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vinco.zone born in '92, Antwerp is a producer, MC and multidisciplinary artist based in Brussels, Belgium.

www.vinco.zone

Initially trained as an experimental filmmaker and new media artist, vinco.zone was always fascinated with fusing art disciplines. At 14, he started out with graffiti and developed a fascination for the alternative hip hop scene, unfortunately at age 16 he got arrested and decided to exchange the spray-can for the video-camera, and started directing small videoclips for local musicians. Attending punk, noise, hip-hop and electronic dance music events from a young age. It was watching a concert from the Gorillaz, that made vinco.zone want to study music-cinema.

In 2009, vinco started playing around with electronic music software, and launched a small online radio channel where he selected tracks for a small online community, he named himself Cheap Thrills.

He arrived in Brussels in 2012, to study in experimental cinema at Luca Arts. He co-found a multidisciplinary art and happening collective CHPT.01 with former art-students, a young collective dedicated to experimental art and alternative music. CHPT.01 organised several national and international happenings and exhibitions, initiated numerous rave-parties mostly happening in the Royal Park of Brussels. Over the entire life-span of the CHPT.01 collective, more than 60 young national and international artists collaborated on the collective project. With climaxes in Bozar, Nuit Blanche, Palais de Beaux-arts Bruxelles, and many more. The collective stopped in 2018.

In 2015, vinco started his first musical project as an MC and producer, together with Saji Debongnie, and Loucka Fiagan (SVDU) - the project becomes 'Capten Hero'. They play a couple of gigs alongside artists like Blu Samu, and also participate to a couple of local radioshows.

In 2016, vinco.zone decides to start studying, Supermedia in Prague, Czech Republic at UMPRUM. He becomes a resident at Bubec, and organises his first solo-exhibition, JUNKBOTS.

In 2017, vinco.zone starts his master-studies in cinema, Luca Arts in Brussels, after a year he decides to withdraw himself from the program and continue his abstract musical short-movie Ping Pong Supernova alone with Loucka Fiagan (SVDU).

In 2018, the short-film gets launched with Vice Magazine and gets picked up internationally.

In 2018, vinco.zone starts traveling throughout Europe, Morocco, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

In 2019, vinco becomes resident at w-o-l-k-e, and creates an interactive sound-sculpture, called the Satori Dome. He organises his first festival: S-A-T-O-R-I

In 2020, vinco.zone and Loucka Fiagan (SVDU) decide to start a new hip-hop group, Eskaton 115. They become residents at VOLTA, Brussels and start working on their debut-EP. In this year vinco.zone also releases his first EP: Imaginatrix.

In 2020, vinco.zone began producing more music, he released the first Belgian music NFT during the COVID-19 lock-down, a bedroom-produced EP called: Cosmotronix

In 2021, vinco.zone collaborated on the music and audiovisual installation for the spectacle Aro Ilè at the Flemish Royal Theatre.

In 2022, vinco.zone releases his third EP: Spellbound and organises a multidisciplinary solo-exhibition called HYPER.ZONE, Brussels, where his art and deconstructed-hip-hop is showcased through music, Ai, sculptures and audiovisuals.

In spring 2023, Eskaton 115 - will release its long awaited debut EP