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7" 45T vinyl single Golden Cap / Gavvers
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Available from Kudos distrib, Smallfish shop or buy now at www.myspace.com/georecordsuk
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ADAPTOGEN - 10 track CD
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Available from Kudos distrib, Smallfish shop or buy now at www.myspace.com/georecordsuk
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Nov 08 - Gagarin releases brand new 7" vinyl single Golden Cap ( Up & down mix) / Gavvers ( Stop & Search Mix ) - available from Kudos distrib, Smallfish shop or www.myspace.com/georecordsuk
Jan 09 - New full length album ADAPTOGEN - 10 sparkling new tracks - both releases are gaining great reviews in UK and across Europe. Jan/Feb 09 sees Gagarin out touring in support of these releases - dates in London, Brighton, Plymouth etc for latest gig news see www.myspace.com/ggrn |
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Below are some recent photos of Gagarin in live performance. Gagarin plays regularly around the UK.
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First reviews for Golden Cap / Gavvers - and Adaptogen
" Dids is a mainstay of underground London and as gagarin makes strange and fascinating ambience. Golden Cap is like a strangely 80s vision of the future. Gavvers is a dubbier, moodier piece - huge talent ".
MIXMAG
“Very tranquil, atmospheric, great for having a bath to when on repeat…”
SUBBA CULTCHA -UK
"Warm, minimal and despite quite intense beats, quite ambient – there are two remixes here – One track is rather dark, the other friendly and open – somehow he manages to make the music sound live and played rather than programmed. Beautiful music. "
De BUG ( Ger) circ.42000
"A great pleasure for listeners looking to understand dreams ".
RAVELINE GERMANY
" Two new tracks of languid and sinouos melodic electronica - Golden Cap finds a way of chasing romantic and velvety idm dreams. Gavvers bends and twists the surface of silicon without ever losing its melodic way"
ROCKERILLA - ITALY
Golden Cap / Gavvers - Beware ominous synthetic clouds rising wraithlike over London. This fine slab of electronica sees Gagarin forging impressive alien vistas on GC , unveiling hints of Clint Mansells claustrophobic soundtrack work or maybe sections of Skinny Puppy's classic Last Rights. On the flip Gavvers really brings home the bacon with its jittery Autechre/ Lexaunculpt rhythms and textures which morph into plaintive melodic waves. Impressive stuff.
RECORD COLLECTOR
Following the 7” reviewed last month in the vinyl section, here is the new album of Graham Dowdall aka Gagarin, “Adaptogen”. Ten tracks, of which two of them are found on the 7", fifty minutes of mellow and sinuous electronica.
The opener Golden Cap remains the best example of the english synthesist’s art “ a velvety tapestry of romantic idm inlaid with spartan yet effective rhythms. Sensory grids not too far from those of home grown Port Royal.
Chill out music in the best sense of the word as imagined by Dr Alex Paterson when at the end of the 80’s
was creating ambinet-house mixing Detroit records with those of the Berlin’s school heroes.
ROCKERILLA ITALY
Alone , the fact that Gagarin has a musical history of working with the likes of John Cale, pere Ubu, Nico should say something. Together with a current day job which involves working with youth in London especially with various Grime Crews shows a life dedicated to music. Little wonder then that his own tracks are experimental and take their own path. In the absence of better terms you could say the starting point for Adatptogen here is classic IDM of the last decade but nevertheless individualised with elegiac width and rhythmic non-conformity. Harsh synths meet only occasssionally repetitive beats which are always clear and uncluttered. His structural openness is combined with a raw and sharp-edged sound design A very serious but nevertheless charming album full of nostalia and contemplation.
GROOVE - GERMANY