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.
In 2024, the third album, BASta! 三 was released, built around the theme of “repetition.” Repetition lies at the core of rhythm, one of the most essential building blocks in Joris’ music. Flowing lines, depth, and texture draw the listener into a different sense of time – as if the clock pauses, or moves in ways that defy its usual course.
photos © Jana Arns
agenda
H. Serruyslaan 18A
Oostende, 8400 Belgium
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