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You thought that from Magma to Gong, French psych rock was over. There was a vibrant scene back then and there’s an amazing one since 2010.
So many bands have blossomed these years with great albums with a vast array of psychedelic styles like La Femme, Limiñanas, Savages, Aquaserge, Julien Gasc, Forever Pavot, Dorian Pimpernel, Wall of Death, Moodoïd (with musicians of Melody's Echo Chamber) or Orval Carlos Sibelius. But also tons of upcomming bands like The Villejuif Underground, Decasia, Electric Jaguar Baby…
Some labels such as Pan-european records, Born Bad, Clapping Music or Entreprise have set a tone of fresh blood and releases. There’s also a good list of mindblowing festivals like Levitation in Angers (from Austin/USA), Binic Folk Blues Festival, Cosmic Trip...
This weekend (3-5 March) we have the Paris International Psychedelic Festival beginning with the likes of The Dandy Warhols, Fai Baba, Gong and many others. There’s an off-festival with an exhibition, some conferences on the story of the psychedelic aesthetic and psychedelic kids day with a mandala workshop. On 18 and 19 March there will be a psychedelic art sale.
Still unsure whethere or not to go? Well you can tease the prospect by listening to some top French Psychedelia below:
