Gilmore Trail are an instrumental rock band from Sheffield, consisting of Bob Brown on drums, David Ivall and Danny Mills on guitar, and Joe Richards on bass. Formed by Mills and original drummer Sam Ainger, the band is named after a trail in Alaska – a route recommended for best experiencing the Northern Lights.

The music has been described as bearing both the intricacy of progressive rock and the atmosphere of post-rock – the culmination of a mix of influences including Oceansize, King Crimson, This Will Destroy You, Pink Floyd, Intronaut and Buckethead. 

​The band's first release was the “Circle of Least Confusion” EP (2011), which was recorded by Dave Sanderson at 2Fly Studios in Sheffield in October 2011. It was nominated alongside a Best EP by Sheffield Scenester, and received repeated airplay on BBC Radio Sheffield and an 'In Session' feature for Exposed Magazine (a double-page spread in the magazine and a live session for their website).

Gilmore Trail's first full-length album "Sailing Stones" (2013) was again recorded at 2Fly Studios, expanding on the themes and groundwork laid by the EP. It was supported by frequent live shows around the country, including a UK tour with Tim Holehouse, two headline slots at Tramlines festival in 2014 and a third at the 2015 rendition. It was nominated for Best Album by Sheffield Scenester.

The second album "The Floating World" was released on 16th May 2015 at a sold out show in Sheffield. It received early support from Prog Magazine, BBC Radio Sheffield (including a studio performance and interview), and Clash Magazine, with a video for lead single 'Memories of Redfern'. The album was met with unanimous acclaim from around the world, including coverage in Rocksound, Exposed, The Big Issue and Toast, plus a few appearances on BBC 6 Music courtesy of Steve Lamacq and Tom Robinson.

The band embarked on a second UK tour in 2016, co-headlining with Fly on Byrd, Fly on. This culminated in a homecoming show in Sheffield, which served as the last gig with Sam Ainger on drums. His departure from the band was amicable, and the task of filling his shoes was taken head-on by Bob Brown, who joined in March 2016.

​Gilmore Trail released of "Twin Peaks" in 2016 - a brand new single and music video born out of love for the works of Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch. Freely downloadable, it celebrates the commencement of the 25th year (to the day) since Laura Palmer uttered the words “I’ll see you again in 25 years…” 

​2017 saw the band’s biggest gig to date as they played the Yohkai stage of ArcTanGent Festival alongside such bands as Explosions in the Sky, God Is An Astronaut, SikTh, Converge, Boris, Vennart and Russian Circles. 

'Impermanence' - the band's third full-length record, is scheduled for release in January 2022.

I began this ambient/drone project 'ambiguous middle' because I wanted to try creating some minimal, free-sounding and experimental pieces.  I'm probably going to go a bit nuts with it and start lobbing sounds all over the place!

The record label Kscope was created in May 2008 to provide a home for the growing post-progressive genre and an evolving, flexible and adventurous style of music without boundaries.

In recent years, a growing movement of bands has started to reclaim and reinvent aspects of the progressive, post-punk and post-rock genres, re-establishing a desire to experiment with eclectic musical sources and state of the art widescreen sonic possibilities. Kscope was created to provide a home for this evolving and adventurous style of music without boundaries, and was launched in 2008 with new albums from its first signings The Pineapple Thief and No-Man. New albums have since followed from the legendary likes of Anathema, Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree/Japan keyboard player Richard Barbieri, highly rated newcomers North Atlantic Oscillation and Lunatic Soul (the solo project from Riverside's Mariusz Duda). In addition to these releases the Kscope catalogue also now contains a series of deluxe reissues of classic albums from Porcupine Tree, The Pineapple Thief, Blackfield and No-Man. 

For further info go to www.kscopemusic.com

Thomas & The Empty Orchestra is the music of Thomas Matthew Bower. Sheffield born he moved to the twin city of Bochum, Germany in late 2020.

Taking influence from the likes of Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Bon Iver, Iron & Wine, The Good Life, Fleet Foxes and the broader American emo scene he crafts folk songs rich with poetic imagery; tales of frailty, love, the grim English North and the transience of being. 

He is working on new music currently, with a view to releasing and touring in 2021 (global pandemic permitting).

LOKI-FOUND is a pioneering independent German record label, founded in the Ore Mountains of South Germany in 1991, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in drone tunes and deep ambient music.

In 1998, the label moved its operation to Leipzig along with its studio Light Channel, physical music & merchandise online store Deep-Audio.

LOKI-FOUND and the sub-label PAS went on to release a series of experimental electronic music releases by artists such as INADE, HERBST9, BAD SECTOR, S.E.T.I., BLOOD BOX, LAND:FIRE, FIR§T LAW, FJERNLYS, ANTLERS MULM, CIRCULAR, PREDOMINANCE and many more.

Since early 2000 to now LOKI-FOUND is curating the concert series Sonic Lodge at Leipzig’s Gallery Of Contemporary Arts and the infamous club Die Nato.

LOKI-FOUND showcases were celebrated around the world from Paris to New York and from Moscow to Zurich.


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