Psychedelic Mayhem in Poznań, Poland = live and jam 2023.

On May 18 2022, me and Leszek Garstka met in the Via Kosmische home studio to jam. We immediately (the same day!) recorded some demos for voice, acoustic guitar, and cajon. We later recorded some more professionally sounding tunes, and released some singles on our bandcamp, http://psychedelicmayhem.bandcamp.com.

Adi Kaniewski, the legendary (in certain circles) local music promoter and aficionado heard us play and offered us a gig. So, we debuted in a live setting on September 16 2022 at CK Nowe Amore, Poznań, Poland. Old and new friends appeared and motivated us to record more tracks.

On December 14, 2022 we self-released (on bandcamp) the single "Whispers of My Blood" which turned out to be our last recording as a duo.

For the January 8, 2023 release, "Alice (When the Night)", we were already joined by Maja Okamgnienie on synthesizer. Maja will become the official 3rd band member from the official release date of our latest single, "Forget the Moon, Forget the Sun", which you can already listen to on soundcloud.

But, even before our first song with Maja, "Alice", was released, we played an intimate private show in a basement under a local vinyl/wine store, "Wino & Winyle". I think 20/30 people showed up, which was pretty crowded for a tiny basement, but the atmosphere was one of its kind, as you can hear on the recordings from that January 6 2023 night included here. It was great to play for friends old and new, and we only used acoustic percussion, Gibson SG '61, and a Laney amplifier both for the guitar and the voice. Minimum maximum. Great plan. We were joined by Michał Joniec on bonus percussion and Michalina Łuzińska on vocals.

For our next gig, we are thinking performing with Maja. Also, on January 14 I jammed with Leszek, Michał Joniec, and Tomasz Ballaun. Tomasz had to leave early, before we warmed up, so there is no evidence of 3 drummers vs. 1 guitar player jam, but there is a nice sound document of the Kaufmann/Garstka/Joniec trio on soundcloud.

Enjoy the sounds of psychedelic mayhem in Poznań, Poland!

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