Formed in 2020, BALTHVS has grown in six years to become Colombia’s leading alternative export. With over 100 million streams, four albums, and twelve EPs, the band has established itself as a global touring act, performing across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.
They have played more than 26 countries and 94 cities worldwide, appearing at major events including SXSW, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Outside Lands, Electric Forest, Lightning in a Bottle, Montreal Jazz Festival, SXSW Sydney, and Jazz Cafe Festival. The band has also made notable appearances on KEXP, Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Cafe, and the BBC.
BALTHVS continues to push forward with a distinctive blend of psychedelic funk, global grooves, Middle Eastern melodies, spiritual jazz improvisations, and Latin-tinged rhythms.
BALTHVS is:
Balthazar Aguirre (Guitar, Vocals)
Johanna Mercuriana (Bass, Vocals)
Santiago Lizcano (Drums, Vocals)
Psychedelic, Adj:
From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “mind, soul”) + δῆλος (dêlos, “manifest, visible”) + -ic.
Coined by English psychiatrist Humphry Osmond in 1956 in a letter to Aldous Huxley.
“BALTHVS: An Evolving Concept”
The Psychedelic Experience is clearly present but it has evolved into another form. Psychedelic is external, it doesn’t come from within.
“All Music is Psychedelic”
Harmony, Melody and Rhythm create mood. Rarely does it divide, more often it unites.
“Imagination Realizes What it Invents”
Music is medicine. Music is an escape.
If I meditate my family meditates
If I meditate my village meditates
If I meditate the world meditates
If I meditate God meditates
