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Glenn Love

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Glenn Love live at Savage Garden Toronto, ON

Glenn Love is an electro-industrial musician based in Toronto Canada signed to Sonic-X Records in Germany.

Prior to 2001 Glenn Love played keyboards for a variety of bands releasing several albums.

In November 2001 Glenn released his first solo CD of Dark Ambient music, Cruel Utopia.

In 2002 Cruel Utopia charted for seven months on Canadian College and received world wide reviews. A distribution deal with S-X Distribution was signed in December 2002.

Glenn played at frequent Toronto Dark Raves performing dark ambient / live PA for chill out rooms. In August 2003 Glenn performed in Mainz Germany with German Electro-industrial band, Netz.

In September 2005 Glenn released Belle Epoque on Sonic-X Records. The album charted on Canadian college radio for seven months and charted on the German Native 25 Charts for eight weeks. Reflecting a variety of styles from Dark Ambient to industrial to neo-folk, Belle Epoque was well reviewed internationally. Glenn performed regularly to promote the album including an appearance at the December 2005 Dark Dance Treffen in Lahr Germany with TH Industry.

In June of 2006 Glenn performed twice in Leipzig Germany at the XtraX Open Arts Festival. In 2007 Glenn incorporated vocals into his music and evolved his musical style from dark ambient to hard industrial dance.

Recording of the new album started at T-S Musix Studio in Zweibrucken Germany with producer Tommy Steuer. Glenn expanded the format of the band including live keys and back up vocals by Mike Arnott.

Glenn headlined at the Bal Masque festival in Quebec City in October 2007.

The new material was taken on a tour in Europe during the summer of 2008 and in September 2008 Cryptesthesia was released on Sonic-X Records. The CD is distributed in co-operation with Sonic-X Records / Danse Macabre / Alive. Cryptesthesia charted for five months of Canadian college radio and built Glenn a new audience in the Elecktro-industrial dance scene.

In 2009 Glenn performed with Seabound and De/Vision in Toronto then returned to Europe for another tour.

2010 tour dates included the Kinetik Festival in Montreal and at the 2010 EBM Festival in Toronto.

In June 2011 Glenn joined the UK band Attrition as their guest keyboardist for a series of concerts in Canada.

A video channel on youtube is launched on Halloween 2011. The first three videos are posted.

The new CD, Delusion of Reprieve, is released worldwide on Dec.9th 2011 on Sonic-X. A new concert tour is planned.

Discography

Releases:

Delusion of Reprieve - Dec. 2011 - Sonic- X Records

Cryptesthesia - Sept. 2008 – Sonic-X Records

Belle Epoque - Sept. 2005 – Sonic-X Records

Cruel Utopia - Nov. 2001 – SX Distribution

Tracks appear on:

nachtaktiv magazine compilation - vol. 07 - Feb. 2012

Army of Industrial Darkness : Part Five. - 2010

Dark Alliance Vol. 2 – 2009

Dark Spy Compilation Vol.22 - 2009

Sonic Seducer-Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 87 – 2008

"When Angels Die" Compilation CD on COP International - June 2007

Refraktor Compilation CD - Ausgabe 37 - 2006

Black Church Compilation CD - Vol. 3 - 2006

Recreation X Display Disobey v2" on Urbcom - 2006



References

Glenn Love's CBC Radio 3 page

Glenn Love's Homepage

http://www.youtube.com/user/GlennLoveMusic

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