BITOI (SE/DK)

The primordial essence of minimalism in a maximalist rendition of modern folk

BITOI (Bass Is The Original Instrument) is a Swedish-Danish and bass-voice hybrid that creates maximalism from minimalism. In the dialogue of bass, composer and bassist Cassius Lambert, and vocalists Alexandra Shabo, Elle Cronberg and Lydia Cronberg, create a folk out of time. The music whisks around sharply, but creates a lush atmosphere of layered melodies and dissonances. Feelings take us into imaginary memories of past eras, the compositional system leads us through the modernity of jazz and experimental vocal music, and when we are already pleasantly confused, we are finally enchanted by the sung texts, based on phonetically transcribed bird songs.
After an extremely successful year 2025, in which BITOI received the award for Swedish folk & world music newcomer of the year, the award for Danish roots newcomer of the year, released their debut album, and performed on stages such as Roskilde, Le Guess Who?, and Rewire, the performance at Sajeta will be the band’s premiere show in Slovenia.

Cassius Lambert – Bass Guitar
Alexandra Shabo – Vocals
Ella Cronberg – Vocals
Lydia Cronberg – Vocals

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Sajeta 2026