Since their inception, GNOD’s musical trajectory has been one of constant fluctuation borne out of an incessant need to discover new sonic worlds.
Beginning life as a shamanic drone ensemble, at times fitting up to 15 members on stage, these early rituals informed the core ideals that have come to define the group in their years of activity; community and trance-inducing repetition. Throughout a discography that has amassed dozens of CD-R’s, cassettes and vinyls for labels like Rocket Recordings, Trensmat, Krokodilo (Blackest Ever Black) and their own Tesla Tapes imprint, a restless yet organic need mutate their music into new realms has had critics clawing for comparative touch stones.
Acts as far ranging as Hawkwind, Popul Vuh, Pan Sonic, Sunburned Hand of the Man and Pharaoh Sanders have all been referenced in attempt to pinpoint their output, one that has historically never aped any genre but with each record furthered their own unique place in truly independent music. It is the exact same dedication to the live arena that has seen Gnod become one of the most celebrated live bands in the UK and secured them multiple tours and festival appearances throughout Europe.
In these times of cash in hand ‘glory days’ reunions and bands simply rehashing their recorded material pitch perfect live, Gnod are a stark and welcome anomaly. Already moving on from the barley released and universally acclaimed epic ‘Infinity Machines’, the current live incarnation of the band is characterised by a crushing, cataclysmic new protest music whose call to arms gravitas offers a meaningful defiance to Austerity Britain.
Gnod have taken their very namesake and charged it with bludgeoning new edge that is as euphoric as it is nihilistic. It is one that stridently attests to the group’s spiritual center, one of community that is inclusive and respectful of its audience yet will never placate to their expectations. Instead, Gnod offer a gateway to an aural black hole and along with firm guiding hand, the opportunity to dive head and body first into a powerfully new psychedelic maelstrom full of possibilities.
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dull. by name but not by nature. This Lancaster based noise duo relish in contrast and contradiction. Intense screamy vocals but poetic and thoughtful lyrics. Thick fuzzy guitar riffs but minimal electronica-inspired arrangements. To make a sound so huge and compelling with only two people, a single guitar and a stripped back drum kit is by no means a small feat.
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MILK EYED SIGH
MILK EYED SIGH is a collaboration comprising of long-time spars Cameron Molloy and Carl Brown. The live show also involves Luke French. The debut EP ‘Dog Verses’ is was released in early Feb via Glint Music.
An exercise in improvisation in which the duo build singular collage worlds using live turntable sampling techniques with effects, countered by sporadic kit percussion in a rapid-fire conversational manner. Microscopic sampled fragments are spun into buggy, staccato melodies that provide an almost-ambient bed of unlikely tones and textures for Molloy to freely and playfully respond to on the kit.
“We wanted to make something from loops and a drum kit that reflected where our perspectives meet. Something steady but constantly disrupted, like life. Without any real regard for tonality and timing, just a raw expression in the moment”
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