The Great North Wood by Gagarin - Geo Records [GEO029] FLAC download included with physical items

The Great North Wood

A 9 track ambient album (47m 5s) — released November 6th 2020 on Geo Records

Gagarin is the solo project of Graham " Dids " Dowdall - long term experimental musician who has worked with the likes of Nico, John Cale, Band of Holy Joy, Suns of Arqa and is a current memeber of Pere Ubu. Originally a drummer he long ago adopted electronic instruments as his primary weapon and his music has disparate influences including Sound Art, Dance Music, Free improv, Experimental classical, pop, British folk, industrial, ambient.

The Great North Wood is Gagarin's latest album following from the acclaimed Corvid which received repeated airplay on BBC 6 music, BBC Radio 3, RTE, Amazing Radio, resonance fm and many more as well as features and reviews in XLR8R. Freq, Electronic Sound, Bigshot etc.

Exclusive video premieres are featrued on Freq, Loose Lips, Big Shot, 6am, Dub kiks and it's already gained airplya on Resonance, Amazing and Totally so far with reviews in Freq, God is in the TV, Brixton Buzz, Whisperin& Hollerin and more.

the deep resonance of Lakuz rising to a blissful euphoric finalé." Brixton Buzz

" bright shards of sound, elegiac "Whispering and Hollerin

" exactly the sort of blissed-out, moody electronica we so desperately need right now.| Big Shot

plus Premieres on Dubkiks and 6AM and live on Loose Lips

gagrin is supporting the release with a number of streaming and live events

Bright shards of sound, elegiac - Simon Phillips Whispering and Hollering

exactly the sort of blissed-out, moody electronica we so desperately need right now - Big Shot

a blissful euphoric finalé - Phil Ross Brixton Buzz

using the often stone cold technology of electronica to create such warmth and personality, quite the feat. Recommended. - Ben Wilmot God is in the TV

he strength of the imagery and the constant unfurling of new textures makes The Great North Wood a slow-burning success, with something new coming to light each listen. - Mr Olivetti Freq

Lovely, impressionistic, beautifully-patterned electronica painted with a deft touch for landscape & mindscape. - e/i Darren Bergstein

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