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LUKE GLADU
Multi-Instrumentalist, Producer
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Bands
- Mouth - Lead Guitar, Vocals (1992-1995)
- Apollo Groove Shuttle - Keyboards, Vocals (1995-1997)
- Cissell Tumbler - Keyboards, Vocals (2000)
- Star74 - Guitar, Keyboards, Dobro (2000-)
Biography
Luke Gladu is a producer and multi-instrumentalist.
Luke Gladu's musical endeavors started off at the ripe age of 12 when an old stringless Fender acoustic that had been used more for adornment in the house was finally strung up by a finger pickin' uncle. His search for the outlet and focus he so needed had been discovered in that first guitar.
Having set his sights on music and an almost unquenchable need to always develop his skills further, Luke discovered his joy of performing for an audience while playing drums in his first band at a local teen dance. Whatever position needed to be filled Luke would never hesitate to move around on different instruments in either a performance or recording.
After cutting his teeth in several basement bands as a teenager, Luke would enter into a band called Mouth as lead guitarist. This group was his first vehicle into the live club scene and the first real opportunity to showcase his proficient guitar work and song writing skills. The band quickly became one of the bigger draws and was well known for always having a surprisingly different show each time they played out. In the winter of '93, Mouth debuted their self-titled CD to a sold-out crowd at Crock's n' Rolls in Thunder Bay.
The keyboards began to appeal to Luke after spending his time between college courses in the amphitheater playing the grand piano for hours. His next project was a funk rock outfit called the Apollo Groove Shuttle and would see him playing keyboards exclusively.
Gladu Majored in guitar and minored in piano at the Malaspina College in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada where he was discovered to have perfect pitch and a rare cognitive ability known as synaesthesia which is the neurological mixing of the senses allowing the amazing ability to hear colours and see sounds. It was here that an understanding and appreciation was cultivated for a more complex and abstract approach to his music.
After spending more than a decade recording and performing in numerous bands, Luke opened up Tumbler Recording Studio in 2003 producing and engineering such acts as Star74 and SueIsFine.
