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Folkestone Quarterhouse presents…

Folkestone Psychedelic Festival: This is Psychedelia

In April we celebrate all things Psychedelic in music. The festival starts at 6pm with five profiled psych artists covering a cross of genres and gender throughout the evening.

With visuals from Innerstrings, co- founders of Lewes Psychedelic festival and creator in part of what makes Liverpool Psych Fest look so stunning, this promises to be the start of a brand new movement for Folkestone.

Lineup

Vanishing Twin

We are excited to announce the appearance of  Vanishing Twin, made up of a stellar line up with singer Cathy Lucas (Orlando) drummer Valentina Magaletti (Raime, Tomaga, Uuuu, Neon Neon), bassist Susumu Mukai (Zongamin, Floating Points), library music head Phil M.F.U. (Man From Uranus) on strange sounds, and film maker and visual artist Elliott Arndt on flute and percussion.

The Lucid Dream

The Lucid Dream commanded a stunning performance at Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia in 2013 . Since then, the band have gone from strength to strength to a shocking good set in 2016. We are very excited to have them playing at Folkestone. With expansive blissed out sonic guitar sounds with elements of dub and jazz, this is definitely one for fans of Spiritualized.

‘more than a psych band, still a cut above.’ Uncut Magazine

‘they’ve quietly found themselves elevated into the psych scenes premier league. ‘Compulsion Songs’ aims for and eventually reaches the stars.8/10.’ Drowned In Sound

‘The Lucid Dream are rapidly becoming major players in an ever-increasingly crowded psych scene..utterly seductive.’ The Quietus

Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation

Taking their moniker from the notion of ‘Liberation Upon Hearing In The Between’ from the Tibetan Book Of The Dead, Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation took little time to make their mark on the wider world, brandishing a radiant sound that stands effortlessly apart from the increasingly staid and often paradoxically predictable world of modern psychedelia. The band sculpt sprawling, hypnotic jams into elegant avant-pop nocturnal serenades.

They were nominated for a Swedish Grammy in 2015, which was followed in 2016 by making new fans with 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne and ultimately earning them appearances at Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia and special guests of Goat.

Cosmic Thoughts

Cosmic Thoughts are a band from South East England who have a pedigree enthrenched in the UK’s DIY punk movement. They’ve shared a stage with Gnod, Joan of Arc, Viet Cong, Xam Duo, Cowtown and more, and their debut LP (released on Hot Salvation) received crirical acclaim.

The Embrooks

Formed at the tail end of 1996, The Embrooks (Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri—guitar, vocals; Mole—bass, vocals; Lois Tozer—drums) were initially influenced by the moody, minor key mid-60s US garage common to the New England area, and made an LP and 2 singles in that style. They quickly changed course towards the more aggressive sounds coming out of the UK and Europe in that same period, a transitional style which came to known as freakbeat. Here, the band found their true calling, and delivered their highest profile LP, ‘Our New Day’ for Bomp’s Voxx imprint. Numerous tours through the UK and Europe were undertaken, and they even found time to cross the pond into the US and Canada on a number of occasions. The follow-up LP, ‘Yellow Glass Perspections’ saw the band incorporating more psychedelic elements to their sound, but still very much rooted in the aggressive Mod-Rock that had served them well.

Header image: Copyright Andrea Shamlou – Wax Machine at Lewes Psych Fest