We like to be playing live, getting in the zone, playing, experimenting and playing with technology to create music that improvisations and collaborations with visual artists.
The musicians in GOL also reflect the mutli-cultural landscape of Scotland as each musician is from a mixed culture (Czech/Slovak, Iranian/UK, Arab/Scottish, French/Amercian, Greek).Their EP “ Roots” is AVAILABLE NOW on CD Digipak and will be released in on iTunes in October 2009. They released a track on TenTracks in June as part of the Kelburn Garden Party Festival Compliation.
They are currently working to create a tour from their commission about Iran, combining Film and Music, for the MELA festival Edinburgh. The show "Mixed Up!" received 4 stars in the ScotsmanInfluencesErik Truffaz, Trilok Gurtu, Miles Davis, Mohsen Namjoo, Susan Deyhim, John & Alice Coltrane, The Roots, Goran Bregovic, Bonobo, Johnny Dyani, Cassandra Wilson, Cinematic Orchestra, Da Lata, Goran Bregovic, Nitin Sawney, Icarus, Lamb, Mercan Dede, Mr Scruff, Nicole Conte, Niya Yesh, Prince, Plant Life, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Saban Bajramovic, Stevie Wonder, Theolonius Monk, Nina Simone, Zap Mama, Abdullah Ibrahim, Mos Def, Galliano, Faith No More, Jane's Addiction, Alice in chains, Soundgarden.
Roxana says ..." I grew up listening to my grandfathers's old jazz records in Tehran and mixed with that my grandmothers love of singing persian folk songs. I am pulled by the eastern melodies, they reach for my heart but there is nothing I love more than a great big phat funky beat " Pete says - "I love drums, soundscapes and good songwriting. Im inspired by the polyrhythmic adventures of African, Afro-cuban and Middle Eastern music as much as the beats, melodies and textures of anything from Miles Davis to Erik Truffaz, Bheki Mseleku to Stevie Wonder, Faith No More to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Amon Tobin to Thomas Stronen, Trilok Gurtu to Fela Kuti , The Roots to Amp Fiddler, home-made percussion to found sound, a seemingly random rhythm to an evolving bit of magic...
