EARTHBALL are a wild ensemble from Canada, mainly based on Vancouver Island. EarthBall's live shows epitomise their commitment to spontaneous composition, offering audiences a unique experience with each performance. The last two years have seen EarthBall release their debut LP 'It's Yours' and a live album entitled 'Actual Earth Music - Volume 1 & 2' featuring Chris Corsano and Steve Beresford on Upset The Rhythm. This winter they returned with their best effort to date 'Outside Over There’ - a gathering of sound at the forest's edge; where feedback, saxophone screams, and ecstatic vocals dissolve the boundary between chaos and clarity. Perhaps John Olson of Wolf Eyes sums up the album best:

“Outside Over There is an eight-track odyssey that unfolds like a dreamscape, where whispered incantations brush against the shadowy fringes of the cosmos, and wild, Cézanne-inspired rock anthems erupt like geysers of color in the midst of a western warm and wet rain storm… culminating in the sprawling eleven-minute masterpiece, ‘And The Music Shall Untune The Sky,’ aptly dubbed the Earth Crusher. A creation so utterly deconstructed and intertwined with the pulse of nature itself that if AI was called upon to conceive ‘Outside Over There’ anew, it would just spit back, “F.U. in Tree Font”. An enchanting invitation for even the flat-earthers to join the circle, if only just a little.”

https://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/outside-over-there

L are a disassociated non-music trio based around the writings of card magician / vocalist Jack Paton, in collaboration with guitarist Jack Mellin and Laurie Pitt on drums. Their latest release 'My Sister's Baby' was released via GLARC last year and performed at a live launch underneath the M8. L are “probably the most magnetic, outrageous, crazed, dadaist, inventive group in Glasgow.” (review from Michael Kasparis)

Semay (cello) and Seth (double bass) are originally from opposite ends of the North of England. They met in the noughties when Seth was playing with chamber improv band 7 Hertz (and Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp), and Semay was playing with Homelife (Mayming, and The Earlies among others). They both now live in Scotland, where they have rekindled their musical relationship, playing in New String Collective, Ubu Warp Cheer and now this duo.

Their freely improvised music reflects their diverse backgrounds in orchestral music, punk, electronica and jazz, as well as their delight in playing their instruments, with a genuine commitment to openly exploring anything that might arrive.

Some time ago, they spent two days recording as many duos as they could fit. The result is a new and exciting debut release of their music, out in April 2026.

Access Guide and Tickets for Personal Assistants

You can view/download The Glad Cafe's Access Guide here. If you require a ticket for a Personal Assistant/Gig Buddy (at no extra cost), please contact kim@thegladcafe.co.uk.