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.
As the late (lamented) John Peel said following The Bays' first Peel Session performance:
"Fantastic! Amazing!! I'm about to go on holiday and about this time next week I'll either be in New Zealand or on a life raft in shark-infested waters off the Solomon Islands, we'll have just eaten our last stewardess and some bugger'll be playing 'Danny Boy' on the harmonica and I'll think that I haven't completely wasted my time."
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, there's no album to promote and there is no hidden commercial agenda. The Bays only perform live, they never rehearse, they don't have a set-list, they don't use sequencers and they couldn't ever do the same performance twice. It's all about the moment - an experience that exists between the band and the audience for only one moment in time.
"The Bays, then, are a live thing. They don't want to put tracks out and have people expecting them to play those cuts live. That's not what they do. So to some extent, it's pointless trying to describe what The Bays sound like. Because when you go to see them, and you should, it'll be completely different to the previous gig."
Jockey Slut [Chris Blue]
www.thebays.comhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A818093
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/ontheedge/story/0,12830,1477242,00.html
http://www.musictank.co.uk/bays.htm
UK Players meets InI Oneness
www.ukplayers.com
www.myspace.com/idrennatural
Live roots vibe dub reggae.
THE UK PLAYERS with InI Oneness have been operating as a rasta reggae dub collective for well over 10 years. While founder members I Natural and Ras Iyah have remained the driving force behind InI Oneness, the flexibility of the collective has enabled other artists, such as Sammy Dread, Kwasi Asante and Sister Rebekah to gain exposure...
Ribtumbler:www.myspace.com/ribtumbler
Summer time Dub: tight beats, loose attitude, live instruments - dubwise sounds.
"Sounds like Gong playing a reggae set..." - myspace.com
UrbanSpaceLab www.urbanspacelab.com
a hybrid of drum'n'bass, jazz & dub"
www.myspace.com/urbanspacelab
Grain: www.passthegrain.co.uk
Kung-Fu-Hillbilly-Funk.
Slim-Line Papas
www.slimlinepapas.co.uk
"This is a heck of a blues band with a great sense of humour. Slimline Papasare the perfect get up and dance high energy band."
- Barry Middleton, The Running Horse, Nottingham
"I was just about to leave the building when I caught an earful of brilliantupright bass thumpin' and jumpin' excitedly out of the open portals of theMini Muni. The place was full and the audience spilled out onto theentranceways and beyond - even those sat outside kept their ears thingyed tohear the fabulous sound coming out onto the street. Those of us lucky enoughto inch our way in were treated to a tremendous fun packed session of overthe top rockabilly, jump jive and bouncing blues. They were 'The SlimlinePapas' and I tell you after that stonking great performance were the talk ofthe festival thereafter!! I loved it and was not alone in that emotionalenthusiasm for them either."
- Sister Feelgood, Blues Matters reviewing Colne Blues Festival 2004
The Balkan Express www.balkanexpress.co.uk/
Percussion Djs (nottingham)
The 'Percussion' DJ collective.
Koda Kola
Pinknruby: www.pinknruby.com
Are they Angel-Fairies come to us from a parallel universe?!The beautiful, mythical, healing sounds of Pinknruby will soothe yoursoul, put a sparkle in your step and a smile in your heart!
We are thrilled to welcome back the magic of Pinknruby to our Gathering thisyear.
(this lovely animation: http://www.pinknruby.com/zacetekweb4.html)
Astrolab ..
In the studio Steve and Jules produce a blend of chill out acousticgrooves with sequenced soundscapes and sampled beats, mixed with the lovelyvocals from Kim and Hannah. They strip this down to a very organic sound ofacoustic guitars, harmonium and flute when playing live...and areoccasionally joined by Vijay on tabla...
www.myspace.com/astrolabuk
Cornelius . . . and his guitar
www.corneilius.net
www.myspace.com/djlookwood
Dr Badfunk
Carrie Tree www.carrietreemusic.com
'Carrie hypnotizes and touches listeners with her unique vocal style, and audiencesare often left teary and spellbound by her truthful and heartfelt tone.Carrie has spent this winter in Australia and is looking forward to an English,musical summer...'
www.myspace.com/carrietree
Andy Shades
www.myspace.com/andyshades
"Many people say we sound like Jethro Tull, but then many people ask for another Bob Dylan song when I sing Lou Reed! I think we sound miscellaneous just like Gil Scott Heron..." - Andy Shades
Deep Sound Channel: www.myspace.com/deepsoundchannel1
Experimental / Progressive / Psychedelic
Old Basford www.oldbasford.com
Where the grease and groove of early ZZ Top and Little Feat are welded to the 12 cylinder engine of hardcore rock, you will find Old Basford sweating out their dirt in the urban swamps of inner city Nottingham. A 3-piece of deep grooves and ferocius moodswings, reminding you of a time when rock didn't have full body waxing.
www.myspace.com/oldbasford
The Happiness
www.thehappiness.net
Telegraphs
www.telegraphsonline.co.uk
www.myspace.com/telegraphs
Jack Broadbent
http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/fizgig-tom/jack-broadbent.htm
Jamson's Nookwww.jamsonsnook.com
"Jamsons Nook is an eclectic live four piece. Playing original material blending elements of Latin, funk, folk, and electronica, they are an endless stream of tight rhythms and thoughtful ramblings..."
www.myspace.com/jamsonsnook
Wholesome Fish
www.myspace.com/wholesomefish
Idiot Joy
www.myspace.com/idiotjoy
Trickster www.trickstertrash.com
www.myspace.com/trickstertrash
Where's Smit??
www.myspace.com/wheressmit
The Henry Road
www.thehenryroad.co.uk/
www.myspace.com/thehenryroad
Kensal Rise
- catchy, uplifting melodies.
www.myspace.com/kensalrise
hooker Bentleywww.hookerbentley.com
"such excellent hooks and infectious lines and twists that stick around" (Org records)
www.myspace.com/hookerbentleymusic
Mothers Against Guns
Michael Morph
Dustin (dj)
Iodo
Mr 5 (dj)
Abi Moore & Adam Scofield
Tapenoise
Complex Trout
other things..
The Big T-Pot
The Big-Pot will be hosting a their own stage, and serving delicous vegetarian food & refreshments.
mm...yummy
Vegetarian deli.. serving hot toasted sandwiches, drinks and snacks.