GLOK - Pattern Recognition - CD

LABEL: Bytes

CAT NO: BYTES14CD

BARCODE: 4062548029260

Tracklisting:

1 DIRTY HUGS
2 CLOSER
3 THAT TIME OF NIGHT (FEAT. SHIARRA)
4 PROCESS (FEAT. SHAMON CASSETTE)
5 MEMORIAL DEVICE
6 MAINTAINING THE MACHINE (FEAT. SINEAD O’BRIEN)
7 KINTSUGI
8 ENTANGLEMENT (FEAT. C.A.R.)
9 DAY THREE
10 INVOCATION

GLOK – Pattern Recognition

CD

Glok is the electronic alter ego of Andy Bell; best-known as the guitarist in venerated shoegazers Ride, alongside stints in other famous groups, with a noteworthy solo career too. This October his first album proper as Glok – Pattern Recognition – is released via Ransom Note Records’ sister label Bytes.

Although usually renowned for purveying the finest quality jangle, drone and general guitar-based magic, Bell’s foray into dance music should come as less of a surprise than immediately meets the eye. There are parallels between the genres within the sonically-deep layers, hypnotic sound and trance-like headspaces, or, as he puts it more succinctly: “Glok is all about the push and pull between electronic and psych in my music.” Although not a full-blown concept album, Pattern Recognition has a loose thread which takes in a week of life, from weekend to weekend, with each of the vinyl’s four sides capturing different mindstates across that transition. Each side has a distinct feel that’s different to the last but inherently cohesive – much like the changes an individual goes through over 7 days.

Across the album with loving craft Andy weaves together throbbing dubbed-out acid, steamy jack trax, levitational psychedelia, sparkling Balearic, techno, Kosmische, shoegaze, art rock and Compass Point-style post punk – with just a hint of ambient, new age and contemporary classical too.