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folkadelic

adj

Etymology

Blend of folk + psychedelic.

  1. derived from ψυχή — “mind, soul”
  2. compounded as folkadelic — “folk + psychedelic”

Definitions

  1. Having elements of folk music and psychedelic music.

    • The material ranges from folkadelic pump to post-core guitar-rant, and this is a fairly necessary thing to own.
    • The Velvets melded folkadelic songcraft with a wall-of-noise aesthetic that was half Phil Spector, half La Monte Young — and thereby invented dronology, a term that loosely describes 50 per cent of today's post-rock activity.

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