29 avril 2015
Mikele and the Mattres is an Antwerp based project formed in the end of 2013. It started as a collaboration between the extinguished band “Botsotto” with Mario and Michele.
Soon adopting a different posture torwards music making, another name was adopted as to form a new band.
The first EP, The Trains that Lead to Antwerp, was producted in collaboration with Honeysound (barcelos, PT) and consists in a set of 6 songs which sonorities vary between progressive, psychedelic tunes and post-rock. This EP was based on the works of portuguese writer Herberto Helder.
the band is composed by Mario (voice, guitar, woodwind), Michele (bass, synth), 'Kung Fu' James (drums), Christophe (electric guitar), Cedric 'Python' (electric guitar, synth).
