Joachim Badenhorst started playing clarinet as a kid. Playing classical music throughout his childhood, he joined local rock and klezmer bands as a teenager and discovered jazz and improvised music. After his studies at the Conservatory of The Hague he joined the Han Bennink Trio, with whom he recorded 3 albums and toured Europe.

He moved to New York (2009-2012) where he played in Baloni, Thomas Heberer's Clarino, Tony Malaby's Novela and Kris Davis' Infrasound groups a.o.

He founded his own record label Klein in 2013 on which he released a number of albums with homemade DIY packaging/artwork.

He co-founded Mógil, a project based in Iceland, and the international ensemble Carate Urio Orchestra, with whom he started using his voice, singing (or mumbling) . Carate Urio Orchestra recorded five albums and toured Europe and the USA. 

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New projects are Youran and the electronic pop project Zero Years Kid where he mumbles some more, in his native Flemish tongue.

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Joachim gradually started performing solo, made four solo albums and played solo performances throughout Europe, US, China, South Africa, Japan.

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He recorded more than 50 albums on multiple International labels and became a leader artist on the German Winter&Winter label.

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Joachim composes music for film, theatre, performance and podcast.