THE MIMETIKS

the mimetiks is – word – a concept. the duo pairing of two interleaved musical minds. akie bermiss and kyle jaster have been writing and playing together for over five years. Having cut their teeth in the jazz and jamband scenes, they set out to cover new ground with a more sparse approach. the mimetiks concept is simple: the singing, virtuosity of mr. jaster’s bass playing and the broken sweetness of mr. bermiss’ voice-and-piano style exploring the musical abyss; whirling in the darkness of absolute sound. they strip it all down to get to the visceral heart of a song and make it brilliantly clear.

its fortuitous. i bang the side of the world – behold! light in the palm of my hands and words – that fall fluid from my lips in the shape of a swirl and collapse in the frame of a man. -akie bermiss

but the mimetiks is also the word for jaster and bermiss (bermiss and jaster?!) when they collaborate in the studio or behind any number of projects (singers, film soundtracks, incidental music). it is a band, it is a sound, it is the windmills of your mind. music for the long, dark tea-time of the soul. music, they intend, that will create shape in a vacuum.

soul, jazz, funk, hiphop – it deliberately defies description. it is better still to call it medicine.