Basto
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Jef Martens (), better known by his stage name Basto (stylized as Basto!), is a Belgian record producer, musician and DJ. He primarily produces electro house music, and he is signed to the ARS label. He has produced using various aliases such as Bitch Boys, Candyman, Dirty Bunch, DJ Basik, Felix Project, Jin Sonic, Kings of Porn, and Lazy Jay. He was also a member of the Belgian dance group Lasgo. Martens co-produced with the band in 2009 and 2010 on a number of singles. He is best known for producing Azealia Banks' hit debut single "212" under the alias of Lazy Jay, together with his brother
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1894
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Sumário de antiguidades da mui nobre cidade do Pôrto
- Livro antigo de cartas e provisões dos senhores reis D. Afonso V, D. João II e D. Manuel I
- Os Portuenses no Renascimento
- História da Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Pôrto
- Fernão Lopes, suas "Crónicas perdidas" e a Crónica geral do Reino
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Belgium
- Active from
- 1975
Discography
- Epiphany2022
- THE (HE)ART OF US2023
- Miniature No. 92024
- Our Hearts Beating2024
- The Coldest Day2025
Member of
- Lasgosince 2001
- Pearl
- Lazy Jay
- Felix Project
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 179,754
- Total plays
- 1,252,501
Tags
Basto! is an Belgian DJ hailing from the city of Antwerpen in Belgium. He is best known for his single ''Rock With You'', which received large amounts of play time on the Dutch dance station Fresh FM. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Basto">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Basto
- Musical artist.image
- 13-03-29 Paaspop Basto! 01.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Basto at the Paaspop Festival in 2013
- Musical artist.image_size
- 270px
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Jef Martens
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Hoogstraten, Belgium
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2005–present
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.basto-music.com
- Image
- 13-03-29 Paaspop Basto! 01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Basto
- date of birth
- 1975-01-08
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
- social media followers
- 24591
Sources (2)
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9 sectionsContents
- Musical career
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Extended plays
- Singles
- As lead artist
- As featured artist
- Remixes
- References
Jef Martens (), better known by his stage name Basto (stylized as Basto!), is a Belgian record producer, musician and DJ. He primarily produces electro house music, and he is signed to the ARS label. He has produced using various aliases such as Bitch Boys, Candyman, Dirty Bunch, DJ Basik, Felix Project, Jin Sonic, Kings of Porn, and Lazy Jay. He was also a member of the Belgian dance group Lasgo. Martens co-produced with the band in 2009 and 2010 on a number of singles. He is best known for producing Azealia Banks' hit debut single "212" under the alias of Lazy Jay, together with his brother Toon. He also produced "Scream & Shout" for will.i.am and Britney Spears in 2012.
==Musical career== He started DJing in 2005, finding local success in Belgium and the Netherlands through "Rock With You" (2005) and a later cooperation with Peter Luts in "On My Own" (2008). It was with "Gregory's Theme" (2011) that Basto found chart success in France. After some well-received remixes for well-known artists, including Kylie Minogue, Moby and Sander Van Doorn, he gained international fame through a successful dance hit, "Again and Again" in 2011. Basto! dropped the exclamation mark from his name to be known as Basto.