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"A blend of jazz fusion and progressive

house music with a jam band vibe

sounds like a concoction mixed up in

a lab somewhere, or the brainchild of

musicians with decades of experience

under their belt. It’s surprising, then,

to find out that this hybrid was created

by a bunch of kids barely out of

high school.

Appy Polly Logic, its members all

20 and 21 years old, started as a series

of informal jam sessions between

guitarist Damiano Mosher, drummer

Rob Morris, bassist Carlos Soto-Gil,

and saxophone player Mike McQuillan.

With no pressure to produce a sound

that would attract an audience, they

gravitated organically to passionate,

intricate melodies and aggressive

rhythms that weave around the

individual instruments and lock in

to danceable grooves.

“There’s no front man, all the parts

just fuse together,” says McQuillan.

“We spend so much time together

that we’re all on the same wavelength.”

The band has built a strong following

in Doylestown since taking their sound

out of the basement two years ago.

They cut their teeth on First Friday

gigs on the porch of The Night Kitchen

Bakery. Within a few months their

crowds were large enough that they

got shut down a few times for

not having the proper permits to

accommodate all the people dancing

on State Street.

With no lyrics to hang their hooks

on and no established genre to define

their sound, Appy’s success defies

conventional wisdom. But according to

them, the secret is to not think about

it. “We try to be pure musicians,”

says Morris. “We don’t think about

expectations or industry stuff.” Soto-

Gil agrees: “Our main intention isn’t

to play for other people. But when

they like it, it’s a beautiful thing.”

The band started breaking into Philadelphia

clubs in 2008, and is releasing

their first studio effort early this year.

With this growth comes that “industry

stuff,” planning tours, making press

packets and the like. Still, the band is

determined to not let that bother them.

“We’ll be more productive, but it’s not

going to change what we do,” says

Mosher. “It’s all a journey, and I’m

looking forward to new experiences.”

- Jack Firneno (Dtown Magazine)