Artist description Happy-sounding keyboards & effects.

Music Style Instrumental feel-good experimental electronic pop.

Musical Influences Happiness, nature, freedom, cartoons, old video games.

Similar Artists Plone, Takako Minekawa, Yukari Fresh, Cubismo Grafico, Toog, Bis, old video games soundtracks.

Artist History Started in Joliette, Quebec in 1996. Became a serious project at the beginning of 1998. Glad finally recorded its first demo and began playing live concerts during summer 1998! In early 2000, after a few years spent recording lots of tracks and playing local gigs, Glad En Mono releases a new 5-song feature called Gladification, showcasing some of their latest works!

Group Members Patrick Benny: Gladiology; Raphael Boulard: Gladioactivity.

Instruments Concertmate-600, DX7, AN1X, Alpha Juno-1 and more.

Albums Glad (demo) (1998); Gladification EP (2000).

Press Reviews "Glad is an instrumental keyboard duo." - Bittersweet records; "With a cheesy, lo-fi approach to their keyboards, Glad En Mono create beat-based tracks that are more appropriate to early-'70s children's programming than the dancefloor. Peculiarly entertaining." - listen.lycos.com; "Disarming as a morning. Electronic for babies. For the ones thinking Plone are too much dark." - BrainDancer; "The Quebecoisian duo are probably getting tired of the Plone comparisons but that is who they sound like. Like Plone but with even more character and style." - GElatinE; "yummy cheesy goodness,post data power!" - the objekt; "Absolutely one of my favorite mp3.com electronic bands, Glad En Mono creates an experience much like inhaling an Atari. Get down w/ that circuitry! Brilliant in the truest sense of the word." - Nationwide Clyde, Inc.; "I like listening to this [lo-fi shitsynth joy] when I'm sad, because it makes me happy." - Digital Merlin; "Analogue stuff in the vain of Plone but a bit more uptempo and happy." - Dog Latin; "The most powerful 1 minute and 19 seconds possible from a casio keyboard." (about 01:19) - Jammin Don Freebird; "neuvo perry and kingly-esque styleings." - Quirk Lords; "8-bit computery nonsense. Which I like." - Mouth Reliant; "An epic victory march! Long live 8-bit!" (about 02:57) - Electro Fromage; "he likes casio too" - instant; "Gladify your life with these tunes!" - Reverend Sick; "Happy, happy, joy, joy" - Spur Popunar; "this song is pure fun! i love it! it makes me happy happy" (about (yellow)) - Radio Der Mord.

Location Montreal, Quebec - Canada

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