VPC Ensemble is a psychedelic ambient space jazz collective led by New York multimedia artist Virtual Perfection Cowboy (Dash Lunde). Electric viola, flute and pedals, drums, voice, and dance in wearable percussion move through long, continuous pieces in the lineage of Alice Coltrane, Carlos Niño, Nala Sinephro, and Fripp & Eno. Performances are built as rituals: the audience is invited to breathe, hum, and move, while live projection responds to sound and to the dancer's motion. The visuals are browser-based instruments Dash builds himself. The group's 2026 album, Life Is a Strange Loop, takes its shape from Douglas Hofstadter's strange loop: one unbroken piece that circles back on itself. Members' credits include Solange, Kelsey Lu, Las Mariquitas, Tentative, Sleep No More, and the Metropolitan Opera. A second phase is in development: a full healing ritual, and eventually a dedicated non-profit healing space.
