Psychedelica theme night

 

On Wednesday 28 May we are presenting a theme night from 21:00 to
midnight about psychedelica in contemporary music, our last live broadcast
from Conclusion in Utrecht. Our special guest is Dennis Duijnhouwer from
the Amsterdam psychedelic doom-metal band Mühr.

psychedelica

Psychedelic sounds have been used in music for many years. In the 1960s and 1970s they were a hype, particularly during the period of the Flower Power movement on the West Coast
of the US, which peaked during the ‘Summer Of Love’ ('67/'69). They were also frequent multi-
media happenings from 1966 in the Roundhouse in London and in the scene around the UFO Club.

Guitar effects, such as feedback, wah-wah and distortion, were typical for this period. Studio effects such as playing tapes backwards, long tape loops,
echo and exotic instruments
with a strong preference for
the sitar and tabla were also introduced. Electronic key-
boards, such as first generation synthesizers also became common as well as complex sounds and rhythms.

Song texts contained direct
and indirect references to mind-
expanding drugs and surrealistic visual experiences. All these elements were combined to produce compositions that filled
a complete side of an LP and could last hours during live perfomances.

Programme maker Paul Lemmens (Popart) will explore the revival of psychedelia in contemporary music together with Dennis Duijnhouwer from Amsterdam's psychedelic doom-metal band Mühr on Wednesday 28 May
from 21:00.

Wikipedia page about psychedelic music

Mühr's page on Facebook

 

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