Hungarians Special Providence describe their music as a fusion of jazz and prog-rock and you can check out this mind boggling hybrid at the George IV in Chiswick on Thursday. Drummer Adam Marko talks to Will Gore.

Introduce the band Special Providence was formed in 2004 by a group of friends from the Kobanya Music Studio and the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. The line-up is Zoltan Csery on keyboards; Marton Kertesz on guitar; Istvan Bata on bass; and myself, Adam Marko, on drums. We aim to make music rooted in jazz but also create a sound that transcends musical barriers. We try to make music that at times is dynamic, at other times meditative, but always melodic. A loose description would be jazz-rock but we always try to be original and true to ourselves.

Sound and influences? A mixture of jazz, jazz-fusion, spiritual music and prog rock, along with artists like Mike Stern and Scott Henderson.

Best moment as a band? On May 7, we played a gig at the Urania Cinema in Budapest – it is one of the city’s oldest cinemas. We played against a backdrop of short films. It was one of our biggest gigs.

Any singles/EPs/albums? We have released two albums: Space Café on Hunnia Records in 2006 and Labyrinth, also on the same label, in 2008.

Song you wished you’d written? Metropolis by Dream Theater.

What is the band’s dream? To make music that leaves an imprint in people’s minds, that evokes emotions but also energises and entertains.

Fantasy festival line-up? Liquid Tension Experiment, Mike Oldfield, and Tribal Tech.

Nightmare festival line-up? Cheesy Euro-disco music would be unsettling and scary!

What have you planned for the George IV gig? We will play some great music which we hope the people of west London will enjoy. We are all very much looking forward to it!

*Answers translated by Krisztina Tompa.

Special Providence, George IV, 185 Chiswick High Road, Thursday, June 4, £7/£5, 7.30pm, visit myspace.com/ specialprovidencehu for more information.