about basta!
The debut album of BASta!, Cycles, was released in 2009 on the label Homerecords.be and marked the beginning of an adventurous journey that brought BASta! to numerous stages, both solo and in collaboration with multidisciplinary productions by Rode Boom and Retina Dance Company, among others. In 2018, the second album Vertigo was released, with BASta! evolving into the duo BASta!² with flautist Jana Arns.
The third album, BASta! 三, focuses on the theme of repetition. Repetition is the basis for rhythm, one of the main building blocks in Joris' work. Flowing lines, depth and relief draw the listener into a different experience of time as if time stands still for a moment or runs differently from the existing clock. The number three, the album's title, has deep symbolic meanings in many cultures. It represents cycles such as past-present-future or birth-life-death and is associated with creativity,
photos © Jana Arns
agenda
Ronse, 9600 Belgium
Waterlandkerkje, Nederland
albums
BASta! 三
2024
BASta!² Vertigo
2018
Cycles
2009
videos
Video Playlist
In the press
"There's plucking, slapping and touches of enhancement; in fact, Vanvinckenroye does just about everything to his instrument except fly it around the room. This extravagant performance style produces a versatile range of expressions, all of which are adroitly put to use to craft tunes of exquisite beauty."
Matt Howarth
"In any case, she guarantees a generous dose of rocking acoustics that, although unconventional, still feels very familiar—like a blissful, sensual instrumental massage, where softer movements alternate with more intense grips."
New Folk Sounds about Vertigo
"If you don't know better you would think that more instruments are covered, the sound of a violin is approximated by taking the thinnest string apart just above the comb, yet it is only the bass that rocks, swings, wails melancholically or convinces rhythmically."
Folkforum (Mirjam Adriaans) about the solo concert
