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Basque is Brandt on bass and the voice of Maryasque. The instrumentation will grow and change but will always return to a simplistic origin. Basque was born in one of the noisiest cities on earth. In our quiet studio tucked away on 1/100th of an acre in the rolling hills of Brooklyn, NY: we create what is BASQUE.
The aim of BASQUE is to give silence its place again in music- create space and let people's minds breathe.
In a world filled with opinion and visual statements, we want to let the music speak for itself. To evoke emotion from the heart instead of the head. To create (dare we say it) something of beauty that inspires something in others through unique bass and vocal stylings.
Basque began performing at vOID, a space dedicated to film and eclectic visual experiences. Since then Basque has performed with the NY Dance Collective here in NYC at the Merce Cunningham Studio and the Kitchen as well as with the Park Avenue Dance company and William Hobart Smith college in upstate NY..... You can catch Basque regularly in intimate settings up and down the east coast and in their home base in New York city.
we are painters
who can't
paint
plumbers
who can't
plumb
here trying
to create
some space
in a place
where there
is none |
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ChangeMusic.com -- November 1999
mariposa by Basque
"Mariposa" is too lush to be considered minimalist yet too simple to be baroque. Basque believes music is a kind of spirit surrounded by silence. Vast sonic spaces and sparse instrumentation let the haunting, powerful voice of Mary Asque come to the fore, reminding us of just what a magnificent instrument the human voice is.
MISH MASH ISSUE # 11 OCTOBER '99
"I knew I was in for something different when I opened the package from Basque and saw a CD, a candle, and a customized book of matches all packed up in a purple ziploc bag. Basque is made up of Brandt on bass and Maryasque on vocals--basically a Tuck & Patti with a twist: subtle and soothing new age sounds that seem to float from your speakers.
The songs are complex in their simplicity; the vocals float effortlessly across the dancing bass lines, painting pictures with rising and falling sounds. Maryasque's vocals are less lyrical than they are instrumental. There are words here and there, but they are delivered as if they were mere musical notes. The end result is unexpectedly beautiful in its sheer bareness--revealing a depth that you would not expect from just a bass and vocals.
This is a remarkable piece of work, and has to be heard to be believed and fully appreciated.
MISH MASH Mandate: Defies description"
Electron music Sept 99
"This Alternative Dynamic Duo will hold you spell bound with Brandt's haunting bass and Maryasque's exotic voice. They will take you to a place of red and yellow sunsets with incense and candles somewhere far from where you are." |
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Location:
New York NY, USA
Basque Basque Website
basque@basquemusic.com
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