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Andrew Weatherall (RIP), Richard Sen, Maps, Jay Glass Dubs, C.A.R., Timothy Clerkin, Franz Kirmann, Minotaur Shock and the man himself all step up to lend their talents to the project and the results are stunning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Sen kicks things off with his swaggering remix of the album’s title track, distilling the 20-minute John Carpenter-meets-Krautrock original into seven-minutes of psychedelic disco-dub, with Andy’s John Squire-esque guitar licks to the fore. Add an Ian Brown vocal and this is what the Third Coming of the Stone Roses should have sounded like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy’s contribution is a game changer, as the widescreen ambient techno throb of \u003ci\u003ePulsing\u003c\/i\u003e is revamped over 15 hypnotic and glorious minutes. Imagine Mr Fingers at 33rpm, augmented by plaintive piano lines and dissonant atmospherics. This is the slo-mo acid-house\/shoegaze hybrid you didn't know you needed. Timothy Clerkin’s remix of \u003ci\u003eProjected Sounds\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect foil for Andy’s epic excursion. The Insult to Injury head honcho takes the propulsive Neu! meets Steve Reich original and sloooooows it right down, with squelchy acid lines, chanted vocals and trippy effects. It’s \u003ci\u003eVoodoo Ray\u003c\/i\u003e for the shoegaze generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA1. Dissident (Richard Sen Remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA2. Kolokol (Franz Karmann M25 Remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA3. Weaver (C.A.R. Remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB1. Pulsing (GLOK Extended Remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB2. Projected Sounds (Timothy Clerkin Remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC1. Cloud Cover (Andrew Weatherall Remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC2. Exit Through The Skylight (Jay Glass Dubs Reboot)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC3. Weaver (Minotaur Shock Remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eD1. Pulsing (Maps Remix)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eD2. 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This October his first album proper as Glok – \u003ci\u003ePattern Recognition\u003c\/i\u003e – is released via Ransom Note Records’ sister label Bytes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough usually renowned for purveying the finest quality jangle, drone and general guitar-based magic, Bell’s foray into dance music should come as less of a surprise than immediately meets the eye. There are parallels between the genres within the sonically-deep layers, hypnotic sound and trance-like headspaces, or, as he puts it more succinctly: “Glok is all about the push and pull between electronic and psych in my music.” Although not a full-blown concept album, \u003ci\u003ePattern Recognition\u003c\/i\u003e has a loose thread which takes in a week of life, from weekend to weekend, with each of the vinyl’s four sides capturing different mindstates across that transition. 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