I Can See No Evil

by GLEN

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1.	PARADIGMA 06:44	info	buy track
2.	ANTHEM 05:24	info	buy track
3.	POLYMORPHINE 08:18	info	buy track
4.	NEOS KOSMOS 10:40	info	buy track
5.	IN THE MIDDAY SUN 10:09	info	buy track
6.	STRIKE 06:20	info	buy track

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CD and Digital Download include an EXTENDED VERSION of the track IN THE MIDDAY SUN.

... to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.
- Roberto Rossellini

GLEN, the Berlin/Athens based instrumental unit release their third album under the ambiguous title I CAN SEE NO EVIL referring to the concept of evil that has become prominent not only in the usual demonizing fictional, religious and moral framings, but more so in political contexts especially when the fragility of civilization is challenged. A closer look could expose the cracks, injustice, disintegration, exploitation and decline of modern societies caused by political and financial ecosystems who benefit from it, but it seems more suitable to blame the divided nature of the human animal in general, to cover up that in every willful act there is a choice, decision and responsibility.

Like the little monkey staring at us from the front cover with eyes wide open that do not know where to look, all words that were spoken seem not enough to get anything said, heard and done, to acknowledge the suffering of many under the power of a few.

Following up their promising previous second album PULL! (2021), pursuing an abrasive reductionism, merging contrasting textures to a unique narration of swelling chords, melodic patterns and abstract noise, GLEN sets with focused energetic turmoil their mark on the map of instrumental elegies.

The six tracks build upon each other like a subtle evolving guitar sculpted monument, turning the screw tighter, enhanced with alluring piano, organ and synths, until its final explosive climax on the B-side`s final track.

Like the previous album, I CAN SEE NO EVIL was mixed by producer legend MACK, who started his career in Giorgio Moroder ́s Musicland Studios, working with bands like Marc Bolan ́s T. Rex, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, early Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Sparks, etc. and produced some of Queen ́s most acclaimed albums.

Despite of the dystopian background of the album, each track shines in lucid clarity and transparency with uplifting bright optimism that is not blind but in full awareness of the urgency of unrest and a look beyond the pixeled grid.

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released October 20, 2023

Wilhelm Stegmeier: guitars, baritone guitar synthesizers, piano, organ, percussion, voice
Eleni Ampelakiotou: guitars
Roland Double Feinaeugle: bass
Lucia Martinez: drums Paradigma (left side), Anthem, Neos Kosmos, In The Midday Sun
Achim Faerber: drums Paradigma (right side), Polymorphine, Strike, additional Percussion on Strike
Jeff Hermanson: fluegelhorn, trumpet on Neos Kosmos

Music by Wilhelm Stegmeier, except Strike (music by Wilhelm Stegmeier, Eleni Ampelakiotou, Mattia Spek)

Recorded by Gerd Krueger at Tritonus Studio Berlin
Additional Recordings by Wilhelm Stegmeier at Dominik Avenwedde Film Sound Design Studio Berlin
Mixed by MACK
Mastered by EROC at Eroc’s Mastering Ranch

Produced by Wilhelm Stegmeier and Eleni Ampelakiotou for FALLING ELEVATORS
Artwork by George Fotopoulos
Front Cover photography by Wilhelm Stegmeier

Released and distributed by SOUND EFFECT RECORDS. © & ℗ 2023 FALLING ELEVATORS. All rights reserved.

www.falling-elevators.com
www.glen-the-band.com
glen@glen-the-band.com

Supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.

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GLEN Berlin, Germany

GLEN deconstructs melodic fragments to epic multilayered hypnotic structures of free improvisation and repetitive themes. A synthesis of contrasting textures with references to No Wave, Noise, Drone, Neo-Krautrock as well as Cinematic Scores. A unique sound of colorful narratives, rhythmic dissonant chords, melodic patterns and abstract noise.
GLEN is a Berlin-based mostly instrumental band. ... more

discography

I Can See No Evil

Oct 2023
PULL!

May 2021
CRACK

Nov 2017

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