Zita Swoon (1997)

* Marrakech Emballages Ensemble- Think Of One (1998)

* Berchem - Dead Man Ray(1998)

* The Ideal Crash - dEUS(1999)

* Marrakech EmballagesEnsemble II - Think Of One (2000)

* Naft - Think Of One(2000)

* Naft 2 - Think Of One(2002)

* Marrakech Emballages Ensemble3 - Think Of One (2003

* Olla Vogala- live (1998)(MAP Records)

* Olla Vogala- Gnanomo(1999) (ZOKU-EMI)

* Jaune Toujours- Brusk(2000) (WBM21014)

* Jaune Toujours- Campingdel Mundo (2002) (chou 0202)

* Jaune Toujours-Barricade(2004) (chou 0402)

* Jaune Toujours-cluB(2006) - cd+dvd - (chou 0604)

* Jaune Toujours-Kolektiv(2009) (chou 0604)

* JauneToujours-Re:Plugged(2010) (chou 1002)

* Stone, brick, glass,wood, wire (Graphic scores 1986-96) - Fred Frith (1999) (I Dischi di Angelica -IDA 014)

* The purple cucumberZappa'’-project, (rino records, limited edition) with Muffinmen, Robert Martinand the Flemish Radio Orchestra,

* ‘Novembermusic ‘visualconductions’ by Butch Morris together with Palinckx and ensemble Aquarius,

* ‘Novembermusic (NM007)2003, with Tobias Delius, Paul Lovens, Pat Thomas, Maartje Ten Hoorn

* ‘A sophisticated face(cueniform records rune 125) 1999 with Blast

* ‘Stringy rugs (cuneiformrecords rune 95) 1997 with ‘Blast’

* ‘Nanook of the north’(wimprodrie cd130895) with Andre Goudbeek (as), Kris Duerinckx (dr), RemcoDevroede (p)

* ’As it happened’(wimprovijf) with Phil Minton (voc), Andre Goudbeek (as), Peter Jacquemain (b),Dirk Wouters (d)

* Ghost Note trio (MV947°2000 with Eddy Loozen (p), Eric Donvil (dr)

* ‘Mixed Frequencies’-MLB(Muzieklab Brabant) with Edward Capel(as)

* ‘Music For Speakers’ withMusic for speakers

* ‘Gerard Van DongenKwintet (vandongencd1-C7975) 1999 with Vandongen5

* ‘Over de bergen (brokkenrecords br004) 2010 withCorrie Van Binsbergen

* ‘Scarlett road-house’(downsall plastics DSL036) 2006 wwith Briskey

* ‘Live at the AncienneBelgique (terra notta001) 2008, with Briskey Big Band

* ‘Before-during-after(terra notta 002) 2009 with Briskey

* ‘Home made (carbon7 006)1994 with Pierre Vervloesem

* ‘Fiasco (carbon7 019)1996, with Pierre Vervloesem

* ‘Singt FriedrichHollaender (LC03779) 2007, with Patricia Beysens

* ‘Bongo Festeris (KS 029kinky star) with The Whodads

* ‘Les Banquets Nomades(agora) with Les Banquets Nomades

* Hawai five-O (ks ?) withThe Whodads

* ‘Romski Robbery (zephyrusrecords) 2005, Vafanfahre,

* ‘Zet je ook maar(zephyrus records) 2007, Vafanfahre,

* ‘Al’Wa’debt (zephyrus records) 2010, Vafanfahre,

* ‘New shah (rikordings13)2005,with Rik Van Iersel, Peter Jacquemyn, Victor snytsheuvel

* ‘Kleine hausmeister(MRCD206) 2008 with Het Beukorkest

* ‘Aprimi’ Ciclick-recordswww.ciclic-records.org (ciclic0001) (2005)

* ‘Castigo Stasimon (inproces concert III) (ciclic0010) (2006)

* High Roof Low Roof(ciclic0017) 2007, with Assif Tsahar, Peter Jaquemain, Tatsuya Nakatane.

* ‘L’edera, il colle, e lanebbia (stola di maiale) 2007 with Gianni Gebbia (as), Stefano Giust, Xabierrondo

* ‘Juanita K (R.A.T.005)2006 with Rackham

* ‘Double best of(Piasb142) 2003 Stellla

* ‘What do you mean(jukebox cd1)1998 with Magic Ballet Ensemble

* ‘Cosmic Relief (KS 012)1999 with Magic Ballet Ensemble

* ‘Hell (KS 030) 2000 withMagic Ballet Ensemble www.kinkystar.com

* ‘Car-music (rythmbug001)with Yutakasa

* Ultralove (UniversalMusic Belgium) 2002 with Cartel Deluxe,

* ‘Zanzibar (Emi)2006Salvatore Adamo

* En Chile (2DVD-EMI) 2004)with Salvatore Adamo

* ‘En Chile(2CD-EMI597385/2) 2004) with Salvatore Adamo

* ‘Un soir au Zanzibar’(DVD-EDV17) 2004 with Salvatore Adamo

* ‘Geodeck ‘Recht op recht’(2000-2001) George Dedecker teevee-sequal

* ‘Lodewijk dekoningspinguin (LCM100072) with Benjamin Boutreur

* ‘Happy New Ears (festivalvoor nieuwe muziek kortrijk/lille- with loops live) 2004

* Flat Earth Society (band)-Live at the Beursschouwburg 1999 (1999)

* Flat Earth Society(band)-Bonk (2000)

* Flat Earth Society(band)-Larf (2001)

* Flat Earth Society(band)-Minoes (2002)

* Flat Earth Society(band)-Trap (2002)

* Flat Earth Society(band)- Armstrong Mutations (2003)

* Flat Earth Society(band)-ISMS (2005)

* Flat Earth Society(band)-‘Heliogabal’ (zonk records) (2006)

* Flat Earth Society(band)-‘Die Austernprizessin' dvd (crammed disc)

* Flat Earth Society(band)-‘Psychoscout, (crammed disc 128)

* Flat Earth Society(band)-Cheer me, perverts! (2009)

* Flat Earth Society(band)-Answer Songs (2009)

* Electric Barbarian- El

* Electric Barbarian-Minirock From The Sun

* Moker - KONGLONG

* Moker - LOVENDEGEM - LIVEIN LIMELIGHT

* Moker - MOKER (elnegocito records)

* 1000-unplayable (leorecords)

* 1000-playable (skycaprecords)

* 1000-Shoe (Red ToucanRecords)

* 69- 69 (quark records)

* synaesthetic trip-edwardperraud (Quark records)

* popping bopping-VictorToth Tercett (bmc cd 191)

* Cani di Trifola - ANCHE SEMANCA L'ARIA (el nogocito production 2011)

[edit] links

* Bart Maris onMuziekcentrum Vlaanderen

* Bart Maris onMuziekmakery

*http://www.myspace.com/bartmaris

*http://www.myspace.com/ptitscons

* http://www.moker.org

* http://www.fes.be

*http://www.janklare.de/klare/wordpress/?page_id=227

*http://www.electricbarbarian.com

* http://www.choux.net

* http://www.beukorkest.nl/

*http://www.hotclubdegand.be/

*http://www.georgededecker.be

* http://www.cobra.be/cm/cobra/cobra-mediaplayer/muziek/1.1088445