Mitch & Mitch, photo: Marek Szczepański
Over the course of the first seven years, the band played as a quintet (two guitars, a bass, drums and percussion) at many prestigious festivals across Europe, including the I.D.E.A.L festival in Nantes and the SKIF festival in St. Petersburg. Then, Mitch & Mitch expanded into a nine-person ensemble, featuring a brass section and a vibraphone. The style of Mitch & Mitch’s music is a mixture of genres which results from the wide range of inspirations of the band’s members – stretching from Mancini, Esquivel, Bacharach, all of Tropicalia, through more avant-garde composers like Cage, Zorn or Frith, all the way to punk rock, jazz and electronica. They are dedicated to always keeping their music lively and interesting, never restricting themselves to one specific fashion of writing and performing. Mitch & Mitch have released four records, including the 2010 album XXII Century Sound Pioneers which captures the expanded line-up’s energy and inventiveness.
The basic Mitchez band: Mitch – guitars, keyboards, percussion, vocal / Mitch – bass, percussion, vocal / Serious Mitch – percussion, guitars, melodica, keyboards, vocal, charm / Mr. Bitch – guitars, drums, percussion, sampler, lousy vocal / James Boned Mitch – drums, percussion, sampler, some vocals / aaaaand the Combo Mitchez: Mad Mitch – saxophone, flute, percussion / Mitch The Kid – trumpet, percussion / Spiral Mitch - trombone, percussion / Crackin' Mitch – vibraphone, percussion / weeeeeet: Half-Mitch Half-Ape – piano sometimes..