Gyratory System - New Harmony

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4...according to our Brian on Thu 14 Apr, 2011.

Now I wasn't aware this guy was a trumpeter or that GS was a vehicle for such a type of man. Listening through headphones I understand a little more what is happening with this strange act. They are led by Andrew Blick who has a history as a popular session musician but this project is his cosmic electronica baby and has absolutely oodles of charm. He can easily traverse a gamnmut of styles without compromising his singular vision. Often melodic, occasionally hypnotic kraut-flecked pop & nostalgic toytown rave euphoria, there's summat for fans of everyone from The Advisory Circle, early Global Goon to Add N (to X) & more futuristically minded travellers such as Fuck Buttons here. Proper day-glo hyper-tunage that I reckon would actually really work as a "going out album"!! Fun in a bun.....

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• Dr Andrew Blick, the effects trumpet player, producer and driving force behind Gyratory System and ‘The Process’ - the recording and production technique he created - returns with the first single from their second album, the title track, ‘New Harmony’, named after a 19th Century socialist commune established in the US.

• The first Gyratory System album, ‘The Sound-Board Breathes’, received widespread acclaim: strong radio support at Radio 1, 6Music and XFM; across the board great album reviews, including one of The Quietus’ Top 10 albums of 2009; plus the band have won fans including Soulwax /2ManyDJs, who invited them to join the bill at their Brixton Academy shows last year.

• Producer / trumpeter Andrew Blick has been holed-up perfecting a new batch of material using the band’s customized recording technique, ‘The Process’. Added to the melodic, Steve Reich / Harmonia feel of earlier material is an industrial, Einsturzende Neubauten / Cabaret Voltaire edge, plus an affinity with contemporary acts like Holy F*ck, Black Dice and F*ck Buttons.

• Andrew Blick is joined in Gyratory System by James Weaver on synth, and bass, and Robin Blick (Snr) who plays multiple wind instruments.

• When not creating Gyratory System’s blend of heavily treated wind instruments, synths and processed percussion, Dr Blick is a constitutional historian and author who once worked at No 10 Downing Street. His diverse musical background includes work with artists such as Damo Suzuki of Can, David Gedge of The Wedding Present and drum & bass DJ Grooverider. The late John Peel once joked on air that Blick had done so many sessions for so many different bands on his show that he should be banned from the Maida Vale studios.

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