Aoticp

2015 release from Graham Dids Dowdall AKA Gagarin. He makes instrumental electronica that doesn't adhere to any particular scene or style and draws on influences ranging from contemporary classical to techno and every point in between and beyond. Currently a member of avant rock legends Pere Ubu and Welsh-Iranian folktronica duo Roshi ft. Pars Radio, Gagarin has a long history of left-field musical promiscuity. Including a long period of collaboration with Nico (Velvet Underground) and many dalliances along the way include John Cale, Ludus, Eric Random, Suns of Arqa, Band of Holy Joy, Low Bias, Zor Gabor and many more. As Gagarin he has released several albums and contributed to numerous compiIations and remix projects. Under his given name Graham released an experimental cassette Outside Broadcast in 2014 through Touch's Tapeworm imprint which is based on sounds sourced from analogue radios, and is a eulogy to that dying format. Aoticp includes some elements from this alongside abstract grooves, unstable synth melodies, floaty ambience, field recordings, grimey beats, glitch and noise.