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- HELICON
Supported by:
- KAVUS TORABI
HELICON
Helicon was formed by brothers John-Paul and Gary Hughes in East Kilbride, Glasgow (hometown of fellow band brothers and Fuzz Club label mates The Jesus & Mary Chain). They signed to Fuzz Club in 2017, releasing 3 studio albums, 2 live albums, 2 EPs and 2 stand-alone singles to date. Over the last few years, the band has enjoyed repeated spot plays of all new releases on BBC Radio 6 Music and has been officially playlisted by Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer in the UK and USA. They’ve toured UK/Europe many times including major independent festival appearances at Liverpool Psych Fest, Fuzz Club Eindhoven, Cosmosis, Desertfest, Doonroosje, Stellar Swamp Fest, Reverence Valada, Edinburgh Psych Fest and more. Playing live shows with the likes of Wooden Shjips, The Black Angels, Dead Skeletons and Spiritualized. They have previously collaborated on recordings with Tony Doogan (Mogwai), Will Carruthers (Spacemen 3, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Spiritualized, Dead Skeletons), Mark Gardener (RIDE) and LA-based DJ/Producer AL LOVER.
KAVUS TORABI
Kavus Torabi is a British/ Iranian composer, multi-instrumentalist, performer, author, artist, broadcaster and DJ. His largely autobiographical solo work marries the human with the celestial Since 2016 he has fronted legendary psychedelic band Gong with whom he is principal songwriter. He is a member of the semi-modular experimental/ psychedelic trio The Utopia Strong. He is a former guitarist of British cult band, Cardiacs and avant rock instrumentalists Guapo.