Macrocosm | fr

Macrocosmica were Keith Beacom (drums), Gordon Brady (guitar), Brendan O'Hare (guitar) and Cerwyss O'Hare (bass). Keith and Gordon were former members of heavy psyche outfit Bangtwister, while Brendan was previously in Teenage Fanclub, Telstar Ponies and Mogwai, as well as releasing 3 albums under the Fiend monicker. Previous band members were Gavin Laird (guitar), who was also the bass player in Telstar Ponies & Russel McEwan (Drums) who now fronts Black Sun. Formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1996 and active until 2005 the band have released: a mini-album (Ad Astra, God Bless Records, 1997), an e.p. (Space Geek, God Bless...

First formed back in the 1990s, UK based artist "Macrocosm" (Mike Letchford) started life producing ambient music, but moved into experimental "intelligent" dance music and a period of drum and bass. Featured as "demo of the month" in April 1996 edition of Future Music magazine (with the song "Choral Reefer", he joined the label Protean Vision Quest in 1997 (along with artists like Gnomadic) supplying music for the "Ancient Alien" video, and regularly performing in Brighton and as part of a UK "Ambisonix 3D Sound" tour (along with the band Quanta). He has produced the "Electronica Monthly" podcast for the...