Perhaps Contraption
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A progressive brass band fuelled by avant rock, art pop, enormous harmonies and performance art.
Avant-Rock / Post-Classical / Jazz-Punk / Marching Band / SOMETHING
Lovely little clip of us playing an acoustic show at back in 2022.
This is a track called ‘Home’
The crowd was electric!
26/09/2025
Dear friends! TONIGHT!
Tonight at Jamboree, the fantastic, multiple award-winning 9-piece circus brass orchestra Perhaps Contraption play a special double-headline set
25/09/2025
LONDON!
See you tomorrow
At thee mighty Jamboree
💜
13/09/2025
Friends!
We have 5 more shows left this Summer!
Firstly a London show at the incredible Jamboree, on Friday 26th September, a double headline show where we will present our theatrical experience THE JOURNEY for the first time indoors! Plus a fully powered stage set.
Featuring incredible dancer/performer Hearns Sebuado, the show is fully accessible for the d/Deaf community and we are offering pre show touch tours for the visually impaired.
Support comes from tin whistle-led brass band kings SOUTHBOUND.
Then we are off to ARTS BY THE SEA festival in Bournemouth on Sat 27th & Sun 28th September to bring the journey back to the streets with free shows each day at 11:30 & 15:30.
Bring a map and a bundle of hope.
We love you.
01/09/2025
London!
We’re playing the amazing Jamboree on Friday 26th September.
A double-headline extravaganza: presenting the first indoor showing of our roving gig theatre show THE JOURNEY plus an amplified stage set.
Support from genre-defying folk-brass juggernauts SOUTHBOUND.
A night of twisted brass revelry. THE JOURNEY is led by incredible contemporary dancer Hearns Sebuado, the whole piece is signed in BSL.
Come through!
22/08/2025
A Rare Double-Headline London Show! The Journey + Stage Set: Friday 26th September at Jamboree - https://mailchi.mp/256653d30d38/a-rare-london-show-friday-26th-september
25/07/2025
Heading to North Yorkshire next month!
Let us know if you can make it?! 🎷
✨ BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE | MUSIC | DANCE ✨
Saturday 2 August - Abbey Quarter/Market Place, Selby
Sunday 17 August - Eversley Park, Sherburn-in-Elmet
Join us on THE JOURNEY by Perhaps Contraption at Now Then! Festival Selby and Now Then! Festival Sherburn - a curious, jubilant promenade experience like no other.
🎶 The show features an original progressive pop score and choral harmonies, combining physical theatre, British Sign Language and Visual Vernacular (expressive physical storytelling from Deaf culture). The Journey is a story about community, hope, being present, and embracing joy, whatever path you're on.
You’ll travel between locations, get lost, and find your way again. Be prepared to sing, sign, and gather together in this fantastic celebration of connection!
Entry to the Now Then! Festivals is FREE, no booking required - just turn up!
Made possible with support from Arts Council England, North Yorkshire Council, and UKSPF.
Selby Abbey
Sherburn & Villages Community Library
Sherburn and Villages Community Trust
25/07/2025
Delighted that we are have FOUR showings of our promenade experience THE JOURNEY in North Yorkshire next month. Catch us at .st on Sat August 2nd (Selby) and Sun August 17th (Sherburn)
All shows are free!
06/06/2025
FOUR LOST SONGS!
Our new EP is out now, in all the places, but getting it from Bandcamp is best for us. Every purchase keeps us going, it helps build new sonic creations.
Thank you, dear listeners, for all the support.
Tomorrow we release our new EP: Four Lost Songs.
Here’s a snippet of a live session of one of the pieces.
A reimagining of John Adam’s masterpiece ‘Short Ride in a Fast Machine’ masterfully rearranged from a symphony orchestra to a 8 brassy zealots by our very own Jin Theriault.
This was a very complex one to learn off by heart, so we used a phonetic poem to remember all the rhythms.
We are all reciting this nonsense poem in our heads to nail it…
One such section goes ‘im-pres-sive hot-dog an im-pres-sive hot-dog gat-er dog gat-er dog cam-per-van cam-per-van syn-cho-pa-tion etc. etc. !
It was a delightful challenge…and we were told by John Adam’s publisher that the great man himself heard our version and approved it for release! Happy bandlings.
Christo Squier - Flute, Voice
Iain McDonald - Tuba, Voice
Jin Theriault - Soprano Sax, Voice
Letty Stott - French Horn, Voice
Mickey Bones - Trombone, Voice
Riccardo Castellani - Drums
Stephanie Legg - Tenor Sax, Voice
Yusuf Narcin - Bass Trombone, Voice
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Kyle acab
Filmed and edited by Elena Agulla Gil
Produced and directed by Christo Squier
Created with the help of the fine people at Buds and Spawn
https://budsandspawn.co.uk/
Funded by ACE England.
With thanks to The Premises Studios, London
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