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The psychedelic era was the time of social, musical and artistic change influenced by psychedelic drugs, occurring from the mid-1960s [1] to the mid-1970s. [2] The era was defined by the proliferation of LSD and its following influence in the development of psychedelic music and psychedelic film in the Western world .
The rave movement developed a new graphic art style partially influenced by 1960s psychedelic poster art, but also strongly influenced by graffiti art, and by 1970s advertising art, yet clearly defined by what digital art and computer graphics software and home computers had to offer at the time of creation.
Their vivid lightshows were a staple during the psychedelic music heyday and they did light shows (usually at the Fillmore) for such bands the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, the Doors, Ike and Tina Turner, the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, It's a Beautiful Day, Yardbirds and many more.
The fashion for psychedelic drugs gave its name to the style of psychedelia, a term describing a category of rock music known as psychedelic rock, as well as visual art, fashion, and culture that is associated originally with the high 1960s, hippies, and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California. [42]
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (WCPAEB) was an American psychedelic rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1965.The group created music that possessed an eerie, and at times sinister atmosphere, and contained material that was bluntly political, childlike, and bizarre.
Cyberdelic art was created by calculating fractal objects and representing the results as still images, animations, underground, algorithmic music, or other media. Cyberdelic rave dance parties featured psychedelic trance music alongside laser light shows , projected images, and artificial fog , while attendees often used club drugs .
Whether it's through soul-healing creative workshops or live music, there's more to explore when it comes to the arts in the Hudson Valley.
Psychedelic art and music typically try to recreate or reflect the experience of altered consciousness. Psychedelic art uses highly distorted and surreal visuals, bright colors and full spectrums and animation (including cartoons ) to evoke and convey to a viewer or listener the artist's experience while using such drugs, or to enhance the ...