Hallucinatory Light-Reactive Stereo Effect Pedal

Death By Audio Effects, in collaboration with the Levitation festival, has unveiled what they describe as their latest boundary-melting creation: the Psychedelic Lightmare. A limited edition of just 333 units, this hallucinatory stereo effect pedal is available now exclusively from Levitation.

Oliver Ackermann, Founder of Death By Audio, told us, "The Psychedelic Lightmare is freaking insane. It warps your playing in real time with light. You can do things with this pedal that aren't possible with anything else,"

Here's more details direct from Death By Audio..

The Psychedelic Lightmare is no ordinary pedal--it's a swirling portal of reverb, tremolo, and pitch manipulation that responds to light itself. Designed to deliver the spirit of Levitation in pedal form, the Lightmare transforms your tone into something completely unstable, expressive, and alive.

At its core, the pedal features a lush stereo reverb and razor-sharp tremolo, but the true magic lies in its light-reactive WARP SENSOR. This sensor alters the internal clock speed in real time--stretching decay, shifting modulation speed, and bending pitch as ambient light changes. Play in darkness and time slows down. Step into the light and the entire soundscape speeds up, warps, and evolves on the fly.

"The Psychedelic Lightmare's been a few years in the making--an idea born during a photoshoot for the A Place To Bury Strangers – Live at Levitation album release, and fleshed out over hangs at Death By Audio HQ. We're beyond stoked to work with the fine folks at DBA once again. This pedal is somehow more insane and fun than anything we've done together yet."
-- Harry Portnof, of Levitation and RVRB

"The Psychedelic Lightmare marks our third collaboration with Levitation, and it's definitely my favorite. We love working with Levitation because, frankly, they're one of the coolest festivals out there. The artists that play at Levitation truly embody the sounds of Death By Audio, so it really brings everything full circle."
-- Heather Bickford, COO of Death By Audio

With stereo ins and outs, the Lightmare creates massive, immersive spatial effects whether used in mono, stereo, or mono-to-stereo configurations. The TREM and REVERB sections offer a huge range--from subtle ambience to alien pulses--and the WARP RANGE control lets you decide just how much chaos the light introduces.

Housed in a trippy, red-on-black enclosure inspired by vintage sci-fi and analog weirdness, the Psychedelic Lightmare is equal parts audio tool and time machine. Whether you're chasing haunted tape trails, bending pitch with shifting shadows, or building walls of dimensional reverb, this pedal is ready to guide you to the outer reaches of your signal chain.

Open your 5th eye. Step into the 6th dimension. Play diminished 7th chords on your 8-string bass 9 times a day. The universe demands it.

Pricing and Availability:
£225 from Levitation

More information:

• Psychedelic Lightmare

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