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Indulge your Senses in Sound
[dropcap class=”kp-dropcap”]S[/dropcap]ome of the best artistic expression and experimentation has been born out of artistic collectives–the Beats in the 1950s, the movers and thinkers in Haight-Ashbury in the late ‘60s, the punk movement in London in the ‘70s, and the new-wave art movement in New York in the ‘80s are just a few of the most seminal examples of consciousness-shifting meldings of the mind. It’s pretty clear that with the renaissance in Denver brought on by legal cannabis and an influx of transplants with new ideas moving to the area, we are poised to be the next producer of such a movement. The collective that is Moon Magnet Studios may go down in history as one of the catalysts for this movement, and if so, DéCollage will surely be at the forefront of this reaction.
Fronted by Reed Fuchs, the visionary behind the art collective and production studio known as Moon Magnet, DéCollage describe themselves as “Surrealist Adventure Music: A crystal prism you twirl around in your mind’s eye, watching, unfolding in sonic Technicolor,” and state that, “If Salvador Dali’s paintings became music, they would sound like DéCollage.”
“We are theatrical, and incorporate many different synth hits in the live shows,” Fuchs extrapolates. “We typically have painters on stage that paint along with us, and projections. We also sometimes use incense, and all the audience has space blankets, which makes it get noisy, since space blankets are a little loud. We give those out at each show.”
Truly, DéCollage are about indulging all the senses in their live performances, not just providing aural entertainment. For this reason, they will be releasing their new record in a very unusual format.
“Psycholodge, our next EP, will be released via smart phone app, manipulating sound, synesthesia,” Fuchs explains. You’ll be able to visually see representations in the app, and you can change the visuals but not affect the sound. It’s going to be a fun, kaleidoscopic game, released as a Moon Magnet app, and eventually we will release EPs by several different bands that way.”
Fuchs is very inspired by the psychedelic vibe and the weirdness that makes Denver great, and he feels like the legal cannabis scene is making things even better. “It’s really kind of affecting Denver as a whole, I guess, because so many people are moving here. I think this is helping Denver in a lot of ways,” he states. “We have a really fast growing tech scene, there is a lot of innovation happening, and things are moving a little faster, which is a good thing. I think this is contrasted by the fact that there are a lot of pot heads here as well, so everything is moving a little slower. There are a lot of people moving here, a lot of creative people. The Denver art scene is really great–it gives a lot back to Denver arts and venues, gives back to the smaller artist. The scene is growing, and there are a lot of opportunities to grow in the arts.”
As the Denver art and psych scene expands, we surely have not seen the last of Moon Magnet Studios or DéCollage. Keep up with what they are doing this year in terms of releases and performances, and be sure to grab a space blanket at their next show.
IN CONCERT
Oct. 28th @ The Bluebird in Denver opening for Of Montreal
