Jhp/art Errorist (FaUst), veteran reeds and electronics experimenter Geoff Leigh (Henry Cow, Black Sheep, The Artaud Beats), electronic sound artist and painter Max Manac’h (FaUSt), and young drum prodigy George MacDonald (The Kid Kapichi) join forces in various configurations for an evening of off-the-leash KrautRock, ambient, & electronic improvisations
With Melanie Clifford: moving image
GLASSGLUE
Glassglue are a four-piece avant-garde rock group comprising Marcel Stoetzler, Matthew Karas, Gianluca Galetti and Ravi Low-Beer.
“Four crazed surgeons spaz out in the operating theatre. The patient is re-piped in a surgical steal nightmare. Glassglue is the result of a car crash involving Captain Beefheart and Kraftwerk. This is a stylised, clinical, art murder in cold blood. One listen will challenge your existence. You will not enjoy your time in the hospital. You were not supposed to. You can not judge this type of surgery.” 95/100
(Peter Hitchings, Spill)
“Inspired, Beefheart-like weirdness”
(Time Out)
“Birthday Party meets smooth jazz meets Captain Beefheart (some nice off kilter rhythms) meets Low-era Bowie and a sprinkle of Mr Waits .Cool as…”
(Rex Diablo, Suitable Case for Treatment)
“Glassglue frontman Marcel Stoetzler may well look like a tall Max Wall but he in fact sounds more like a hybrid of both Marlene Dietrich and Howard Devoto. His short, sharp & witty observations are perfectly conveyed with the aid of his ever ready yet geeky band members.”
(Dexter Bentley.s Hello Goodbye Show, Resonance FM)
“Tall, charismatic madman Marcel Stoetzler makes a striking frontman for this oddball quartet from Weirdsville. He is superbly complemented by the jagged, disjointed melodies of Matthew Karas on guitar, keyboards and banjo and the untrippable rhythm section of Gianluca Galetti on bass and Ravi Low-Beer. Definitely one for fans of Beefheart, Zappa and Tom Waits.”
(Martin, Hungry Dog Brand/Starving Mongrel Promotions)
“… an eccentric bunch of musicians who are beefier than Beefheart …great stage presence and short sharp songs that are quirky and work well… enthusiastic, intelligent, bright, sharp, concise and minimalistic in their no nonsense approach and are not ridden with cliché.”
(The Hackney Bohemian Library of Arts and Music)
http://www.glassglue.info/
