Sights and Sounds from the Underground
About
For 25 years, illmeasures artist collective has represented excellence in underground dance music following our hearts and souls to present a vision of modern music experience. From nightclubs to lounges, sushi bars to warehouses and lofts, we strive to present a range of culturally informed music using decades of experience behind the decks. Since the beginning we have endeavoured to facilitate spaces celebrating music, community and culture through the lenses of our experiences and our collective vision.
What we do
Mercury Soul engages a new generation of music-lovers through performances combining classical music and electronica in alternative venues with immersive stagecraft and elaborate production.
In The Press
“[Mercury Soul] aims to present ‘classical music in new ways to a new generation.’ Pairing the orchestra with electronic music and bringing both to new audiences is a noble pursuit, and Bates… should be applauded.”
WASHINGTON POST
“Mercury Soul brings classical music into [the club], blending it in with the beats of DJs, and making it relevant to the club crowd. The encounter of the old with the new worked seamlessly.”
SFIST
“At a time when symphony orchestras nationwide are trolling for audience magnets — the type of new material that can lure members of generations X & Y along with older subscribers — Bates just might have that bait.”
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
“In spite of his young age, one can already perceive in Shwartz the lineage of the true ‘maestros.’”
THE MIAMI HERALD
“Patterson’s visual additions were at once properly subdued and brilliant, elevating music and text into a complete and sensory experience.”
THE ATLANTA CONSTITION-JOURNAL
“Many artists in one of these worlds have dabbled in the other. But Bates is the first to carry on two careers in tandem, and win credibility in both arenas.”
SYMPHONY MAGAZINE