The rules are: you make a record, you sell it, you promote your recorded material live. The rules are: an orchestra is a passive machine for reproducing a fixed score. The Bays do not believe in these rules.

The Bays do not make records. They do not rehearse or prepare their entirely improvised live performances. The style of their music ranges from ambient electronica to thundering Drum and Bass, touching all points in between. The four-piece group have taken this project all across the world, performing on massive international stages, in crowded and cramped club rooms, at outdoor festivals, in theatres and even boats. Each performance is new, each idea unprecedented, each appearance a particular adjustment to fit the demands of venue and crowd.

The Bays have devised a unique system combining computer software and old-fashioned human communication to incorporate an orchestral ensemble. With The Heritage Orchestra, and a team of guest composers led by John Metcalfe, The Bays will combine live electronica and classical ensemble playing in an entirely improvised performance.

Forget what you think "live music" actually means. This music will be created on the spot, in front of the audience, never to be played, heard or experienced the same way again.

Get a taste of a previous performance here - but remember it is all improvised so the performance here will be different. Read the Guardian review.