Global

Global are a five piece band mixing techno grooves with earthy didgeridoo and trance atmospherics. The group, based in Dartmoor, is led by Nigel Shaw, a flute playing, percussion-banging pioneer of ambient music. Global have released three albums on their own Seventh Wave label and have worked on an album of remixes of the Seventies Gong classic 'You' - other featured remixes included The Shamen, 808 State and Steve Hillage's System 7. In 1998 they played on the Whirl-Y-Gig dome stage at the Rivermead WOMAD Festival in Reading.

Album: Gig-Na-Gig

[GLISS CD003]
Gig-Na-Gig

Track Listing:

  1. Waeving Darkness
  2. Didge-na-Gig
  3. These Feet Walking
  4. Isle of Mystery
  5. Tuatha-na-Gig
  6. Pass the Pulse
  7. The Universe is Rushing By
  8. Small Stone
  9. The Universe - Pulse Mix

Released 1997. This is quite an uplifting selection of atmospheric ambient trance with vocals that work well from Carolyn Hillyer. The highlight here is 'The Universe' (Pulse Mix).

For further information on Global, contact:

Snail-Mail: Seventh Wave Music,
PO Box 1,
Totnes, Devon UK

Tel: 01822 880301

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