BIOGRAPHY :
One of the most eagerly anticipated and prolific producers of the moment, Glimpse is a true innovator who is able to explore and master various genres in his own inimitable style. Few artists have managed to truly captivate diverse audiences in the way he has over the past few years. The London-based producer is blurring the distinctions of traditional genres, appealing to even the most obstinate listeners through his tireless dedication to continual reinvention.
Having bubbled steadily through the ranks of the underground dance scene for the past few years, Glimpse has released records with Carl Craig’s Planet E, Cadenza, Coccoon, Crosstown Rebels, 2020 Vision, Kindisch and Buzzin Fly in 2009 alone and his outstanding debut artist album ‘Runner’ will be released on Damian Lazarus’ Crosstown Rebels in May 2010. His productions are a beguiling, heady mix of house music drawing on the true essence of its rudimentary influences to produce records of true magic. Managing to weave elements of jazz and soul with house and techno to create something wholly innovative and mesmerizing, Glimpse has recently been identified by DJ Mag and Mixmag as one of the UK’s finest talents.
Preferring more traditional production techniques, he uses only analogue equipment and records most of his tracks live, editing only afterwards, thus giving his music a more improvised quality. “I have always been drawn to the smokey lo-fi aesthetic of old recordings, warm and rhythmical but never abrasive or intrusive,” explains Glimpse, “As an artist it's very important to me to be as honest as possible when I produce, to show people my influences and portray exactly the way I feel about music, aiming to narrow the gulf between thought and expression.”
Glimpse’s sound is hugely influenced by his early obsessions with blues and jazz music, represented by the classic soulful spirit captured in his music. Concocted during his move from London to Berlin and back again, Glimpse’s debut studio album, ‘Runner’, also bookended the start of his own family.
Glimpse studied sculpture at Central Saint Martin’s art college until 2000, but with music in his heart, he made it his focus and has spent subsequent years fine-tuning his skills, experimenting under different aliases (Attic, Olek, and Spero), and creating his own Glimpse Recordings, with a policy to release solely his own output. He gained a loyal following in Japan early on, where they picked up on his intricate abilities, and Europe and America have begun to follow suit over the past few years, as the world now, quite rightly, directs him much more than a glimpse of its attention.
Glimpse’s records have been regular fixtures in the boxes of : Ricardo Villalobos, Carl Craig, Francois K, Laurent Garnier, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Sven Vaith, Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola, Luciano, Dj Sneak, Loco Dice, Magda, Craig Richards, Sasha, Ben Watt, Robert Hood, Mathew Dear, Steve Bug, Slam, Jay Haze, Carl Cox, John Peel, John Digweed, Troy Pierce, Anja Schneider, Konrad Black and Adam Beyer amongst many others.
SELECTED GIGS/TOURS :
Womb (Tokyo) Panorama Bar (Berlin) Rex Club (Paris) Fabric (London) The Edge (Brazil) Space (Ibiza) Cielo (New York) Loft (Barcelona) Watergate (Berlin) Sorry Grandma (Aus) Ha Ha industries (Aus) Air (Tokyo) Clapper (Osaka) Dimensions (Fukyoka) Module (Tokyo) Garage (Brazil) Miss Pig (San Paulo Brazil) SPZK (Brazil) DV1 (Lyon) Colours (Tokyo) Harry Klein (Munich) Pipping (Geneva) Moog (Barcelona) Loft (Barcelona) Moona (Jena) Weekend (Berlin) Sonic Arts Festival (Blogna) Desi (Nuremburg) Supermarket (Zurich) Pipping (Geneva) Metro Dance Club (Alicante) Monsters Of House (Munich) Centrum (Erfurt Germany) Piping Club (Geneva) Raum Playa (Barcelona) Deputamadre (Brazil) The End (London)Blush (Bordeux) 15th Floor (Berlin) Blush (Bordeux) Fellini (Barcelona) Q Club (Zurich) Gotec cafe (karlsruhe-Germany) Switch (Georgia)Viper Club (Florene) Gasoline (Milan) Deputamadre (Bel Horizone-Brazil) Flumo (Seville)103 (Berlin) Low Blub Madrid
DISCOGRAPHY :
RELEASES :
Glimpse & Martin Dawson - 'Runaway EP' - 2020 Vision
Glimpse & Martin Dawson - 'No one belongs here more than you' - Crosstown Rebels
Glimpse & Martin Dawson - Flying Scotsman - Cocoon Recordings
Glimpse - If I was your girl w/Simon Baker Remix - Crosstown Rebels
Glimpse - Enjoyable Employable w/Marcel Dettman - Crosstown Rebels
Glimpse & Martin Eyerer - Southern Soul EP - Buzzin Fly
Glimpse & Lee Van Dowski - La cocina del cabron - Cadenza
Glimpse - Drifting E.P. inc Carl Craig Remix - Planet E
Glimpse & Alex Jones - True Friends E.P. - Kindisch
Glimpse feat:Taka Boom inc Jay Shepard Remix - We Existed E.P. - Four Twenty
Glimpse - Train In Austria inc Mike Shannon Remix - Hypercolour
Glimpse & Jay Shepheard - Lazer Bather E.P. - Glimpse Recordings
Glimpse - 5 Easy Pieces - Glimpse Recordings
Glimpse - The Masculine E.P. - Glimpse Recording
Glimpse - 20% Black - Glimpse Recorindgs
Glimpse - 40% Black - Glimpse Recordings
Glimpse - 60% Black - Glimpse Recordings
Glimpse - 80% Black - Glimpse Recordings
Glimpse - 100% Black - Glimpse Recordings
Glimpse & Lee Van Dowski - My Son - Lantern (Tokyo)
Glimpse - Talking to Girls E.P. - Hypercolour Rec
Glimpse & Alex Jones - Fellaz E.P.'- Hypercolour
Glimpse - Into the erotic - Flumo Records
Glimpse - Clintons Take' - Leftroom LTD
Glimpse - 'Elephant Skins' - Leftroom Records
Attic - Keep in Touch- Leftroom Rec - In Store Now
Attic - Clues for the clueless - No .19 Records
Glimpse soundtrack interpretation of Francis Ford Coppola's film THX-1138 for one people project detroit
Spero - Strutter E.P. - Bang on records
Spero & Kay G - Fux Me - RDA
Spero & Kay G - Lost - RDA
Spero - Tokolche - Kay Code
Spero - Part Jam Remix
RELEASE SCHEDULE :
Glimpse & Martin Dawson - Flying Scotsman - Cocoon Recordings
Glimpse & Martin Dawson - Blue Train - 2020 Vision
Glimpse - Lola EP - Hypercolour
GLIMPSE REMIXES :
Glimpse Remix - 'Dont mourne the sun' - Mimi - Warner Music
Glimpse Remix - 'All Right' - Vitalik
Glimpse Remix - Sequila - Computaphonic
Glimpse Remix - Marc Romboy & Rodriguez Junior - Lac De - Systemactic
Glimpse Remix - Simon Baker - 2020 Vision
Glimpse Remix - Varience Records
Glimpse Remix - Robert Babicz - Astor - Systematic
Glimpse Remix - Antoine - Clampdown - Times have changed
Glimpse Remix - Adam Freeland - Wish you were here - Marin Parade
Glimpse Remix - Robert Babiz & Martin Eyerer - Boxer Records
Glimpse & Jamie Jones Remix - Misique Noire - No.19 Music
Glimpse Remix - DJ Sodyama - Cosmopressure - Namer Records
Glimpse Remix - Stand Beside Me - Murmur Records
Glimpse Remix - Ave de Verde - Flumo Remix
Glimpse Remix - Opposum Records
Glimpse Remix - Different Elevations - Supernature Records
Glimpse Remix - Ali Khan - 'Are you multi-dimensional' - Leftroom Ltd
Glimpse Remix - 'one people detroit' - Serge
Glimpse Remix - Tom Demac - Factor City records - Release Date
Glimpse Remix - Paper Scissor Stone - Leftroom Records - Shinoda
Glimpse Remix - Flumo Records
Glimpse Remix - Cocktail Records
Glimpse Remix - Flumo Records
Glimpse Remix + Pascal Feos Remix - Subconce records
Glimpse Remix - Mark Ashken - Root Rot - Leftroom Records
Glimpse Remix - Mark Henning - Roman Photo Records - Feb 2007
ALBUMS & COMPILATIONS :
Glimpse - Runner Album - Cross Town Rebels
Glimpse - Four Twenty 50th Release Compilation
Glimpse Bird Series - P-Vine Records - Tokyo (Japan)
Glimpse Black Series CD Album - P-Vine Records - Tokyo (Japan)
Video Animation of - Glimpse - 'Its the little things' - Animated by eyeswitch aka rob farquhar (www.eyeswitch.com)
Kompakt Album for Cisco Distribution (Japan) Mixed & Compiled By Glimpse Release December 2006
Raum Volume 1 - Mixed & Edited By Glimpse - P-Vine Records - Tokyo (Japan)
TRACKS APPEAR ON :
Glimpse If I was your girl - DJ Mag Miami - Coud 9 Holland
Glimpse & Alex Jones - Minimal House 4 - ZYX Germany
KNM - Special Marketing - Robert Babicz - Glimpse Remix
Agoria - Balance Series - Train in Austira (Cross Town Rebels)
Carl Cox - Global Underground 38 - Lac Cocina Del Cabrone (Cadenza)
DJ Center - Lac Cocina Del Cabrone (Cadenza)
Mandy - Cambria - Renaissiance
Ministry Of Sound (SOS) - Colours
James Zabelia - Colours - Renaissiance
Magda - 'she's a dancing machine' - feat - 'body-slip' - Minus Records
Nick Warren - Train in Austria (Part 2) Cross Town Rebels - Global Underground
DJ Mag Cover Mount CD - Colours
Fumiya Tunaka - 'Infected Landscapes' - 'Undecided Grace'
Jeremy Caulfield cd mix album - 10:13- Mare & Solaris -'disappear here'- Dumb Unit
Armanda Music - Only Love (Glimpse Remix)
Minimal Techno Compilation - The Mask - ZYX Germany 2007
Glimpse 100% Black - 'You Must Protect yourself' - Torema Records
Anderson Noise - Noise Music Album - Sculpture - Noise Musik
Sashomi Tommi - Renaissance - We Existed
Matt Tolfrey - Clintons Take - Leftout Mix
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