Project MKUltra
Sleep Room are a relatively reclusive band whose sporadic and extraordinary live performances have won them acclaim and a small cult following. To date, Sleep Room have made three albums, attracting endorsement by Planet Sound and BBC radio, while winning praise for their performance at the charity event Oxjam in Reading. Their influences include a diverse range of bands, most notably Joy Division, Sigur Rós, Elbow and Pink Floyd. Sleep Room take their name from the conspiratorial brainwashing technique allegedly used by the CIA in the early 1970s Project MKUltra, which involved sensory deprivation and sub-conscious behavioural response to sound.