Listening at The Well: Simon Posford

Schedule

Wed May 08 2024 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

Location

3 Louisiana Avenue, 28806 | Asheville, NC

We host a free ongoing series called "Listening at the Well" where we invite people to sit together to listen to music, highlighting some of the important works by a specific artist each month.
This month we are exploring the music of producer Simon Posford, best known for his work with Shpongle, as well as his pioneering psytrance solo project Hallucinogen and his band, Younger Brother.
Posford's first album, Twisted, released under the name Hallucinogen in 1995, is considered one of the pioneering records of the psychedelic trance genre.
But it was Shpongle, his collaboration with Raja Ram, that would lead to widespread popularity, starting with their debut album, "Are You Shpongled?" in 1998. Their unique blend of world music, psychedelic trance, and ambient laid the foundation for the psybient genre.
Posford has also created music under several other names, including Celtic Cross (with Martin Glover of Killing Joke and Saul Davies, the violinist for James) and more recently his duo, Younger Brother with Benji Vaughan (aka Prometheus).
His music spans multiple genres and shows a mastery of musical production and sound design.
We will listen to (and dance to) tracks from throughout his repertoire.
As always, this is a free event (although we welcome donations to the space).
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Through this series we will explore a wide range of genres, with the hope of deepening our appreciation of music within a communal experience.
So often we only listen to music in isolation, either on earbuds or in our cars alone. But music has a profound power to bring people together, and by gathering intentionally to listen, we hope to bring back some of the lost spirit of music as a force of social connection.
There will be room to dance, sit, or lay down, and a quality sound system to listen on. In some cases we will play music videos and clips of interviews with the artist.

Where is it happening?

3 Louisiana Avenue, 28806, 3 Louisiana Ave, Asheville, NC 28806-3419, United States,Asheville, North Carolina

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