Gwenan occupies a unique corner of electronic music, one she has quietly and skillfully
crafted for herself.
On her journey from the Welsh hills, via London and Berlin, she has
honed her art, diving deep into cerebral realms of dream-driven, tactile dance music,
expertly weaving the gentle and the angular, with a strong sense of groove throughout.
Inspired by the sounds of early 90s Sheffield and Detroit, and above all by the
machines and the people who give them their voice, Gwenan is known for her perceptive
presentation of techno in all its forms. Up before dawn on the day of the gig, pulling
together records to play that night, she teases out the spaces between styles that escape
classification. Directness, grit, irresistible movement, a sense of circuits jumping into
life—it’s an ears-first approach that puts body and mood before time and place.
In the studio, Gwenan produces music ranging from abstract electronics to dancefloor
grooves using a mixture of classic hardware, software and an ever-expanding tangle of
modules. Live, you can catch her in collaboration with Eli Verveine (as Gin & Tonic), as they
do their best to step out of the way and let instinct—and the machines—do the talking.
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Activation Energy EP [Marginal Returns] (March 2023)
Untitled split EP with Camiflage [For Playful Manners] (May 2023)
Live at Sanctum of Sound [Not on label] (February 2024)