-- Update! -- The Great Adventure EP is now available! Click to the music page to learn more!

Okay José is a six-piece band that hails from San Francisco's Western Addition district. Formed as a song-writing project in November of 2009 by three friends, the band quickly grew to six members: Ben Dávila, Mary Hansell, Cyrus Hedayati, Ryan Kochevar, Elysha Rom-Povolo, and Casey Saran.

A few band members have classical backgrounds, one majored in ethnomusicology, another wrote his dissertation on music in cartoons and two are completely self-taught. Four of the members met through playing together in the San Francisco collective Photons. Three played in Berkeley's The Hang. All six write songs, contribute vocally, and play a variety of instruments. Really, it's just confusing to do the math.

The band's live line-up features a keytar, toy instruments, male and female vocals, a romping percussion section, plus the traditional bass and guitar. Their recordings showcase these basics layered with various sythesizers, autoharp, theremin, toy piano, electronic drumkit, charango, and clarinet, among other instruments.

Get in touch with us at okayjoseband@gmail.com