Some footage from my gig last Friday at the NCI Centre in Cambridge with Powtes and Dunwich Bells I'm playing the title track to my new LP 'Northern Earth' - out now in record shops Cheers again to @crushingdeathcb.bsky.social Thanks to Harry for filming it 🙏
Dean McPhee
@deanmcphee.bsky.social
Bass Ritual/Hood Faire/Folklore Tapes Bradford, UK https://deanmcphee.bandcamp.com/ deanmcphee.co.uk
I'm playing two gigs this weekend: CAMBRIDGE - NCI Centre with Powtes and Dunwich Bells LONDON - The Auditorium at Foyles Bookshop, Charing Cross (early show 7.30pm) Tickets available at deanmcphee.co.uk/live/
Live
Fri. 25th September – NCI Sports & Social Club, Cambridge w/ Powtes & Dunwich Bells – tickets Sat. 26th September – Foyles Auditorium, London – tickets
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Northern Earth feels like a real distillation of Dean McPhee’s sound; the music shows meticulous attention to detail, and recording it live with no overdubs makes it all the more impressive. klofmag.com/2026/09/dean...
Dean McPhee – Northern Earth (Album Review)
Northern Earth feels like a real distillation of Dean McPhee’s sound; the music shows meticulous attention to detail, and recording it live with no overdubs makes it all the more impressive.
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BACK IN STOCK: 'Northern Earth' by Dean McPhee The Bradford-based sound artist and experimental guitarist blurs psychedelia and folk with elements of dub and surreal electronics. Check the signed copies. www.normanrecords.com/records/2169...
A few photos of the gear used to record 'Northern Earth'.. 1. Pedalboard + Microbass Porchboard kick drum 2. Fender Telecaster & Fender Hotrod amp/speaker 3. Logjam rattlebox snare drum, slide and eBow 4. Crossover, DI and Preamp 5. Active 18" Subwoofer 'Northern Earth' is out now in record shops
'Northern Earth' LP out now 180g brown vinyl - mastered by James Plotkin and cut by Anne Taegert at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Pressed in the UK at Press On Vinyl. Available in record shops and via Bandcamp
UK tour dates - for tickets and more info go to: deanmcphee.co.uk/live 'Northern Earth' LP out this Friday
'Northern Earth' LP out this Friday 11.09 Limited signed copies available to pre-order now via record shops Pic taken on Canal Road, Bradford, BD3 within a mile of Bolton Woods quarry where the album cover photo was taken. (It only cost 30 quid to upload to the billboard 😆)
My new LP 'Northern Earth' shares its title with the long running magazine of the same name which was co-founded and edited by the Calderdale based historian and folklorist (and local legend) John Billingsley.
Been keeping tabs on The Thorn for a while now and the band never fails to bring a fresh take on UK/EU psych folk. This time the band tackles a cover of traditional French ballad “La Pernette” giving strong Trees / Pentangle / Fairport vibes to the tale of forbidden love bit.ly/3UvWx1e
Upcoming gigs this month... 'Northern Earth' LP out 11.09 and available to preorder now in record shops More info and tickets: deanmcphee.co.uk/live
I interviewed Gus and Peter from Powtes about their debut album and the album launch gig, with Powtes, Nev Clay, Jasmine Padgett Family Band and Worms tomorrow night. It's a long but IMO fascinating interview about a beautiful album narcmagazine.com/interview-po...
INTERVIEW: Powtes
Lee Fisher went to the pub with Gus Beamish and Peter Bourne from Powtes for a long chat about sound games, collaboration and the political possibilities of the Fens re-flooding
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DEAN MCPHEE + POWTES Fri 25th Sep 2025 @ NCI Centre, Cambridge @deanmcphee.bsky.social crushingdeath.com/dean-mcphee-...
DEAN MCPHEE + POWTES
Fri 25th Sep 2025 @ NCI Centre, CB4 Doors 8pm, £tbc DEAN MCPHEEWe’re such big fans of Bradford-based guitarist Dean McPhee that we keep bringing him back to Cambridge in order to hypnotise us…
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Well, sure, I guess this new @deanmcphee.bsky.social LP is Ok if you like dub-heavy bass, overdriven electric guitar, psychedelic folk, phase patterns, minimal techno, valve amplifiers, ritualistic loops, eighteen-minute tracks and the psychedelic underground of Northern England. deanmcphee.co.uk
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'Northern Earth' out September 11th on vinyl and digital and available to preorder now via Boomkat, Norman Records, Rough Trade & more more... Mastered by James Plotkin, cut by Anne Taegert at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin, and pressed on 180g heavyweight brown vinyl at Press On Vinyl (UK).
Just 5 tickets left for our next Bishops' House gig Dean McPhee & dbh Thursday 25th June Sheffield
Secret 20th anniversary party in Eggland!Top secret location! NEVER before used as a music venue! Join us and merry pranksters Jane Weaver, Paddy Steer, Thick Richard, Dull, Dean McPhee, Andy Votel, Sie Norfolk + more for a weekend of magic and mischief www.fatsoma.com/e/97g7qora/t...
Friday 16th May The incredible Dean McPhee who mesmerized us in Saltaire last weekend with his performance of the Bradford Boar (Folklore Tapes) Watch him bring a knife to a guitar fight (or something) Seriously heavy guitar explorations Plus Thorn Wych - dosed woodland psych
Got a few gigs coming up next week... Thurs 15th May - Bruk, Stockport - free entry Fri 16th May - Bishops's House, Sheffield w/Thorn Wych: wegottickets.com/event/652445/ Sat 17th May - The Bradford Progress - free event. (More info online) Sat 17th May - In a Nutshell Festival, Ulverston
Dean McPhee and Thorn Wych
Bradford-based electric guitarist Dean McPhee has built a reputation for his atmospheric, dub-influenced psychedelic folk music, blending fluid, exploratory guitar work with deep, hypnotic textures. H...
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Mid-May we have two gigs for the heads. Dean McPhee and Thorn Wych 16/5 Heavy Lidders / Robert Bromley 12/5
ANTIDOTE // 25/5/25 // Now on-sale Challenge your understanding of live music Discover unique underground artists Explore experimental sounds Line up: Emergence Collective // Dean McPhee // John Haycock Open you mind to ANTIDOTE: tinyurl.com/2w3y2eyb @andy-abbott.bsky.social #AmbientMusic
Thorn Wych's debut, "Aesthesis," has been on heavy rotation the last month. It's such a wild combination of visceral drone, alien language, and ecstatic reverie. I talked to her about it, building instruments from sticks and branches, and more over at Foxy Digitalis.
The Soil & Trees Sing: An Interview With Thorn Wych
Listening to Thorn Wych’s debut album Aesthesis, is like traveling back to a primordial world. Raw tonescapes, ancient melodies, and sacred alien languages are built on charred, pulsing caden…
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Soundtracking my first day of work this year with this sublimely off-kilter record by Thorn Wych, using self-made instruments crafted out of tree branches to make something properly other-worldly hoodfaire1.bandcamp.com/album/aesthe...
Aesthesis, by Thorn Wych
10 track album
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2 new releases on Wrong Speed are available today! First up is the reissue of "Matchless" by DEEP CABARET. Its incredible to me that this isn't known across the world as a masterpiece "..as though the deep trance of Ali Farka Toure has been magically transplanted to the mudflats of Morecambe Bay"
Matchless (Reissue), by Deep Cabaret
14 track album
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