Stroboscopic bon-bons
Greetings once more, dear beam dreamers,
I trust our gentle silence these past couple of months has not left you with a bitter taste in your ears, nor a dark scent on your vision. Deep down you know we both needed space to think things over – but I’ve been a busy little buzzer beehind thee scenes and I sense that the tidings I bring will not disappoint you…
There have indeed been several plots points of concentrated activity these past months:
Firstly, a great synergetic weekend was spent absorbing the energies of the first ever academic conference on psychedelic consciousness in the UK at the University of Kent’s Breaking Convention, under the auspices of the UKC Psychedelics Society, Dr. David Luke, Amanda Fielding and a host of other adventurers in liminal realms.
Skype link up with Ram Dass (aka Richard Alpert) at Breaking Convention. Image (c) Jonathan Greet 2011
Beyond the extraordinary discussion on the Saturday evening was a performance of Raagnagrok, the oceanic emanations of a drone duo featuring Mark Pilkington of Strange Attractor (electronics) and the mysterious Zali Krishna (processed electric sitar and clarinet). That evening they were joined by the author of Shroom (and of psych-folkers Telling the Bees), Andy Letcher , on Breton Pipes.
Raagnagrok as they appear when not performing
On the Sunday we experienced the privilege of trying out Hypnagogia, an experimental strobing light pulse machine developed by Austrian scientists that is designed to stimulate hallucinatory perception in the same way as Gysin’s Dreamachine – only far more effectively!
Following on from this propitiatory Spring-time happening, we have been busy making arrangements for several events – the first of which will be a warehouse party held by the Underdog Art Company, called ‘They Live, We Sleep’ on Saturday 28th May somewhere underground beneath London Bridge. We will be providing visuals plus DJ sets in support of stoner/noise rock bands, Mollusc, Part Chimp and Gum Takes Tooth. Prices will be £5 before 11, £10 after. Message us if you’re interested in being there and we’ll put you in touch with a ticket source…
Further, we shall soon announce another 2 very exciting events (and much more!) coming up later this year, details are being confirmed as we speak – keep your ear to the ground and watch the skies!
Until our vectors once more converge, stay switched on until we next tune in.
