The Bays

No band unravels the definition of 'live performance' more literally – or innovatively – than coruscating dance-floor improvisers The Bays: a perpetually inventive four-piece who don't make records, don't rehearse, and don't have songs. They just get onstage, and then they play.

Informed and inspired by a vivid prism of dance music legacies – from minimal techno and underground house to experimental electronica and studio reggae – The Bays' live shows are edified by audience kickback, and their exclusive sonic trip is spontaneously composed, exposed and remixed.

Split between the "music department" (drums / bass) and the "science department" (keyboards / effects), and comparing their shows to a 90-minute DJ mix, The Bays are assured to brilliantly administer a seamless progression that is utterly 'live' – and entirely unique.

SAT 26.4.08
11.00pm
The Bays, Harri & DomenicSub Club
Glasgow
£10.00AVAILABLE FROM VENUE

1990S
A.SKILLS
AIDAN MOFFAT & BILL WELLS
ALELA DIANE
ANDREW BIRD
ANDREW DIVINE
ANNIE NIGHTINGALE
BASS CLEF
BURAKA SOM SISTEMA
CANDI STATON
CHRIS "BEANS" GEDDES
CLINIC
CONVEXTION
COPY HAHO
CORRECTO
DAVID SHRIGLEY (DJ SET)
DEE J A'LA FU
DEPARTURE LOUNGE DJS
DERRICK MAY
DIRTY HOSPITAL DJS
DIRTY PROJECTORS
DJ SKURGE
ERRORS
FLYING LOTUS
FOUND
FOUR CORNERS DJS
FOUR TET
FRIGHTENED RABBIT
FUNKY TRANSPORT
GERARD LOVE (DJ SET)
GILLES PETERSON
GRANT CAMPBELL
HARRI & DOMENIC
HUDSON MOHAWKE
HUMAN BELL
JAH SHAKA
JAMES BLACKSHAW
JAMIE LIDELL
JD TWITCH & JG WILKES
JD73
JOE ACHESON QUARTET
JOSÉ JAMES
KINKY AFRO
KITCHEN CYNICS
KRAFTY KUTS
LAURENCE HUGHES
MAGIK MARKERS
MALCOLM MIDDLETON
MESSENGER SOUNDSYSTEM
MICHAEL HURLEY
MISO DJS
MODEL 500
MOGWAI
MUNGO’S HI FI
MWESLEE
NEIL COWLEY TRIO
NORMAN BLAKE (DJ SET)
OCTOGEN
ORGUE ELECTRONIQUE
PASTELS DJS
PAUL CAWLEY
PRAM
REMEMBERREMEMBER
RUB-A-DUB DJS
RUSTIE
SACE
SEBADOH
SKELETONS & THE KINGS OF ALL CITIES
SUBHEAD
SUSHIL DADE
SYNTHEME
THE BAYS
THE FENCE COLLECTIVE
THE PARSONAGE
THE RZA
THE VILLAGE ORCHESTRA AND FRIENDS
THEO PARRISH
ZILLA / KING CANNIBAL