Jacco Gardner

Gardner began recording his first album in 2012 at his own Shadow Shoppe Studio, playing almost all the instruments by himself save the drums, which were done by Jos van Tol. Also helping out with the premastering was Jan Audier, who had worked with Dutch pop and psych bands the Motions, Golden Earring, and Q 65 in the '60s. The completed album, Cabinet of Curiosities, was released in early 2013 by Trouble in Mind. Forming a live band, which consisted of Ben Rider on guitar, Frank Maston on keyboards, bassist Jasper Verhulst, and drummer Nic Niggebrugge, Gardner headed out on the road to promote the well-reviewed and received album. Returning to his home studio, he set to work on his next album, adding more vintage keyboards and a British folk influence. Hypnophobia was released by Polyvinyl in the spring of 2015. After moving to Lisbon, falling in love and getting into old science fiction novels, Gardner began to experiment with synthesizers and eventually came up with a hybrid sound that meshed his love of baroque pop with ambient synthesizer music. His third album, 2018's Somnium reflected this new sound and was purely instrumental. Polyvinyl released the record in late 2018. ~ Tim Sendra, Rovi

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