PESSOA AND ME (The Disquiet of Being) 2016

The Switch Ma-en are an Alternative Neo Fluxus QuantumPunk Absurdist Industrial Zen Urban Gothic Indie Folk Collective From Bolton, North Manchester UK singing about ideas and narratives not normally found in the Main stream Media and are thus not attached to any major record company. 

Because of this we have the artistic freedom to write, sing, compose, design and philosophise over what we want to express. 

Heavily influence by Quantum Psychology, Absurdist Philosophy and anything that transcend the human spirit. We don't believe in the human race pulling itself apart but the Human Relay holding itself together inter-independently. We sing about politics, science, literature, history, mythology etc but always with a touch of subtle wit.

The Switch Ma-en are;

Jean-Paul Guyse - Narrator/Lyricist/Composition/Programming/Sound Production
Former members;
Troy Sanchez - Guitars/Programming/Sound Production
and/or Ya Kavayan - Basses/Video Production/Artwork/Programming/Sound Production

The name The Switch Ma-en derives from many aspects.

The first one from the Mexican absurdist writer Juan José Arreola who wrote the book El Guardagujas (The Switchman).

Secondly from the life/writing style of the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (The Disquiet of Being) who metamorphosed into different personas throughout his life in order to vary his writing style. A true method writer.

Thirdly, what is the 'Ma-en' word all about ? Are we ma/n or are we m/en ? We can be anything we want to be and as Ghandi once said 'Be the change in yourself' and you might realise that the world you thought was bad actually starts to gets better.

By using the basic quantum state we can figure out how to get out of the box instead of just procrastinating about it. The basic classical state is 'you are either with us or against us ?' A not B or B not A or the Dis-Hegelian Dialect (3 way triad of thesis, athesis and synthesis of devide and conquer) no longer works in our modern world. The basic quantum state allows two more states A & B (passion) and neither A or B (hope of an new alternative or genuine benign chance) that leads to evolution.

The latter is the way out of the box to a new paradigm and from repeating the mistakes of the first two of perpetual conflict and constant revolution. For me this fits in with what the absurdist Albert Camus said 'Rebellion, freedom, passion, and hope' or what I term the 4 way tetrad of the Camus Dialectic. That fourth part 'hope' which is missing from the Dis-Hegelian triad gives life the take-off velocity to get off the tarmac, to go beyond the 3rd base and score a home run.

In this respect that we operate on the basic of quantum operation and that is reflected in our philosophy and psychology married with the fact we have the 'do it yourself' ethos of the pre punk movent Fluxus from the 1960's, there is an element of 'Quantum Punk' about us.

If any independent bands needs Ya Kavayan To do them a promo video for their music at a resonable and realistic grass roots, street price then send us a message.

THE SWITCH MA-EN