If you were to give four (musically gifted) inmates of some old Gotham-style antiquated loony-bin, two Handpan, a tambourine, and a microphone, and turn them loose in the sensory room to perform an impromptu concert - Bandgladesh - or at least, Bandgladesh, as seen in the first video below, is what we imagine, it might look a little bit like...
Meet, Bandgladesh, a musical dialogue between four musicians who blend the sounds of the handpan, trumpet, African N'goni, Brazilian cuica, and electronics.
They sit clad in white, looking almost sinisterly-serene. And the music itself kind of reflects that mood also… Meet, Bandgladesh, a musical dialogue between four musicians who blend the sounds of the handpan, trumpet, African N'goni, Brazilian cuica, and electronics.
However, where Bandgladesh find themselves, is not inside a sanatorium (as we first believed). But inside the "Bubble" - A sixty square-meter inflatable white cloth structure, from within which Bandgladesh present an audiovisual show intended to lull all present into a "Hypnogogic state" - and upon, a "sensoral-journey". The public is invited to come in, sit or lie down comfortably, and experience the sound and visual relationship that unfolds...
From time-to-time Bandgladesh do come out of their big white bubble though, as can be seen below, with the quartet giving a captivating performance live on the streets of Bilbao, an industrial port city in northern Spain...
And then it's back into their bubble with them - though now minus the white hospital-smocks - for this spectacular near-seventeen minutes long meditative musical-climax...
To find more from Bandgladesh, you can visit their website: HERE, or alternatively, find them over at Facebook: HERE
