"Velva Room is deep psychedelic journey filled with soft textures. They tell stories, ask questions, raise doubts, dilate pupils, soften your hearing until, finally, you release your inner savage."

Pamela Ascencio.

 

Is the journey of a group of people who travel from the city to the wilderness, in which they encounter a profound psychedelic experience. 

 

Who are they? Velva Room is a psychedelic rock project that began in 2009 in Guadalajara. Their concept is to provide a surreal sound experience that is original and stimulating. Anton Cerda (guitar, bass, keyboard and vocals), Nathalia Romo (drums, percussion and), Vicco Gonzalez (lead guitar, bass and keyboard) and invited musicians make up the band today.

 

What do they play? “ A band with a psychedelic sound that subtly captures the acoustic and electric. The band takes its principal influences from pop culture in the seventies and sixties. Their performances are contemplative shows, filled with contrasting sounds made from the interception of different instrumental ensembles that create a dynamic atmosphere with the purpose of, in each concert, creating an authentic experience outside of the norm.”

 

What is there to know about Velva Room? Velva Room has releases various singles on the Internet via Bandcamp as well as collaborations with Apache O’Rasppi on the song PASOS.

The members also form part of other bands such as Caicedo, Dorotheo, Mindhala, Montecristo+Koala+Lemat, Los Remedios de Apache O'Raspi, Antoine Reverb and Los Andersongs amongst others. Velva Room has performed publicly since December, 2008. Performance highlights include opening for Apparat Band in Guadalajara (2012), organizing and participating in the concert La Otra Musica (2012) together with Antoine Reverb and Pumcayo in the Teatro Torres Bodet, as well as performing as part of the lineup for the 50thAnniversary of Amnesty International, celebrated in Guadalajara (2011). Velva Room has also written music for the animated short film “Home Sweet Home” by director Israel Aubert, which screened in December 2010. Music, music, music, “With reference to the band’s first album Eyes Wide Open to the Cloudless Sky, the title speaks of a point of pure consciousness, where the ego momentarily dissolves and allows for profound cosmic visions. This material, that was not completely published, was the beginning of what today is Velva Room, that enriches us with colour, rhythms and intense feelings that force you to look inside.

 

Today Velva Room is working on its next album "U"