Treading new ground, The Bays take their electronic improvisation further than before – playing alongside AI.

Forget every rule you’ve ever been taught about live music. Ignore every outmoded notion of what it is to be a ‘live’ band. Forget even what you think you think ‘live music’ actually means. What drives this band is a need to communicate with their audience in a way not possible with the format of traditional live bands. There are no ‘songs’ as such to perform, there’s no album to promote, there are no commercial imperatives at play.

The Bays only perform live, they don’t have a set-list and they couldn’t ever play the same performance twice. It’s all about the moment – an experience or an event that exists between the band and the audience for one time only.

Never ones to shy away from a challenge, notable humans The Bays may have finally met their match in their forthcoming show where they will square up to… AI! Live on stage, in real time, AI music software will generate ideas through suggested prompts which are then developed and improvised by The Bays. It’s ambitious and brave maybe, and possibly the only true victor will be those lucky enough to witness this first ever experiment.