Bathyscaphe.be

09/03/2026

All aboard !

This new Navigation invites you into the voice-and-piano repertoire, where poetry is transformed into music and the recital stage becomes a realm of quiet storytelling.

That evening, two seasoned artists, each shaped by their own journeys, will share the stage, weaving their personal legends into song and piano.

19:00 - Doors open

20:00 – Esteban Stan ()

Dividing his life between the sea and the shore—oceanographer in the depths, musician on land—Esteban Stan draws inspiration from the hidden landscapes of the ocean floor. From these silent depths emerge a series of marine-inspired chants for voice and piano, musical impressions where the sea resonates in sound and poetry.
https://soundcloud.com/estebanstan/
https://vimeo.com/estebanstan

21:00 - Petite ()

Almost nothing is known about her. No interviews, no clear history, not even certainty that PETITE is her real name. According to the few fragments that circulate, PETITE spent a long time working in a diner somewhere between Nevada and California. Night shifts. Scalding coffee, a tired jukebox, rain on the parking lot. It was there that she supposedly began writing her songs, scribbled on the backs of receipts. Ballads in English—slow, full of confessions and silences—in a style that evokes both the raw intensity of Lewis Capaldi and the cinematic melancholy of Lana Del Rey.

Open end

Tickets: 7 euros
Online shop online, link in bio

Attention:
- The doors close at the start of the first act, at 20:00, and reopen during the intermission, between 20:40 and 21:00.
- Please bring cash for entry and the bar.

19/12/2025

Antti Lähdesmäki performed live in public at Bathyscaphe on the 5th of December, and the space came alive.

Fresh out of his two weeks residency on location, which he spent taming the guardian dragon to the gates of this century old baby grand piano, he displayed that night a combination of modern jazz and dance in resonance with light and matter, to organically manœuvre our vessel.
"Form and essence at once."

Thanks to everbody who came in to experience the performance.

Sound and vision have been carefully recorded, and the edit altogether is now availbale on our vimeo page:

https://vimeo.com/1147317016

🎬 Valentin Soulet for photography
🎼 Esteban Stan for sound and edition
✨️ Fred Snoeck and Andrea Falduda for logistics

23/11/2025

We are honorod to host Antti Lähdesmäki () for the next two coming weeks.

The Finnish musician and performer released his critically well-received solo piano debut “We tend to help each other out here” earlier this year. He is a versatile pianist and composer known as a bandleader, big band composer and a sought-after band member for a variety of styles. His current projects include writing for UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra (), the Brazilian-European trio Maré Alta which recently released its debut album and working on his next album ”I tried to tame the sea” to be released 2026.

In collaboration with Bathyscaphe, he now brings an interdisciplinary solo performance to Brussels.

Throughout this residency, the performance will focus on expanding Lähdesmäki’s artistic universe from music and piano to include movement and visuals. Besides, he also draws his inspiration from "peculiar specimens" of pianos along his artistic journey, and the 150 years old Bösendorfer present in the studio did catch his attention. His intention is to tame it's caracter and provide material for the out of residency concert, planned on the 5th of December. It will be a solo piano performance like you’ve never seen before!

05/11/2025

Throwback to Navigation 5 - "Disrupted" - 25/08/25

Deep gratitudes to and for vocals and lyrics, for drums and backing vocals, .esteban for piano, violin and vocals, and for the DJ set

Analog pictures by

15/04/2025

10/04/2025

The Bathyscaphe is a mutipurpose tool for art and cultural projects

From a living space along with a kitchen to share stories and projects around a meal together, to a workshop and stage to build and present live material in a intimate environnement, together with a guest room for possible extended residencies, all the way to a recording studio where the music can be finalized and cristalized

Its name comes from the first ever submarine to reach the deepest point of the oceans. Likewise, it offers ways to explore the depths of one's artistic project, in order to shape it to a form, for the surface.

Profound gratitudes again to 🙏 hereby for the exhaustive axonometric schematics 🗺

30/03/2025

Mugshots
Thanks to Antoine Gabillaud .gab_portfolio for the insightful perspectives 📸
And thanks again to Waow Collectif for the essential architecture and interior design 🏗