dreamcolour
Dreamcolour reflects a collective of musicians from Ventura County, California. The concept is to heal and lift the spirits and souls of human beings from all walks of life, with the fiery expression of collective free improvisation. We aim to bring back the trance-inducing vibrations, frequencies and rhythms used by the ancient shamans and spiritual healers of the past, but also to experiment with and incorporate the scientific advances of the present and future, relating music as a direct pathway to the human spirit and as a healing force in the universe.
By manifesting these ideas and theories through sound and music, we hope to open the minds of our listeners and participants, and to encourage the deep introspective thought and ego-loss freedom, characteristic of the psychedelic experience.
We draw inspiration from the spirit musicians of the past: Albert Ayler, Milford Graves, Arthur Doyle, Sun Ra, Sonny Sharrock, Muhal Richard Abram, Robert Johnson, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Willie Johnson & more... as well as the psychedelic pioneers and navigators: Terry Riley, Can, Xhol, Tangerine Dream, Popol Vuh, 13th Floor Elevators, Ash Ra Tempel, Hawkwind, Acid Mothers Temple, Boredoms, Nels Cline...
ENERGY IS AN ETERNAL DELIGHT
-WILLIAM BLAKE
RELEASES:
DREAMCOLOUR/AL QAEDA
SPLIT c31 (MOOONDIAL)
$5
Run of 100 c31 tapes
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INNER WORSHIP C60 (STUNNED NO.50)
"If there is one group that has emerged from 2009 which best embodies the Future, in our mind it would be California’s Dreamcolour. We were hooked ever since first checking their righteous live actions, their early cdr & taped treats, and their uncontainable offerings of jazz and drone’s most mystical sides. ‘Inner Worship’ finds this intrepid tribe bloomed out to a 9-piece at times, shooting for nothing less than Sacredelica in the raw... Limited special edition of 100 pro-dubbed & imprinted c60 tapes with double-sided color art in vinyl album." -stunned
DREAMCOLOUR
SOLAR GAZE C51 (EARJERK)
'A MASSIVE, throbbing, wailing, thrashing jammer squashes itself onto the a side of this c51. The B side gets there, but not before you do the dead man's float through a warm mineral mud bath.' -earjerk
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SPIRITUAL CELEBRATION C40
There’s currently a glut of bands dog-paddling around the trans-continental psych-pond with names involving words like ‘color,’ ‘dream,’ and ‘infinity,’ and Ventura County brass-groove arkestra Dreamcolour are smack thick in the middle of this ’08-‘09 nomenclatorial zeitgeist (though to their credit they use the British spelling). Yet, semi-ironically, the mood of the zones they explore on Spiritual Celebration are wonderfully vintage, with a strange, reverential “out of time” quality that seems decidedly non-NOW. Hand-drums beat along with a steady, easy lope, saxes are crooned (not skronked) smoothly up towards the sun, Farfisa trills further brighten the corners. There’s no damaged FX-abuse or lo-fi freakouts; all minds are fused into one gently simmering open-air spiritual jazz homage. Echoes of Don Cherry abound. The tape is split into three chapters: a stunning 20-minute A-side hayride (“Spiritual Celebration”), a briefer horn flurry piece (“Sun Ritual”), and a gorgeous lunar meditation chamber (“Moon Ritual”). A great West Coast force with an exotic back catalogue and a killer live vibe, worth keeping tabs on. Pro-dubbed cassettes in cases with full-color marker/collage J-cards designed by Amanda. Edition of 100.
-not not fun
SECOND EDITION REPRESS available from NOT NOT FUN!!!
FIRST EDITION AVAILABLE FROM THESE FINE DISTROS:
DREAMCOLOUR
INTERMISSION FOR TRIANGLE THEORIES C20
Recorded at The Barn in Ojai, CA by Dreamcolour.
Intermission for Triangle Theories is full of trip inducing sounds. Guests include: Natalie Alyse, Teodora Nikolova, Betsy Sue and Bryn (tapdancing!).
Blood Quantum starts the album with a chugging tribal beat giving way to a wave of free-form sounds, fading directly into Zoned, a tap dance/sax duo fades into a free-improv session complete with multi-drum sensory overload.
Limited to 20 tapes. Soon to be released on Neon Aztec.
DREAMCOLOUR
WHITE LIGHT/QUETZALCOATL CD-R
Recorded at CAPS Studio in Ventura, CA by Sorry Uvari.
White Light is dedicated to the cosmic/psych free-rock that we love playing so much. This album features Natalie Alyse on vocals, Kirby Ditto on guitar, Danny LaRussa on bass and Ryan Dankrescent on drums/percussion (plus Alex, Alexa and Rob on vocals/sax/organ/sounds).
Incorporates a soul/blues vibe with stoner/psych-rock oblivion, and encourages inner space travelling.
Limited to 30 CD's. Now includes QUETZALCOATL album.
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TELESCOPE C24
Recorded at The Barn in Ojai, CA in November 2008 by Dreamcolour.
Telescope is meant to illustrate the telescopic nature of the universe. Equating the eye of a nebula in outer space to your third eye in the pineal gland. Free improvisation sets the stage for this representation of the constrastingly chaotic and placid lives that we live amongst the seemingly slooooow rotation of the planet we inhabit.
Limited to 20 tapes.
Based on an improvisation-driven method of music-making, no two shows will be the same, no two records will sound the same and the lineup will ultimately be everchanging. Sonic exploration is the ultimate theme; to experiment with the unending variety of sounds a group of people can make.
please contact alex with any questions regarding Dreamcolour.
DEDICATED TO SONIC EXPLORATION
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Here it is, back again: an experimental music series dedicated to pushing envelopes, blowing minds, exploration and cross-pollination - furthering the blurring of lines in sound art - a forum for tone scientists, sonic astronauts and audio/visual mystics - get your DIY bliss fix and hear ballistic shit kicked…and just about everything in between - This time around: Welcome to the Valley of Death…breathe the fresh air of something different, especially, since so many are starving for real “change” how about trying something strange and maybe more than a little deranged? When better than on Halloween Night? We have exactly what you might be looking for: A DIY Haunted House right smack, dab in the middle of good ole’ Downtown Riverside at one of the most diverse haunts around: The Pharaoh’s Den Cultural Space Center..or Spaceship to be more precise, don’t think twice - add a little more spice to your life and on this night get some variant glimpses of Death and maybe some afterlife, too: We’ll have a few rooms open this time: The main performance hall will include 10 bands featuring Rubber 0 Cement from San Francisco - they must be seen to be believed! Also, I will be spinning rare vinyl between sets, a separate music room wi
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