Velvet Current Fictional band concept

Psychedelic soul · groove · live improvisation

find your Frequency

Velvet Current is a four-piece that plays soul music the long way round: deep pockets, warm fuzz, a singer who leads from the front and a band that follows the room wherever it wants to go.

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Made for the roomBuilt for the night

Gig poster: 'Made for the room' in acid yellow over a halftone band photo.
Gig poster: 'Built for the night' on cyan with concentric rings and an arched guitar photo.
Velvet Current studio portrait: Odalys in a yellow satin blouse with a tambourine, Rafe in a peach fringe jacket with a sunburst guitar, Juno in an aubergine velvet suit with a white bass, and Kit seated in a cyan sweater vest holding drumsticks.
Velvet CurrentFour players · one room

Made for the room. Built for the night. Find your frequency.

The sound

Slow-burn soul,wide-open grooves& no fixed exit.

Songs are the map, not the route. Every set starts from written tunes and drifts — a bassline stretched for eight extra bars, a chorus turned into a chant, a guitar figure that quietly becomes the next song.

  • Players 04
  • Sound Psych soul
  • Every set Partly improvised

Sound & artwork

Interactive record sleeve

Threesleeves

Three artwork concepts for an imagined first record. Switch sleeves with the arrows, the thumbnails or your keyboard — or just grab one and throw it.

Sleeve I, Find Your Frequency: acid-yellow cover with concentric aubergine grooves around a halftone group portrait and an oversized condensed title.

VC—IConcept artwork

Find Your Frequency

Concentric grooves radiating out from a halftone group shot.

    Close-up of Rafe's hands on a sunburst semi-hollow guitar under magenta stage light, peach suede fringe swinging at his sleeve. Poster III: 'Find your frequency' with duotone portraits of Juno and Kit.

    The live show

    Built forthe nightand everyone in it

    A Velvet Current show is designed in arcs: it opens close and warm, builds into a long improvised middle, and lands somewhere the band couldn't have planned.

    • ArriveLow lights, slow tempos, room to talk.
    • DriftThe jam opens. Bodies start to sway.
    • LandBig hooks, call-and-response, last dance.
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    The band

    Four players,one current

    Meet the band
    • Odalys, vocalist, in a yellow satin blouse and gold hoops.

      Odalys

      Vocals · tambourine

    • Rafe, guitarist, auburn hair and moustache, peach fringe jacket.

      Rafe

      Guitar · effects

    • Juno, bassist, platinum buzz cut and amber glasses, aubergine velvet suit.

      Juno

      Bass · synth

    • Kit, drummer, full beard, cyan sweater vest, drumsticks in hand.

      Kit

      Drums · percussion

    bring theCurrentto your room

    Clubs, festivals, late-night parties, seated listening rooms. Tell us about the space and the night you want; the set gets shaped to fit.

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