{"id":5814,"date":"2022-11-10T19:22:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T19:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=5814"},"modified":"2022-11-10T19:22:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T19:22:23","slug":"trip-a-journey-into-the-world-of-psychedelic-sight-and-sound-doc-n-roll-film-festival-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=5814","title":{"rendered":"Trip: A Journey Into The World Of Psychedelic Sight And Sound, Doc \u2019n Roll Film Festival, UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SARAH GREGORY gets turned on in Hackney, and chats with\u00a0<em>TRIP\u00a0<\/em>director, Lilly CREIGHTMORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trip Documentary Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M7RylePt2gQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There have essentially been three waves of psychedelia. The mothership that coursed through the mid to late \u201960s; the \u201980s resurgence spearheaded by the likes of Spacemen 3 and The Brian Jonestown Massacre; and the most recent third movement that kicked off in the early noughties. Since then, neo-psychedelia has never really gone away taking its position as an underground mainstay, occasionally trickling into the mainstream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lilly Creightmore\u2019s documentary <em>Trip<\/em> is a visual record of this &#8220;third wave&#8221;. But it\u2019s not a documentary in the traditional sense.\u00a0 It\u2019s a personal journey of youth finding its tribe neatly nestled in a (very) loose history of the neo-psych movement. Moving as it does from the point when Creightmore joins The Black Angels on their US tour with Roky Erikson in 2008, to footage of bands old and new, by way of some rather electrifying performances and an insider\u2019s view of the musicians at play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filmed with an otherworldly quality that evokes the prototypical, sun-drenched psychedelic stock footage we all know and love, <em>Trip<\/em> really gets going when we home in on The Black Angels performing with Erikson, followed up by the band pondering on whether their live version of \u2018Don\u2019t Fall Down\u2019 was, in fact, better than the 1966 original. \u00a0What then follows is a series of similar &#8220;vignettes&#8221; that takes in a musical stop at the Joshua Tree \u2013 probably no better location for a festival of lysergic freak music; a wasted High Dials discussing getting kicked in the balls by a random Frenchman; Spindrift &#8220;trying&#8221; to make a video and early footage of BJM.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creightmore\u2019s friendship with musician Tess Parks and the latter\u2019s work with Anton Newcombe underscores the supportive spirit inherent within this tight-knit group \u2013 the elder states&#8221;men&#8221; championing the new guard. Naturally, Newcombe looms large throughout alongside the three-left handed Will Carruthers who pops up playing with Spacemen 3, BJM, Dead Skeletons not to mention the Austin Psych Fest (or Levitation as it is now known). With Morocco Creightmore\u2019s last stop \u2013 where she pays homage to <strong>the<\/strong> Brian Jones and his work with the Master Musicians of Joujouka \u2013 this is a fascinating doc, well-crafted and loaded with great footage. It\u2019s not a potted history \u2013 it\u2019s something far more fascinating.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>INTERVIEW WITH LILLY CREIGHTMORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Selfie_LillyCreightmore-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Selfie_LillyCreightmore-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Selfie_LillyCreightmore-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Selfie_LillyCreightmore-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Selfie_LillyCreightmore-730x485.jpg 730w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Selfie_LillyCreightmore.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Shindig!<\/em> chatted to <em>Trip <\/em>writer and director Lilly Creightmore to find out more about why this music needed to be celebrated and the decade-long process of getting her documentary made.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It all started back in 2005 when Lilly was looking to find &#8220;her people&#8221;. \u201cI just couldn\u2019t get into the more mainstream indie explosion that was happening around me, it all felt too contrived and overruled by a clique that would rather be papped for smoking heroin and dating supermodels than anything else.\u201d Thanks to her boyfriend at the time she was introduced to US alt-music, Sonic Youth and Pavement alongside the new British vanguard of Spacemen 3 et al and of course, The Brian Jonestown Massacre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a budding photographer, Lilly had a leaning towards making documentaries thanks to her day job and some solid advice. \u201cPick a subject, teach myself how to edit and go for it!\u00a0 Best and only career advice I ever had.\u201d But it wasn\u2019t until Creightmore found herself on tour with The Black Angels that the she flicked that switch. \u00a0\u201cThey very kindly let me join them on some of that tour with Roky, it was a very real and raw moment, just me and the band on a weeklong run through the South, the anxiety was palpable, I had no idea what I was doing really, but as I\u2019ve learned since, that youthful creative anxiety is an energy that can often be turned into something wonderful.\u201d Anxiety indeed. The Roky in question was none other than psych godfather Roky Erikson. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t really a big conversationalist at that point in his life, he exuded nothing but good vibrations though!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were several hurdles before she could even get started and unbeknown to Creightmore at the time, there was a long slog ahead. \u201cI had no idea how I was going to fund the film and just slowly chipped away myself over the years\u2026 crashing on friends\u2019 floors, shooting for festivals and tagging along on tours.\u201d The doc was given a boost when word spread, and crowd funding kicked in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all this footage at her disposal, Creightmore sought help when it came to pulling some sort of narrative. \u201cI found Oscar Gogerly, who whipped up the brilliant cut we have now in about six weeks, with my occasional peeking in to see how he was doing&#8230; I am pretty pleased with what we have and the length of the film.\u00a0I personally don\u2019t think any music documentary needs to be longer than 80 mins!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And now nearly 15 years on, <em>Trip<\/em> is showing at the fabulous <em>Doc \u2019n Roll Film Festival<\/em>. Despite constant encouragement from founder Colm Forde, Lilly \u201chad no idea whether the final film would fit their vision and was preparing myself to self-release if needs be\u201d. But they loved it and agreed to distribute it. \u201cI was giddy, over the moon and still am.\u00a0I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ll believe it\u2019s all happening, until it has happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now it\u2019s time to soak it all in. \u201cI would love to continue on this adventure as a director\/filmmaker, in what direction I am not quite sure yet&#8230; But I think for now I just want to enjoy this and see, if anything, what comes my way next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FZO08lgWQAAs7gt-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FZO08lgWQAAs7gt-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FZO08lgWQAAs7gt-300x300.jpg 300w, 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