Distorted Perspectives is a “Celebration of Modern Experimental and Psych Music + Art + Film”.

This weekend was the second incarnation of the festival held within the Regional Cultural Centre, “Letterkenny’s impressive new arts building, placing Donegal in an international context rather than on the periphery”.

If idealism can be defined as “an approach to philosophy that regards mind, spirit, or ideas as the most fundamental kinds of reality”, then it is fair to say that the reality of an experimental music, art and film festival held on the periphery, was the realisation and celebration of like-minded, free spirited idealists who found themselves gathering in Donegal this weekend.

I asked Aengus Friel from Shammen Delly what the Distorted Perspectives Festival meant to him.

“The only thing I could say about the festival is that we’re both looking forward to supporting Ulrich Schnauss. Whenever we first heard Ulrich’s ‘Far Away Trains Passing By’ album, me and Josh must have listened to that album a million times, which would have ended up subliminally influencing our own music at the time. It will be a privledge to share the stage with Ulrich at Distorted Perspectives, especially in our home land of Donegal. The festival will be a great opportunity to showcase our blend of electronica/ambient music to the locals, so fingers crossed we get a good reaction from the crowd. Usually when we perform, it’s never in Donegal, its either in other cities such as Derry, Belfast or Dublin”.