Belgium experimental pop songstress B-Astre a star in the fog
B-Astre is a bewitching experimental pop singer/songwriter. She embodies the sky with her haunting voice and allows the audience to join her in the stars. B-Astra : “to become your own star” Also a performer and pianist; originating from the foggy capital of Belgium and on an intense journey into the great beyond. Often called an “alien born to earth,” she has been on a voyage tinged with surrealism and filled with energy; overcoming struggles and using her art to turn pain into joy. Once a street child after a distinguished musical education with Johan Schmidt, she freed herself as an assertive and self-made original stage woman. Her soul embraced a chorus of alley creatures, combining her formal music training with an underground flare that she developed on the flipside of Brussels nightlife.
A journey through the human’s eye
fraught with pitfalls of which she
rose a thousand times: singing, playing, and dancing, she created a style
of her own. The stage art of B-Astre
floats between pop and singer/songwriter worlds and between live music
andperformance art. She’s influenced
by the music she’s played and performed in the past and condensed it
all through the ears of a pop musician with additional synthesizers or
acoustic arrangements. The principles and improvisation taken up by
B-Astre put the singer’s body into
work. Her character embodies her
lyrics and she engages with her audience and demands a constant dialogue. During her performances, the
public is also led by organically developed improvisation on the stage.
The sound is surgically intertwined
with projected video set behind the
stage, but this presentation swells
naturally, often leaving the viewer in
a state of shock and awe. Well know
about her personal life, B-Astre aka
Beatrice De Bock is a Belgian singer,
songwriter and pianist living in Brussels. Known as a child
prodigy in classical piano, she studied under her parents and later with
Johan Schmidt’s at the Royal Conservatory. She then goes from lyrical singing (soloist in choir and solo
recitals) into many other styles (jazz,
blues, etc.) by performing in various venues. She sang for the Brussels Business Club, the Play 4 Peace
Gala, Sazz’n’Jazz, Espace Magh,
World Cop 22 Summit for the King
of Morocco and frequently at the
Maison de la Francité. Apart from
her performances, she’s teaching at
the Tchaikovsky School in Brussels.
You can found more about the B-Astre on February 2019 Issue at here
You can found more about the B-Astre on February 2019 Issue at here
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