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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
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

AVAILABLE FROM THESE FINE DISTROS:
    TOMENTOSA RECORDS DNT RECORDS ECLIPSE RECORDS BISAUFSMESSER

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 .


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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 21/03/2006
Band Website: www.listentocolour.com
Band Members:

ALEX - drums/guitar/electronics/sounds/vocals:

ROB - sax:

NATALIE ALYSE - vocals/guitar/being amazing:

cosmic contributors:

ALEXA - sax/guitar/electric sitar/bass/sounds:

SEAN MCCANN - viola:

DAVE MCPETERS - upright bass/guitar:

DANNY - bass:

KIRBY - guitar/bass:

SLICK - electronics/guitar:

DANK - drums/percussion:



PEOPLE THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE SONIC PULSATION/WAVEFORMS/DRONES/REVERBERATING VOCALS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO PERFORM! PLEASE E-MAIL: [email protected]

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Influences:

all of the good things...

SONIC EXPLORATION, CREATIVITY, CONSIOUSNESS EXPANSION, LOVE, 60'S PSYCHEDELIC EXPLOSION, COLOURS, FUNK, JAZZ, ENERGY...

musically: ALBERT AYLER, DON CHERRY, ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO, ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE, COLTRANE, NELS CLINE, CAN, AMON DUUL II, POPOL VUH...

come visit this exquisite blog, where we are featured!! http://homemade-lofi-psychedelic.blogspot.com/ !!

DREAMCOLOUR INCLUDED ON PSYCHEDELIC COMPILATION ! DOWNLOAD IT!!

DREAM SHOW AT MAI'S CAFE VENTURA

Sounds Like:

Record Label: NOT NOT FUN, EARJERK, MOOONDIAL, STUNNED, LTC, NA
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

DREAMCOLOUR TAPE REVIEW

"Collision course in psych and free jazz. The last time I really liked a fusion attempt like this was Little Women, though LA-based Dream Colour are going for more palatable, melodic and droney vibes ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:13:00 GMT

UPCOMING RELEAES

UPCOMING RELEASES:- DREAMCOLOUR/LASERS FROM ATLANTIS SPLIT ON MYIASIS TAPES- 'SPIRIT PEEL' C40 ON EARJERK RECORDS- TBA C60 ON STUNNED RECORDS- TBA TAPE ON THOR'S RUBBER HAMMER- 'INTERMISSION FOR TRIAN...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:52:00 GMT

ENERGY IS ETERNAL DELIGHT REISSUE

DREAMCOLOUR - ENERGY IS ETERNAL DELIGHT LIMITED REISSUE, EDITION OF 30 TAPES W/NEW FULL COLOR J-CARD ART AND DIFFERENT STICKER COLLAGES ON EACH ONE. BUY NOW
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:46:00 GMT

SPIRITUAL CELEBRATION C40 OUT NOW

DREAMCOLOUR - SPIRITUAL CELEBRATION CS Theres currently a glut of bands dog-paddling around the trans-continental psych-pond with names involving words like color, dream, and infinity, and V...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:42:00 GMT

DREAMCOLOUR TAPE RELEASE ON NOT NOT FUN

FEB. 20-21 WE'RE RECORDING FOR A CASSETTE RELEASE FOR NOT NOT FUN!! LOOK FORWARD TO MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SOON.www.listentocolour.comwww.notnotfun.com
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:21:00 GMT

DREAMCOLOUR INCLUDED ON ’EMBRYO THOUGHTS’ COMPILATION

Thanks again to our good friend Mike Floyd in Germany for this one, and congratulations on his beautiful unborn child!!!http://homemade-lofi-psychedelic.blogspot.com/2008/0 8/hlfp-02-embryo-thoughts.ht...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:20:00 GMT

DREAMCOLOUR IN THE VC REPORTER

DREAMCOLOUR FEATURED IN THE VC REPORTER!! CHECK IT OUTREAD THE ARTICLE!love,alex
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 10:45:00 GMT

DREAMCOLOUR INCLUDED ON RELAX AND FLOAT DOWNSTREAM COMPILATION

Thank our good friend Mike Floyd from across the pond for this one!CLICK HERElove,alex
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 11:06:00 GMT

WISE WORDS | THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING DR. HOFFMAN

Doctor Albert Hoffman1905 - 2008"Alienation from nature and the loss of the experience of being part of the living creation is the greatest tragedy of our materialistic era. It is the causative reaso...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:05:00 GMT