Gagarin has been making music on the edges of the musical galaxy for many years in many guises. Currently he works alone crafting atmospheric digital soundscapes, sculpting future grooves and polishing aching melodies. He plays out live - an exciting mix of software precision and human frailty/spontaneity thats never the same twice.



Early adventures in cult Manchester band Ludus were followed by a sustained period playing and co-writing with the legendary Nico of the Velvet Underground. He's since recorded and collaborated with John Cale, Suns of Arqa, Eric Random, David Thomas & Pere Ubu, Bill Pritchard,Cabaret Voltaire as well as many others and played at the Tabyck shamanist festival in Siberia,in castles in Scotland and France, festivals and clubs across the globe.



A regular on the London electronica scene in recent times he's played at Moonpalace, Rehab, Slack Sabbath, Fade In, Multivitamins, London Headphone Festival, Netlabel festival etc. He's member of new glitch/pop combo Raf & O who are making waves on the live scene, and also an active and experienced Community Musician running workshops for many community groups, specialising in facilitating creativity with technology and he teaches at Goldsmiths College.



Gagarin has just completed Ard Nev - his latest album. The full version is released on Geo in Nov 06 through Cargo distribution. It has been gaining loads of excellent reviews in the UK and across Europe ( The Wire, Future Music, deBug, Rockarilla etc) . He has just finished an extensive and hugely succesful European tour supporting the legendary Pere Ubu for who he also contributes two remixes to their latest album. Gagarin is also featured on the brand new compilation from Discordance and is busy with a bunch of collaborations and solo gigs through the winter.



For latest news on Gagarin check out his MySpace site: www.myspace.com/ggrn