The Artist
About Mahdood
Background
Piano roots.
Beat machine ambitions.
Mahdood started at the piano — the harmonic instinct, the sense of space and tension, the willingness to let a chord breathe. That foundation never left. It just got routed through an MPC Live 2 and turned into something you can move to.
The solo show is a live production set: beats built in real time, piano layered on top, the whole thing improvised inside a structure. No backing tracks, no laptop safety net. What you hear is what's happening.
The jamband side is a different thing entirely — a rotating cast of collaborators, longer forms, groove-first improv. Same ears, different room.
Gear & Tools
- Akai MPC Live 2 — the sequencer, sampler, and brain of the solo show
- Piano (acoustic + digital) — harmonic foundation and lead voice
- Live sampling — textures and layers captured and looped in performance
- No laptop — the MPC runs standalone; everything is in the hardware
Live Solo Show
What to Expect
The solo show sits at the intersection of a DJ set and a live band performance — but built by one person, in real time. Beats are sequenced and triggered on the MPC, piano melodies and chords run alongside, and the whole set evolves based on the room and the moment. It's not a replay of recorded tracks; it's a live construction of them. Intimate venues, listening rooms, arts spaces, and late-night stages all work well.