DESCRIPTION:
The PolyBand, initiated by Jasper Stadhouders, consists of a pool of musicians and physical performers. Their aim is to create a transcendental experience which feels like it has existed for as long as anyone can remember, which will exist for eternity yet has the utmost urgency of the here and now. The use of intricate polyrhythmic cycles and polytonal environments creates a multifaceted and complex image which fools around with the performer’s and the audience’s expectations, desires and memory using a method in which every perfectly timed minor change in movement and sound creates a big impact. They’re looking for the sweet spot; it creates the sensation as if the sound, the pulse, movement and its resonance are lifted off the bandstand will transcend into a ball of primordial energy which seemingly exists on its own. Think ritual, hypnosis, trance, symmetry, catharsis, euphoria.

Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti – performance | Leo Svirsky – accordion | Jeroen Kimman – guitar | Jasper Stadhouders – guitar | Brandon Lopez – bass | Philipp Moser – drums | Onno Govaert – drums