Time, Islands and Thresholds

Lay Llamas is an open musical project founded in 2012 by Sicilian composer, musicologist and graphic designer Nicola Giunta. Not a band, but a shifting constellation of collaborators, visions and sounds.

Rooted in psychedelic traditions yet untethered from genre, Lay Llamas explores ritual rhythms, imagined folklores and escapist exoticism, where past and future blur into something new each time. The project has featured collaborations with artists such as Gioele Valenti (JuJu/Herself), Mark Stewart (The Pop Group), Alfio Antico, Damo Suzuki (CAN), Luca Giovanardi (Julie's Haircut), Clinic, Federico Sanesi, GOAT, Ariel Kalma and others.

After early cassette releases, Lay Llamas released Ostro (2014) and Thuban (2018) on London-based label Rocket Recordings, touring widely across Europe and the UK. More recent albums include Goud (2022) and Sunburned Dreamlike Safari (2024), released by Black Sweat Records.

01: Up Your Hands in Front the Sun
02: Surfers' Black Mass
03: Mystical Journey
04: Island
05: Exotic Liminal Space
06: Bees in the Holy Box
07: Disguise You by Animal
08: Night Time History
09: A Fire on the Hill
10: I Was Blind (Now It's Over)