Erik Amlee

A figure in the underground experimental psychedelic music scene since the late 1980s, Erik Amlee has performed in a variety of groups and settings exploring the outer fringes of sonic possibilities. He founded the Mandragora Records label in 2001 as an outlet for his own recordings amassed over 10+ years and as a publisher of extreme psychedelic music and sonic exotica. His multimedia troupe Paradise Camp 23 is recognized by underground heads as a purveyor of genre-defying cubist acid junk and occult trance improv par excellence.

Erik has been playing the sitar since 2000, but it wasn't until Spring 2003 that he found the voice and emerged from his private closed-door sessions. Entirely self-taught, Amlee brings a unique style and sensibility to the instrument, mixing sitar technique with sonic experimentation derived from years exploring acid rock guitar and psychedelic noise.