Dope Purple at The Old England Pub
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A gig held at The Old England Pub on Thursday 11th June. The event starts at 20:00.


Extra Terrestrial Promotions & Velvet Echoes are proud to present Dope Purple, a psych/noise rock band from Taiwan who conjure deeply emotive sounds, juxtaposed by elements of noise and heavy improvisation. Imagine Pink Floyd meets Acid Mothers Temple - if that doesn't excite you enough, then we simply don't know what else to say! Special guests TBA. Dope Purple Dope purple are a psychedelic/noise rock band founded in Taipei in 2016. Dope Purple channel influences from hard rock, noise and psychedelia with a particular emphasis on sounds from the Japanese underground, into a cosmic guitar explosion. Dope Purple is committed to promoting Taiwan's psychedelic rock culture and hosts the Taipei Psychedelic Rock Music Festival(2022/23) inviting musicians like Makoto Kawabata(Acid Mothers Temple) and Taigen Kawabe (Bo Ningen). At the same time, Dope Purple has been actively touring in China, where they have received high praise. In 2025, WV Sorcerer Productions (FR) and Riot Season Records (UK) jointly released the new album 'Children in the Darkness'. At the jammier end of things, Dope Purple travel between cosmic, spacious grooves to visceral, wall of sound freakouts driven by the blast beat ferocity of drummer Speed Justin Tao. Over ten minutes, “The Last Day Of Humanity/Good Night And Good Death” showcases all that makes Dope Purple the choice for jammers in Taiwan’s scene: hazy riffs by rhythm guitarist Hung Jiun Chi, washed-out vox from lead guitarist K P Liu, and stratospheric synth wails by Chang Yun Hao, all building toward a cathartic climax.

Entry requirements: 18+

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