Bhajan Bhoy (Netherlands) + Piró (Spain) + Dean McPhee + Bass Ritual DJ Live in Sowerby Bridge
Schedule
Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Puzzle Hall Community Pub | Halifax, EN
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Saturday April 25th 2026ADRA promotions and Puzzle Hall Inn present...
Bhajan Bhoy (Netherlands)
Ever-evolving shoegaze guitar and psychedelic electronica from Ajay Saggar with new release on Cardinal Fuzz / Feeding Tube Records
https://bhajanbhoy.bandcamp.com/
Piró (Spain)
Solo progressive raw post-folk guitar and singing from Zaragoza inspired by Richard Dawson and Sir Richard Bishop.
Dean McPhee
Bradford’s cosmic ambient electric guitar pioneer
https://deanmcphee.bandcamp.com/
plus Bass Ritual DJ set (140 / Dub / Jungle) for afters
at Puzzle Hall Inn, 21 Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge, HX6 2RF
7pm - late (live music finished in time for last trains to Leeds/Manc).
FREE ENTRY with donations for acts gratefully accepted
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Bhajan Bhoy
Drawing from a deep well of psychedelia, Bhajan Bhoy further shifts the parameters of the genre with a beautiful and meditative set of tracks. Within this kaleidoscopic sonic universe, you will find raga-esque excursions, meditative Dream House drone, Laurel Canyon-recalling folk, electronic soundscapes and heavy guitar riffola (sometimes two chords are enough!). This is the sound of freedom! Imagine Pandit Pran Nath, Spacemen 3, Pauline Oliveros and Don Cherry drinking psilocybin tea and letting loose in a studio.
"a unique soundworld broad enough to encompass wild psych-noise guitar, dream-pop lullabies, and futuristic drones with thrilling results" / Mojo Magazine
“With BHAJAN BHOY, Saggar synthesizes all of the stylistic approaches he’s explored over the years, swirling them into an intoxicating musical blend, with an earthy spirituality. Even the project’s name reflects the dual aspects of Saggar’s upbringing coming together in harmony. In Hindi, a “bhajan” is a devotional song, sung in the mandir, or temple, while “bhoy” is a Scottish and Irish derivation for a young man. There’s a searching quality to Bhajan Bhoy, as if Saggar is still hunting for transcendence with each track, whether through an expansive drone, an orchestral facility on the piano, or an electronics-augmented raga that threatens to dip into noise” (Erick Bradshaw / writer and WFMU DJ).
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Piró is the project of Alex, a musical individual from the fearsome city of extreme seasons and the cierzo wind, affectionately nicknamed Zaragoza.
A proud member of the city's struggling DIY scene, he finds his voice in an oasis called Arrebato. His melodies navigate folk music with diverse roots, primarily driven by the guitar.
His songs narrate the disillusionment of politics, the joy of humanity, and the non-accidental nature of anxiety, all infused with a deep love for the instrument.
"A self-confessed lover of Richard Dawson and Richard Bishop... although really it's only because they're named Richard, and basically, he adores every Richard in the world."
https://md-us.bandcamp.com/album/es-mejor-prevenir-que-causar
PIRÓ -- Inter Sopena en ARREBATO - YouTube
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Dean McPhee plays a Fender Telecaster through a valve amp and subwoofer with kick drum and effects, and he is influenced by Dub, Modal Jazz, British Folk, Underground Electronic Music and Psychedelic Rock. A self-taught musician with a fluid technique and an inventive approach to sound, his music is melodic, hypnotic and trance-inducing with a deep sense of space.
Dean has toured the UK and Europe and opened for artists such as Thurston Moore, The Magic Band, Acid Mothers Temple, Michael Chapman, Meg Baird, Michael Hurley, Josephine Foster, Emeralds, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Charalambides and Wolf People. His music has received international radio play and has been acclaimed by the likes of MOJO Magazine, The Wire Magazine, Dusted, Louder than War, Uncut Magazine, Brainwashed and The Quietus.
“At any given time, there are always a handful of visionary guitarists who carve out their own compelling and distinctive niche, as well as many more who exhibit virtuosic technique or write consistently great songs. McPhee’s work checks off all three of those boxes, but his greatest moments reach another plane altogether where it feels like he is channeling something much deeper, more timeless, and almost supernatural"(Anthony D'Amico, Brainwashed)
“Set within an electric ancestry that includes Michael Karoli’s solos in Can, the hymnal rock of Popol Vuh’s Daniel Fichelscher and the sonic spaciousness of dub, as well as the emotional punch of John Martyn’s dawn-lit Echoplex epic, ‘Small Hours’.” (Frances Morgan, The Quietus)
"Definitely one of the leading contemporary guitar stylists in the UK, and in the world"(Steve Barker, BBC ‘On the Wire’)
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