DOPE PURPLE

NOISY PSYCHEDELIA FROM TAIWAN

The psychedelic/noise rock band founded in Taipei in 2016. Dope Purple channel influences from hard rock, noise and psychedelia with a particular emphasis on sounds from the Japanese underground, into a cosmic guitar explosion. Dope Purple is committed to promoting Taiwan’s psychedelic rock culture and hosts the Taipei Psychedelic Rock Music Festival(2022)(2023) inviting musicians like Makoto Kawabata(Acid Mothers Temple) and Taigen Kawabe (Bo Ningen). At the same time, Dope Purple has been actively touring in China, where they have received high praise. In 2025, WV Sorcerer Productions (FR) and Riot Season Records (UK) jointly released the new album ‘Children in the Darkness’.

MEMBERS

Kozma Liu: Guitar, Voice

Hung Jiun Chi (from Mong Tong): Guitar

Wang Hu Ray: Bass

Speed Justin Tao: Drums

Mark Chen: Synthesizer

EVENTS

China Tour (2025) (12 Cities)

MEGAPORT Festival (2024) @Kaohsiung,Taiwan

You And Me Festival (2024) @Beijing,China

China Tour (2024) (7 Cities)

Taipei Psychedelic Rock Festival (2022) (2023) @Taipei,Taiwan

LUCfest (2021) @Tainan,Taiwan

Urban Nomad Freakout Music (2019) @Taipei,Taiwan

Japan Tour (2019) (3 Cities)

DISCOGRAPHY

Children in the Darkness (2025, CD/LP)from WV Sorcerer Productions (FR)/Riot Season Records (UK)

This is the Harsh Trip for New Psyche (2024, LP) from WV Sorcerer Productions (FR)/Riot Season Records (UK)

Grateful End (2019, CD/Cassette/LP) from WV Sorcerer Productions (FR)/Riot Season Records (UK)

Psychedelic Scum Freaks (2019, Cassette/LP) from Senko Issha Records (TW)/Riot Season Records (UK)

Live (2019, CD) from Senko Issha Records (TW)

At the jammier end of things, Dope Purple travel between cosmic, spacious grooves to visceral, wall of sound freakouts driven by the blast beat ferocity of drummer Speed Justin Tao. Over ten minutes, “The Last Day Of Humanity/Good Night And Good Death” showcases all that makes Dope Purple the choice for jammers in Taiwan’s scene: hazy riffs by rhythm guitarist Hung Jiun Chi, washed-out vox from lead guitarist K P Liu, and stratospheric synth wails by Chang Yun Hao, all building toward a cathartic climax. Global Ear: Taipei (The Wire)

DOORS 7.30pm
ENTRY £12 (plus online booking fee)/£15 on the door.

Age: persons aged 16+ may attend without a chaperone provided they have photo ID – younger patrons can be signed in at the door and accompanied for the duration of the show by a responsible adult.

Earplugs are available upon request.

Downstairs bar open until 1am.

We are just a 5-minute stroll from the station; like all our gigs this show finishes well in time for the last trains North and South to Cambridge, Peterborough and London.

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