Psychedelic music evolved out of the Space Age Pop easy listening genre from the 40s-60s (e.g. Joe Meek's I Hear A New World) and minimalist classical music (e.

Psychedelic music evolved out of the Space Age Pop easy listening genre from the 40s-60s (e.g. Joe Meek's I Hear A New World) and minimalist classical music (e.g. La Monte Young). Psychedelic sequences in film evolved from non-narrative abstract experimental films from the same era (e.g. Stan Brakhage)