psychedelia

The movement saw an explosion of a musical and cultural scene in the North West city, where a blend of indie rock with elements of acid house, psychedelia, and 1960s pop rose in popularity.

A sprawling, two-hour opus of dreamy pop and psychedelia, this is one of the year's most mysterious records.

“This is the first time that I delve into elements of rock and psychedelia that don’t normally show up in mariachi music,” he explains.

The performance by Seera, an all-women psychedelic rock band that blends traditional Arabic melodies with the resurgent psychedelia of bands like Tame Impala, would have been unthinkable just years earlier in the kingdom.

“I’ve looked at op art, pattern and decoration. I’ve looked at psychedelia, I have taken part in rave culture and queer culture and drag and the whole spectrum,” Gibson said.