GLOK (Andy Bell of Ride/Oasis/Beady Eye)

Andy Bell of pioneering shoegazers Ride is parking his Space Station in low Earth orbit to take the GLOK-mobile for a spin.

The Oxford musician and DJ sings and plays guitar with Ride, makes solo albums as Andy Bell, puts out electronic music and produces remixes under the name GLOK, and  performs live instrumental gigs under the name Andy Bell Space Station, as well as DJ’ing. 

He’s an ex member of Oasis, Beady Eye, and Hurricane #1 who, as guitarist or bass player, has also appeared live with Pink Floyd, The Creation, Talk Talk, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, recording with Andrew Weatherall, and recently as bass player for Du Blonde.

As GLOK he has remixed MAPS, Bon  Voyage, Pye Corner Audio, Ganser, The Flamingods, Ride, Franz Kirmann, Herman  Kristoffersson, Bdrmm and C.A.R. among others. 

Andy Bell Space Station was born in 2020, during lockdown, when Andy started a residency at a coffee shop called Lo-Fi that opened up in Crouch End, North London, where he lives, before supporting Stereolab. The music comes from GLOK, Andy's solo material, and unreleased stuff too - the backing tracks are deconstructed and extended in a way that makes them easy to improvise over. The gigs are instrumental - like a DJ set with live guitar.