Get ready to have your mind blown in the most pleasant and invigorating way at COSMIC VISIONS, Calderdale's very own festival of psychedelia. You will experience all manner of mind expanding music from the gentle and meditative to the awe inspiring and bone quaking. This is a payf event. The following acts are taking part :
WARM PARTS are an exciting new band from Calderdale combining Krautrock, Shoegaze and Electronica influences into a driving psychedelic rush which will have you grooving and swooning in equal measure
"Fearsomely-awesome. A mesmeric total aural assaults on the senses" - International Times
https://warmpartsband.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/warm.parts/
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=606205619116923
DEAN MCPHEE plays a Fender Telecaster through a valve amp with percussion and effects, and he is influenced by Dub, Modal Jazz, British Folk, Underground Electronic Music and Psychedelic Rock. A self-taught musician with a fluid, understated technique and an inventive approach to the instrument, his sound continues to evolve from sparse, echo-laden solo guitar music to a heavier, more multi-layered sound with deep bass and hypnotic riffs and loops.
Dean has toured in the UK and Europe, and opened for artists including Thurston Moore, Acid Mothers Temple, Michael Chapman, The Magic Band and Michael Hurley to name a few. His latest album ‘Astral Gold’was critically acclaimed by the likes of The Quietus, Uncut Magazine, MOJO, and Loud and Quiet. Dean is part of the Folklore Tapes collective and helps run the label Hood Faire.
"Dean McPhee stands out as a true one-off in a crowded field” -Loud & Quiet Magazine
“Definitely one of the leading contemporary guitar stylists in the UK, and in the world” - Steve Barker, BBC ‘On the Wire’
https://deanmcphee.co.uk/
https://deanmcphee.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@dean_mcphee
HINATA are a heavy shoegaze/dreampop band from Leeds/Huddersfield. They combine the melodic thrills of Lush and The Cocteau Twins with the heavier fuzz of The Jesus & Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine all presented with a hint of gothic drama.
"With creativity at their heart, they’re something pretty unique and need to be seen and heard" - Brudenell Social Club
https://hinata.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/HINATAMUZIK/
https://www.instagram.com/hinata_band/
JOHN HAYCOCK is an accomplished kora player having trained with Gambian griot and kora master Jali Nyonkoling Kuyateh for over 10 years. In his music John creates captivating and emotive soundscapes blending his skills on the kora with woodwind and electronic processing.
Influenced by luminaries of ambient music and minimalism as well as the improvisational nature of spiritual jazz, John's compositions evoke contemplative and ethereal atmospheres, featuring dub-inflections that add a hypnotic and meditative quality.
"John Haycock is a constantly questing musician. Modern electronics and the West African Kora blend spectacularly to create flights of fancy with the the feel of improvised jazz" - Fatea
"His playing of the Kora is masterful bringing out all that is beautiful about the instrument" _ Encore
https://john-haycock.com/
https://john-haycock.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/John.Haycock.Kora/
GEORGIAN is a spooky, psychedelic western artist based in Manchester. lead singer Georgia’s haunting vocals and gripping writing style is the perfect accompaniment to the soulful organ, driving drums, groovy bass, tasty sax, and trio of harmonic guitars which make up her band. With sold out shows and a recent spot at Manchester Psychfest it'll be a treat to see them in such intimate surroundings
"Georgian create a distinctive sound that merges the psychedelic elements of the 1960s with a Western flair, creating a modern yet nostalgically rich auditory experience." - Oculate
"Balancing vulnerability, longing and playfulness Georgian create a moody and haunting atmosphere." - Broadway World
https://georgian.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/georgianbackstage
MARLNE RIBEIRO utilises an eclectic range of acoustic instruments, field recordings, electronics and voice to create a phantasmagorical and intoxicating blend of hypnagogic-folk pop.
This loop driven pychedelia is only the latest music in a long history of sonic experimentation for Marlene, which includes her previous work as Negra Branca across a series of releases on labels such as Tesla Tapes and Zamzam and a long period as a member of audial iconoclasts GNOD, not to mention collaborations with the like of Valentina Magaletti and Thurston Moore.
"Hypnotic, gauzy and all-encompassing soundscapes which have a subtle power. This is music that is exceptionally psychedelic, folky in its reflection of time and place, otherworldly in its dreaminess." - The Quietus
"Full of intelligence and warmth this rather beautiful dream pop washes over you like some cleansing ritual of sound." - Echos and Dust
https://www.instagram.com/marlene.ribeiro.27/
https://marleneribeiro.bandcamp.com/album/toquei-no-sol
KINAARA, meaning water's edge, weave together strands of Punjabi and Celtic folk with Indian classical elements. The Leeds group feature the haunting vocals of Satnam Galsian and Johnny Hogg's electric guitar and at this event will be playing with the addition of a drummer.
"A coolly seductive mix of styles that startles" - Roots World
"A terrific trio whose impressive repertoire ranges from Punjabi folk to Celtic songs presented with dynamically distinctive and musically rich arrangements" - GG2
‘…you can hear Punjabi sounds– but there's also folk, rock and jazz. Sometimes all at once’. Local Sound Focus
https://kinaaraofficial.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@kinaaraofficial
https://www.youtube.com/@kinaaraofficial
ADRA is the experimental musical moniker of local self-taught musician and guitarist, Andy Abbott. In his past work with noise rock duo That Fucking Tank (and their current reiteration as Lands and Body) Andy has been a key figure in the international DIY music scene. He has released records on independent record labels and toured across the UK, Europe and Asia in spaces ranging from squats and art spaces to large-capacity venues including Alexandra Palace in London, and Leeds and Reading festivals.
His solo music often centres on instrumental compositions for 8-string baritone acoustic guitar yet with ADRA he explores a more open ended approach to music making utilising steel pan drums, mbira, cigar box guitar and a home-made music board to create music that is warm and generous yet rooted in experimental traditions.
"A meandering adventure in minimalism" - Dirty Sunbeams
"Beautiful immersive soundscapes" - One Beat
https://andyabbott.bandcamp.com/
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