
Gnod are a
British rock band from
Salford, Greater Manchester
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,
England.
[Smith, Samuel A.]
''INTERVIEW: Gnod''
The Quietus, 14 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.[Connolly, Lea]
''Poking fun at religions, praising jungle and re-working the rules of the dancefloor in one of the North’s most exhilarating venues; just an average day in the life of Gnod''
The Crack
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. Retrieved 20 November 2013. Formed in 2006, the band was described in a review of its 2011 release ''Ingnodwetrust'' as "a collective from Manchester with an ever-rotating list of members."
[Killingbeck, Tom]
''Gnod''
The Quietus, 10 June 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2013. Its current lineup since 2012 is made up of key members Paddy Shine, Chris Haslam, Marlene Ribeiro, Alex Macarte and Andy Blundell,
with a rotating cast of players, including drummers Jesse Webb and John Perry and vocalist Neil Francis.
In addition to releasing its work on Rocket Recordings, the band's own Tesla Tapes
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label[ serves, according to its Bandcamp page, as "an outlet for musical projects and meanderings by Gnodheads past, present & future and friends of Gnod all over the world."][
As part of its residency at the Islington Mill Art Academy, the band curated "Tangent", an installation by sound artist Callum Higgins.][ According to the academy's website, the event "transformed our club space into a fully immersive, light reactive environment. Using the PA system and light sensitive noise creating circuits people were directed into the room in small groups equipped with only a torch to guide them around. Their very presence and behaviour in the room manipulated and shaped their unique experience. The band also participates in a recurring shared club night at Islington Mill called ''Gesamtkunstwerk'',][ ( German for "whole arts work".)][ Reviewing a Gnod performance there, ]New Musical Express
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said, "this band are crazy good ... see them live now."''Gnod - Live at The Islington Mill video''
New Musical Express
''New Musical Express'' (''NME'') is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand. Founded as a newspaper in 1952, with the publication being referred to as a 'rock inkie', the NME would become a magazine that ended up as a f ...
. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
According to founding Gnod member Paddy Shine, Tesla Tapes takes its name from Nikola Tesla; band members cite such other non-musical influences as Kurt Vonnegut, David Simon, Graham Hancock and Rupert Sheldrake.[ Asked what the band would like to tell the world, Chris Haslam responds "Rebel! Rebel! We are many, they are few!"][
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Discography
· Gnod (2007)
· Chaudelande (2013)
· Mirror (2016)
· Infinity Machines (2015)
· Just Say No To The Psycho Right-Wing Capitalist Fascist Industrial Death Machine (2017)
· Be Aware of Your Limitations (2018)
· Easy to Build, Hard To Destroy (2021)
· La mort du sense (2021)
· Hexen Valley (2022)
References
External links
Gnod discography
at Discogs
Video of Islington Mill Studio performance
from Islington Mill tumblr page
Gnod
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