About Us

Speaking of strong Slavic spirit within the band’s original music enthused about different traditions, Brencl banda’s music seems inspired by sheet music for some ancestors’ tunes taken from the attic. Brencl banda was formed in Bistrica ob Sotli,
a settlement of strong musical heritage.
The current members are: Ana Mezgec – violin, Rok Šinkovec – accordion and vocal, Matjaž Bajc – double bass and vocal, Andrej Boštjančič – guitar and vocal, Vesna Godler – vocal and Marko Lasič – drums and percussions.
It is a completely original sound that the band created, although they perform with the usual, classical instruments and vocals. Their Slavic wings carry them around the musical world of different traditions, through their beats and melodies jointly singing about happiness, sadness, and timelessness.

Andrej Boštjančič

When Andej Boštjančič was a teenager in Bistrica ob Sotli he joined tamboura orchestra there. From 1997 to 2008 he was a club Metulj co-worker and its program manager. Studing occupational therapy he became intrested in music as therapeutic medium. He conducted “ Komunikacija z zvokom “ workshop and began working with integrated musical group called The Kripls. He’s been playing free, improvised music from high school to present. The founder and member of Zmajev rep, Brencl banda, Črni Peter, RuŽa ReDa also plays in free jazz septet Oholo! and improvisational trio Maruži TjažDaGa.

Ana Mezgec

Ana Mezgec, born in Postojna, she has been playing the violin since her childhood. She has concluded her master’s degree with flying colours in musical arts at the Academy of music in Ljubljana. As a violinist performing classical music she plays with various ensembles and orchestras, such as the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra (MYO) in France in 2017, she was the concertmaster of the Ljubljana Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra performing also in Berlin, played several times in Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, SNG Opera and ballet Ljubljana Orchestra and in the Ljubljana City Theatre (MGL). She’s received a Prešeren student award for solo performance in 2019. She is now employed in first violins section of RTV Symphonic Orchestra. Not only classical and contemporary music, she loves to improvise and fiddle with ethno, rock and jazz numbers like in her other band JG3O. She has been and surely will still be playing with various artists such as Noctiferia, Goran Bojčevski, Vlatko Stefanovski, Luka Šulić and many others. She performs quite a lot and enjoys it immensely, and so it goes with music writing – in year 2021 she’s started a new project with her own music called Nakana.

Rok Šinkovec

Rok Šinkovec, the man of hundred bands and projects, undergraduatephilologist and too alternative for proper showbiz. He started playing musicas the eight-year-old, first on recorder, later accordion and keyboards, tubaand solo singing. While in faculty he cofunded Perunovo listje and Swarga,later joined Idrijska godba na pihala, Slon in Sadež, Josip brass, Kombinat,Cherry wine, 3oSepki, 2 pesjana and many others. He’s a permanent bandmember for the Živooke (Val 202 radio show) and session musician for Kajdogaja? (National TV show). He collaborated in music making for theatershows performed by Drama, SMG, Šentjakobsko, Kud Gverila, Impro ligaand various KUD FP productions and movies Melhiorca, Prvi dan v službiand Vsa Življenja Toneta Mlakarja. He also wrote some lyrics for Skat,Electrix and Billy the Kid. He’s a member of Brencl banda from 2008.

Vesna Godler

Vesna Godler is self-employed in culture as vocalist. She’s a member of All Strings Detachedduet, The Andrej Fon’s orchestra called Olfamoštvo, Ups! the theater singing choir and manyother projects performing alternative and improvised music. In 2020 she accepted the invitationfrom Andrej Boštjančič-Ruda to join the Brencl banda.

Matjaž Bajc

Matjaž Bajc was born in Šempeter near Nova Gorica. He started out by playing the sax, and then changed it for a tenor tuba after joining a woodwind orchestra. At the age of 13 he first met the bass guitar and started schooling in “Kombo B – Zvočni izviri” creativity classes led by world famous percussionist Zlatko Kaučič. While schooling he cofounded the still very active “Koromač” band and met teacher Jošt Drašler, who inspired him to begin playing the double bass, which then became his primary instrument. He continued schooling in double bass in professor Giovanni Maier’s class in Trieste. Since then, his musical journey is taking him through many musical genres. And so, he is currently active in many various bands: Koromač, Kombo B, Apadopulus Bibi, Acamar trio, Brdonč trans quartet, Vitezi Ritma, Alchemical Playgrounds, Eht Zeđ, Triiis, Wood Ensamble, Orchestra senza onfini, Brencl Banda.

Marko Lasič

Marko Lasič first started taking drum lessons in Music School of Nova Gorica. Later hestudied at private school led by famous slovenian drummer, percussionist and teacherZlatko Kavčič for five years and also joined The Kombo band. He’s been playing inJubileium Orchestra and Orkester brez Meja/Orchestra senza confini for many years.Performing with many bands he also played in the jazz band Big Band Nova. Heparticipated in many music workshops led by many internationally recognized musicianssuch as: Tristan Honzinger, Joell Loandre, Evan Parker, Phil Minton, Reggie Workman,Kyle Gregory, Herb Robertson, Massimo de Mattia, Bruno Cesseli, Ares Tavolazzi,Giovani Maier and Cristina Zavalloni. He performed at some top festivals of jazz andimprovised music in Slovenia and Italy: Jazz Cerkno, Neposlušno (Zavod Sploh,Ljubljana), Jazz Ljubljana, Trst jazz, Udine jazz, Mittelfest Cividale, Defonija, Ljubljana.