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Frank Mertens

Frank Mertens is credited on 693 releases across 223 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1983–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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693

Pressings credited

223

Albums

5

Decades active

95

In collections

Biography

Frank Mertens (born Frank Sorgatz; 26 October 1961) is a German musician. He is a former member of the German synth-pop band Alphaville. Mertens is a shy and quiet person who doesn't like to talk. Shortly after the success of their debut album, he left the band in December 1984, because he found public attention stressful. After he left, he founded the group Lonely Boys with his girlfriend at the time Matine Lille (née Richter) and Felix Lille (né Schulte). Mertens disbanded the group in 1987 to study economics. In 1991, Mertens moved to Paris to study art. In 1996, he moved back to Cologne, to work as a plastic artist. During the same year, he started but never completed a musical project called Maelstrom, which was a combination of ambient-style music, impressionistic and colorful art in the form of paintings, sculptures, and etheric poetry.

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Credited work

693 releases · 223 albums · active 1983–2026

  • Performance · 696
  • Other credits · 129
  • Production · 2
  • Engineering · 2

Studios: Studio 54, Berlin · Weryton Studios · EMI Studios, Cologne · Audio Studios, Berlin

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