BIO

The Magic Mumble Jumble has always been a band with a positive message and a true pleasure for life - and they seem to hit the mark!

“Don’t forget to move your body to the beat” is the message of a song that thousands of people danced to in their homes. With over two million streams on Spotify the single “Don’t forget” truly hit a nerve, became a hopeful hymn for their fans and one of the band‘s most successful songs. Therefore The Magic Mumble Jumble will take this message on a trip in 2023 to the club and festival stages, inviting you to celebrate life with a wild dancing session. 

The eight piece band share more than these deep experiences: the sound of their unique blend of jazz, pop, indie and folk, as well as the ability to translate their sense of connection to any audience. With his charismatic stage presence and live-to-love attitude bandleader Paul Istance is on a mission to make the shows a magic experience in which the gap between audience and band disappears completely. Armed with their eight singing voices, horns, percussion, electric and acoustic guitars as well as a huge amount of positive energy, THE MAGIC MUMBLE JUMBLE sets out to include all the people they encounter in their journey on the road to freedom.

Since its founding the band has released several singles of which the song “Home” was featured on a Sony Compilation in 2015. These releases were followed by their live debut album “The Magic Mumble Jumble” in 2016 - an outstanding live recording that the band made in the Netherlands together with more than 60 musicians. Due to great sales it has had to be reproduced several times. In the autumn of 2017 they released their successful EP “We All Want Sunshine’’ and gave birth to their second album “Show your Love” in November 2018. The band recorded that album together with producer Tom Gelissen (Ennio Morricone, Woodkid, Armin van Buuren). In ‘2019 Burg Herzberg Festival’ asked the band to publish their live show of the previous year. This live recording of 14 songs with 90 minutes of pure energy and love is a spectacular documentation and resembles the bands strongest feature - their live show. In 2020 the German television program ZDF invited the band to perform at the ‘ZDF Morgenmagazin’. The latest single 'Don't Forget' just hit the 2.000.000 plays mark on Spotify.

BAND MEMBERS

Paul Istance - Lead vocals, TRUMPET
Erik Stein - Drums
Leah Uijterlinde – CLARINET, Trombone, Vocals
Marlene Heldt - Posaune, VOCALS
Joshua Aaron – PIANO, Vocals
PIM KOPPEN – Bass, Vocals
David Uijterlinde - Electric guitar, Vocals
Leroy van der Poel – Sousaphone, EUPHONIUM, Trombone, Vocals

Paul Istance - Biography

Paul Istance was born in Munich, Germany, as the son of a German Doctor and Homoeopathist (mother) and a British Electronic engineer and Hippie (father).
The early death of his father turned his life upside down. As he already in young age compensated this heavy loss with an excessive live style. Years later music and love crossed his life at the same time. Both were the motivation that changed his attitude and longings towards life.
A major influence musically was his stepfather and professional trombonist Fritz Stevens who shared the stage with people like Dizzy Gillespie and many more. "I was so lucky to be around such an inspiring soul, someone who lived music in every single breath.", so Paul. Another catalyst was his trumpet teacher Colin T. Dawson who played with Clark Terry and other famous jazz musicians. Paul states, "Until today there's no trumpet player who's sound touches me more than Colin's, you can hear his heart sounding." These two mentors showed him that music was something you live for with your whole heart. By the time he had turned eighteen there was no bigger desire than to study Jazz trumpet. Paul was accepted at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague but realised very soon that for him the study was dominated by the scientific approach which was taking away the magic of playing he had grown up with. In the same time Paul started a community project and these new experiences resulted in him starting to write his own songs and sing. Around this time he founded his own band called 'The Magic Mumble Jumble' that is by now playing major festivals in the Netherlands and especially Germany.