The Shamen were an experimental electronic music

Electronic music

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 band, from 1985–1999, initially formed in Aberdeen

Aberdeen

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, Scotland, as a psychedelic

Psychedelic music

Psychedelic music covers a range of popular music styles and genres, which are inspired by or influenced by psychedelic culture and which attempt to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues-rock bands in the...

-influenced indie rock

Indie rock

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 act. The founding members are Colin Angus (born 24 August 1961), Derek McKenzie (born 27 February 1964) and Keith McKenzie (born 30 August 1961) . Peter Stephenson (born 1 March 1962) joined shortly after to take over keyboards from colin. Several other people were later in the band.