Psychotropic Carousel – Man From Uranus, Adrian Bronson, Mark Pilkington, Nicole Nagel – play two London shows this week:
Thursday 9th June, The Spreadeagle, Kingsland Rd/Shoreditch junction, with Now. Free Entry, from 8pm.
Friday 10th June, The Drones Club at The Others, 6-8 Manor Rd, Stoke Newington, 8pm onwards. £6
With Special Glamystery Guest, Owls, Morning Bride
Here’s a nice review of our last PC gig in Cambridge by one Thomas Highstreet:
” Man From Uranus, Strange Attractor and Adrian Bronson (PSYCHOTROPIC CAROUSEL) play the portland arms, cambridge (a ‘Bad Timing’ event) 11/05/05
If I was asked to sum up their sound in a nifty little package I’d chuckle to myself and tell you it just plain couldn’t be done. Going under the name ‘Psychotropic Carousel’ the two americans and london native play music/sound in probably the most obscure way I have ever come across.
Apart from the obvious; MFU’s theremin, strangeattractors sequencers and adrians cello, their sound is hugely unconventional not just in their choice of instruments, but also in their arrangement composition. They base their shows and music on improvisation using pre-recorded tracks on reel to reel magnetic tape, playing it back, re-layering new sound over the top, then re-recording it, and often using it in their next piece.
Regardless of if you have knowledge or fondness of this experimental noise/art noise/electronica (whatever you want to call it) I think you would benefit from getting to one of their shows, the sheer strangeness of them is enough to inspire even the dullest mind. “