Kepa Junkera left the stage on the 6th of December of 2018 in Ghent, Belgium. He vanished, his accordion went silent. The news mentioned a stroke, an urgent admission to hospital, a recovery process, and then nothing. The self-taught Basque artist who had elevated the trikitixa and the popular Basque music to their highest level, who had released an album almost every year during his 40-year career, disappeared without a trace.