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gnod - the crystal pagoda (sonic meditations 2009)

"Gnod unleash 2 stellar jams, the first "The Crystal Pagoda", insired by the film "The Invasion Of Thunderbolt Pagoda" which Angus Maclise provided a stunning soundtrack to, Gnod throw down a perpendicular astral jam full chants, hand percussion aligned with a solid bass loop. "Tony's First Disco" takes up side B with a tight, hypnotic lock groove drum and bass beat akin to Faust with Tony Conrad, layered with chants, synths and brass!" sonic meditations

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gnod ~ wuste zeremonie (reverb worship 2009)

"This is the latest limited edition release by uk based Gnod and what a trip this is. The Thunderbolt Loop starts things off and is very hypnotic. Bass, different percussion, slowly overtakes your attention for the starting dominant loop. Roofless (edit) is 24 minutes and starts with some chimes and disturbances. Nice chime playing but be patient. At around 8 minutes the chimes go wild and the aliens make the cd player spit the cd out and it is over. Damn… ok... well, could not hear the last 16 minutes of that track but Off Somewhere in a Dingy is like a strange native American Indian chant freakout. Be careful with the peyote." aural innovations

silvester anfang meets second family band & no-neck blues band

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gnod ~ s/t (pariah child lp 2009)

"...a melting pot of free tribal drumming, Hawkwind swirl, Krautrock pulse and Sun Ra scrunge, Gnod are less of a band and more of a cosmic collective.. heavily percussive and bass led, covered in reverb and delayed guitars.. everything working in unison towards a climactic explosion, or shimmering off into the distance.." badacid

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gnod - the somnambulist's tale (sloow tapes 2008)

"Kosmische Musik from Manchester speaking through hypnotic percussion grooves and splashes of synth delayed into eternity." sloow tapes

"The Somnambulist's Tale from Gnod eases in gently with spoken word passages over a hypnotic keyboard pattern and melodica and builds into a long piece which, at times, evokes Stratos-Fear era Tangerine Dream, only with some large drums (possibly tablas?) along with the synths, leading to something spookily groovy towards the end. Even if you don't normally buy cassette releases, by ignoring this you're missing something rather special. There are only 90 copies and it deserves to be heard by a lot more people than this implies will get to listen to it." boa melody bar

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