Ak'chamel

Ak’chamel has built a solid reputation as a compelling stage project. Wearing nightmarish costumes and engaging in hallucinatory “rituals”, their singular sound comprising desert-scorched psychedelia, post-apocalyptic shamanism, and lo-fi ritual-folk is as unique as the physical theater of their live performances. 

Authors of around fifteen cassettes, three vinyl LP’s, several cryptic VHS videos and their reels have generated millions of views. They tour frequently and have performed major festivals on both sides of the Atlantic garnering press from VICE, Consequence, The Wire, and many more. 

Staring into the sun playing ravenous, archaic, post-apocalyptic desert folk: the Texan trio Ak’chamel defies categorisation, behind their masks, costumes, and variable aliases, but with their capricious improvisation skills too. Gonzo chants in fantasy languages, gnarled rebounding guitar riffs, percussive loops, and tape manipulations throw our cognition out of whack, into a no human’s land between contemplation and absolute loss of control: a sandstorm is coming.