The Bays

The Bays remind you that music is about experience rather than shopping
[John L. Walters Guardian]
..irresistible to hear but seeing definitely is believing
[DJ Magazine]
a band who are reinventing dance music
[Big Issue]
The Bays are Andy Gangadeen, Chris Taylor, Jamie Odell and Simon Richmond. Their manifesto of pure improvisation and raw creative synergy is causing major tremors at all levels of the music industry, challenging many of its most entrenched attitudes about bands and live performance. Through their relentless gig schedule and tireless devotion to their radical musical ethic, The Bays have ripped up the rulebook and debunk musical convention wherever they play.
What drives this band is their need to communicate with the audience in a way not possible with most live bands. There are no songs to perform, theres no album to promote and there is no hidden commercial agenda. The Bays only perform live, they never rehearse, they dont have a set-list, they dont use sequencers and they couldnt ever do the same performance twice. Its all about the moment an experience that exists between the band and the audience for only one moment in time.
John Peel, following The Bays first Maida Vale live performance:
Fantastic! Amazing!! Im about to go on holiday and about this time next week Ill either be in New Zealand or on a life raft in shark-infested waters off the Solomon Islands, well have just eaten our last stewardess and some buggerll be playing Danny Boy on the harmonica and Ill think that I havent completely wasted my time.
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The Bays and The Heritage Orchestra play the The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, headlining the Fresh Festival to open Liverpool's City Of Culture 2008