VPC Ensemble is a psychedelic ambient space jazz collective led by New York multimedia artist Virtual Perfection Cowboy (Dash Lunde). The group—electric viola, flute and pedals, drums, voice, and dance in wearable percussion—works in the lineage of Alice Coltrane, Carlos Niño, Nala Sinephro, Fripp & Eno, and Laraaji, and treats a performance less as a set than as a ritual: long, continuous pieces, live projection, and room for the audience to breathe, hum, and move.

Their 2026 album, Life Is a Strange Loop, takes its structure from Douglas Hofstadter's idea of the strange loop—and from the loops of new fatherhood—unfolding as one unbroken piece that circles back on itself. Live, the music is paired with browser-based visual instruments Dash builds himself, responding in real time to sound and to the dancer's movement.
