Breaking the Rules of Perspective

The crowd is young and 50 percent bearded; a dog weaves in and out of the audience’s legs. Gentlemen Surfer takes the stage at 11:15 p.m.—at a show was supposed to be over by 10. Bafus politely thanks everyone for staying, puts on a headset mic and stretches like an athlete. As the band launches into its first song, Bafus explodes into a whirlwind of beats, more octopus than man. The proggy, jazzy music lurches from place to place, pulled by Bafus’ syncopated beats.

As a guy naps on the couch in the back, and the clock ticks toward midnight, Bafus, dripping with sweat, introduces the band’s next number—and in a sense, gets to the heart of his underlying artistic ethos:

“This is our last song,” he says. “It’s called ‘Keep.’ As in, ‘Keep. Doing. Things.’” ...

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