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GLOW

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Member Since: 8/5/2005
Band Website: fablesofglow.com
Band Members: Ben: - vocals, guitar, laptop.:
Jim: - trumpet, beats, loops, vocals.:
Rob: - bass, keys, laptop, vocals.:
In other words, → this. G L O W M E D I A P L A Y E R:
Influences: We are inspired by 18, adem, air, album leaf, alva noto, antipop consortium, mr r.d.james, art (ha ha!), arve henriksen, autechre, joh.seb.brain, basement jaxx, beta band, bill hicks, bloc party, blur, books, the books, the b∞k, boards of canada, björk, mr cage, candlelight, collaborations, cornelius, dalai lama, dancing, death, good doves and good elbow, effects, efterklang, eno, films, four tet, friendship, the game of black-and-white, groove in all forms, idioteque, the internet, kid a, language, the leaf label, love/loss/LIFE, m83, manic street preachers, massive attack, mew, miles davis, misery in all forms, modeselektor, mondrian, various moksha medicines, múm, the natural world, noam (indirectly), ok computer, pain and suffering, partridge, science, poetry, polyphony, the postal service/dntel, reality, r.e.m., remember shakti, the soul , sex, sigur rós, singing, soundscapes, squarepusher, steve reich, super furries, susumu yokota, technology, trent reznor, thom yorke, trufaz, ulrich schnauss, underworld, van gogh, vitalic, watts, the who, winter, warp records, zen buddhism... the list goes on...
Sounds Like: Unique. "It's a thousand images shattered in one." - Lord Byron, from his famous collection of works entitled Fables Of Glow - the story of the band that reinvented the art-techno-kraut-noise-IDM- soundscape-epic-shoegaze-folk-you- can-dance-to with a trumpet genre
Record Label: Download our tracks for free on our website!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

This is what our album is like

While we can't provide you with any audio other than tiny snippets of synths that may (or may not) be on the album, we CAN give you a visual representation of how we think the album sounds thus far.An...
Posted by GLOW on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:10:00 PST

turnsynth

a little treat for you...
Posted by GLOW on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:46:00 PST

Important gig and album news...

Hi everyoneFor personal reasons, we have had to stop work on the album for the time being. We have also cancelled the next few gigs.Sorry to disappoint if you were looking forward to a show and thanks...
Posted by GLOW on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:17:00 PST

NEW WEBSITE AND ALBUM BLOG!

Hi there!Yes indeedy, we've got a brand new website and a lovely new blog.The reason? For our new album, of course!!!"Album?!" we hear you cry...That's right, we're in the middle of recording our firs...
Posted by GLOW on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:57:00 PST

We may seem quiet, but we're actually very busy!

Everything may seem to have gone rather quiet on the Glow front recently.This is, in fact, not the case. We will very soon have some exciting news and more info. Soon...Until then, we hope you like th...
Posted by GLOW on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:31:00 PST

New tune to be previewed at Newport shows

We've been busy writing new material and one tune, called 'Four Cycles', will be tried out at our upcoming Newport shows - on 19th May and 25th May at the Meze Lounge and Le Pub respectively.The Meze ...
Posted by GLOW on Wed, 16 May 2007 02:08:00 PST

Back on the scene...

...like a sex machine, or Barry Sheen, or... a sex machine! (in the words of Alan Partridge)Yes siree! We've just booked a few new shows for May, June, August and September, mostly in Wales.The first ...
Posted by GLOW on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:08:00 PST

Southampton, here we come!

This Thursday, we're back on the gig scene with our first show of 2007.We're heading down to Southampton for Ejector Seat's 3rd birthday bash. It's sure to be a great night, with plenty of laptops on ...
Posted by GLOW on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 11:28:00 PST

Brief update

Hi there! Rob here...It's been a long time since we've posted any news, so I thought I should let you know what we've been up to. Jim and Ben have now moved to a new abode with lovely views and m...
Posted by GLOW on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:29:00 PST

Micro-hiatus

Hey there peepsI got my mac back yesterday, so we're back online! Yay! It also means we can finish off mixing The Game Of Black And White. It's proving to be quite a challenge... strangely! One would ...
Posted by GLOW on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:39:00 PST