Gnod

Gnod are an English rock band from Salford.^[1][2][3] The band's current lineup since 2012 is made up of key members Paddy Shine, Chris Haslam, Marlene Ribeiro, Alex Macarte and Andy Blundell,^[4][5] with a rotating cast of players, including drummers Jesse Webb and John Perry and vocalist Neil Francis.^[1][5]

Formed in 2006, the band were described in a review of its 2011 release Ingnodwetrust as "a collective from Manchester with an ever-rotating list of members."^[6] In addition to releasing its work on Rocket Recordings, the band's own Tesla Tapes label^[2] serves, according to its Bandcamp page, as "an outlet for musical projects and meanderings by Gnodheads past, present & future and friends of Gnod all over the world."^[1]

As part of a residency at the Islington Mill Art Academy, the band curated "Tangent", an installation by sound artist Callum Higgins.^[2] According to the academy's website, the event "transformed our club space into a fully immersive, light reactive environment. Using the PA system and light sensitive noise creating circuits people were directed into the room in small groups equipped with only a torch to guide them around. Their very presence and behaviour in the room manipulated and shaped their unique experience.^[7] The band also participates in a recurring shared club night at Islington Mill called Gesamtkunstwerk,^[1] (German for "whole arts work".)^[2] Reviewing a Gnod performance there, New Musical Express said, "this band are crazy good ... see them live now."^[8]

According to founding Gnod member Paddy Shine, Tesla Tapes takes its name from Nikola Tesla; band members cite such other non-musical influences as Kurt Vonnegut, David Simon, Graham Hancock and Rupert Sheldrake.^[1] Asked what the band would like to tell the world, Chris Haslam responds "Rebel! Rebel! We are many, they are few!"^[1]