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| - Acousma is an american psychedelic rock band from Santa Clara, CA by Tim Dollar and Yusef Barnard who had been playing together in bands of different names since 2001. The word means " a sonic hallucination" and accurately describes experimental nature of the group. The band is most known for experimental shows that have been known to go on for up to 9 hours and a signature dual lead guitar sound with bizarre fragmented harmonies. Members; Tim Dollar- guitars and vocals, Josef Teeke- guitars and vocals, Kiefer Stolte- bass and Yusef Barnard- Drums The band recorded a self titled 6 track album in 2006 that was independantly released. In 2009 the band wend on an indefinite hiatus. Currently the only way to hear there music is on there myspace page which has not been updated in several years. The band had a reunion show scheduled at the LunarBurn festival in 2012 featuring Trent Norgart, co- writer of "Get Fucked Up", one of the band signature songs, but the gig was played by Tim Dollar alone after Norgart had a mental break down. Kiefer Stolte has been reinstated as the bands bass player but no performances are scheduled. The band had spent time writing 45 songs that were planned to comprise 3 separate albums, but only 6 of the songs were recorded due to lack of funding. Recorded songs; "The Light","Get Fucked Up", "Barbarella", "Deja Vu", "Dreamscape", and "Blues Song"
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