AK'CHAMEL with Derek Monypeny and Descending Pharaohs

AKCHAMELHoned and expanded through their travels, and quietly drawing from their South American and Texan roots; Akchamel, The Giver of Illness forge a singular sound of desert-scorched psychedelia, fictitious post-apocalyptic shamanism, and impish ritual folk as unique as the physical theater of their otherworldly live performances.For over fifteen years they have released dozens of cassettes, several vinyl records, and a handful of cryptic VHS tapes. The trio remains veiled in mystery, yet they tour oftenbringing their plague into the ravaged heart of the world.Performed in full costume, Akchamel are about as weird as we all thought the first season of True Detective was supposed to be -VICEDEREK MONYPENYBorn in the Arizona desert, a veteran of multiple explorations intothe Sahara desert via Morocco and Western Sahara, and now a residentof the Mojave, Derek Monypeny sees his musical mission as adding toand expanding on what he calls the desert continuum; the psychedelicsirocco swirl