Galasphere 347
An international band of musicians come together to make Anglo—Scandinavian progressive rock. With pedigrees in bands such as White Willow, Henry Fool, LaHost, Airbag, IQ, Änglagård, The Tim Bowness band, No-Man, John Wetton, Weserbandland and Necromonkey, Galasphere 347 bring epic widescreen scale to their music. Mattias’s powerful and dynamic drumming intertwines with Jacob and John Jowitt’s liquid bass and Bjørn Riis’s grinding guitars to provide the bedrock for Ketil’s mellifluous flute and Stephen’s lush analogue keyboards, guitar and passionate vocals.
The band’s influences are as varied as their geographical locations suggest, from the technical spectacle of progressive rock to the distorted insistence of Krautrock, via the intimacy of the singer-songwriter’s oeuvre. Galasphere 347’s music revels in lyrical passion and performance.
Galasphere 347 are:
- Stephen James Bennett on singing, keyboards, guitars, Gizmotron, lap steel, Taurus pedals and bits and bobs
- Ketil Vestrum Einarsen on flute and programming
- Mattias Olsson on drums and electric and acoustic exotica
- Jacob Holm-Lupo on bass and staccato guitars
- Bjørn Riis (Airbag) on Electric Guitars
- John Jowitt (IQ, Jadis, John Wetton) on bass
- Myke Clifford (Henry Fool) on Sax
- Pete Smith (Subway on bass and bass pedals)
