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Originally a title for Adrian Dollemore's cd-r collections of lo-fi experiments, he eventually assembled material for live performance. Using tapes, electronics and guitars through chains of effects, his fundamentally earth-ground chords and astrally-projective processing paint a rural tonality with a bristling white afterglow.
After issuing a limited editon run of hand painted cd-rs via Krayon Recordings, Adrian began playing with Steve d'enton, formerly of Peel favorites Quickspace, on drum kit. Steve's direct but tactile style drives straight through the x-axis of Adrian's skyward guitar, with cymbals and hi-hats droning and splashing around his motorik anchor.
During this period, the duo recorded material with the group Dukes of Pouch, at the time a quintet also featuring Tony Bevan, John Edwards and Ashley Wales. Marrying repetitive rhythms with a freely improvised feel, their music seems to generate a locked groove of accumulating sound and gesture.
Having toured the U.K with labelmates Sunshine Republic in 2005 and Jack Nicholson in 2006, Glockenspiel self-released the 24:48 ep, a c.d of live jams, capturing the breadth and dynamic they display at their shows. They subsequently went on to produce a specially composed soundtrack for award winning London architects Plasma Studios, which was used to launch their mind bending floor of the innovative Hotel Puerto America in Madrid.
Currently their debut album 'Enspiel' is available on c.d through Krayon Recordings, Rough Trade and various independent outlets. A combination of the aesthetic of Adrian's earlier work and the sound they have honed as a duo, this collection of pieces displays a more electronic feel against expansive yet minimal compositions. Where glistening arpeggios rise and fall over gurgling analogue electronics, waves of processed cymbal and rich layered drones.
Recent live shows have included support for Stars of The Lid, gallery performances and a Live evening session for Resonance FM. They are currently in the studio working on forth coming releases.
Glockenspiel - Enspiel
-CD Out Now -Vinyl Out autumn 2007

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Member Since: 20/07/2006
Band Website: www.krayonrecordings.net
Band Members: Adrian Dollemore & Steve d'Enton
Influences: Glockenspiel live at ICA London Sept 08

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Glockenspiel rehearsing Glock one Sept 08
Sounds Like: 'The recording of Enspiel itself is so smooth, it really does ease itself around your ears like the soundtrack to an epic motion picture. You can almost see the river running through a massive valley & shots of empty streets at night. Beautifully minimal, building slowly but surely to every conclusion. Each piece is as strong as the next. With such a solid body of work here, this album is one of the best of it's kind you're going to find this year.'
-Nine Hertz.com-

'Enspiel (Krayon Recordings) is hypnotic & entrancing & manages to be so with a 'less is more' aesthetic. Intensely meditative & ambient textures build swirling melodies that orbit your head until you finally give in to the sonic splendor. Rich emotional depths, adding so much contrast it's heartbreaking, highlight the more insular drones. The whole album is very dream like & fascinating. Similar to being in the middle of a fog bank having totally lost your sense of direction'.
-Mats Gustafson-

'Mesmerising guitar/loop/feedback playing/processing with jaw dropping drums. A duo that transcend the minimal forces with layers & layers of bloody sublime music' -
Onedeafear.com

Glockenspiel
24:48 ep
'Glockenspiel have been lurking around the Post Rock/Analogue Elecronics underground for some time now, but have made significant steps towards the mainstream with this deleriously beautiful E.P. The sound is warm, full & lush, taking the listener on a wonderfully cerebral journey through a vast & unique soundscape'
Rough Trade

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'The third set of recordings from the enigmatic glockenspiel, and this is perhaps the most fully realized batch of music yet, marrying the sprawling, epic soundscapes of his earlier bedroom recordings with the greater sense of ambition that working with a regular drummer, steve d'enton, has imbued the peices. rustic, earthy chords provide the bedrock of much of this music, with the tape, electronics and guitar effects anchored by the deep emotional resonance of the layers created'
Rough Trade
Record Label: Krayon Recordings & Glock Music
Type of Label: Indie

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Glockenspiel live performance at Institute of Contemporary Arts London

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