Biography
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Years Active
2004 – present (20 years)
Vanessa Van Basten is a duo from Genoa, Italy with many guests and contributors from the alternative and extreme Italian underground. They make slow, heavy, metaphysic instrumental music. Formed in 2004. Their influences are the cosmic psychedelia, industrial rock like Swans or Godflesh, Neurot & Hydrahead catalog.
Band's first full-length La Stanza di Swedenborg is a creature born out of Morgan Bellini's genius, and differs in some ways from the band's acclaimed debut EP. The music can still be described as heavy post-rock, but Vanessa Van Basten is nowadays a lot more than just that. A strongly emotional sonic magma absorbs and metabolizes different sonic influences, from the introspective metalcore of Jesu and Neurosis to the experimental metal drones of Sunn O))), from Lycia and Slowdive melancholy-driven soundscapes to the psychedelic and spacey atmospheres of Klaus Schulze to the cinematic melodies of Morricone and Badalamenti. And there you have Vanessa Van Basten.
The band broke up in June of 2015.
The original lineup:
Morgan Bellini - guitars, keyboards, sampler, percussion, other things;
Stefano Parodi - bass guitar, keyboards.
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