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Hello fans of good music, here you will find tunes with atmosphere and soul, with depth and groove. Self-written songs that fascinate, captivate and carry away. Enjoy your stay on our website and let yourself be inspired by our rock music.

About Us

The origins of gimbal.lock are based on project founder Ralph Bayer’s vision of producing self-composed, atmospheric rock songs that stand out from the mainstream. Part of the realization was to bring in various guest musicians for the individual songs.
However, after the project took shape and the first demos were produced (in 2022), a solid core of musicians formed around the project, which evolved into a band that will also perform their material live at concerts. For some of the recordings and concerts we will have special guests.

The current core band members are:
Ralph – lead singer, guitarist
Tom – drummer
Zsolt – guitarist, background singer

We are enthusiastic musicians (located near Munich, Germany) who have a great love for rock music. This results in creative original compositions that reflect the whole range of the genre. gimbal.lock realizes these songs with a lot of passion, feeling and effort. Only what we like has the chance to be published. And our own bar is very high in terms of quality, versatility and variety.

New Release

Our debut song ‘Fantasy’ is out now!

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Studio Version on:

Spotify | amazon music | Apple Music | YouTube Music | Deezer

Radio Edit Version on:

Spotify | amazon music | Apple Music | YouTube Music | Deezer

Buy the song and support us on: bandcamp

Music Content

Fantasy

Specials

Gloria (in excelsis Deo)

Press

19.04.2023 – AMS Radio is featuring ‘Fantasy’ on the #Tweetcore Radio Hour

We are happy to announce that ‘Fantasy’ will be featured in the #Tweetcore Radio Hour on AMS Radio – Tonight, 7 PM EST.

10.04.2023 – Click Roll Boom music blog reviewed ‘Fantasy’

“… ‘Fantasy’ is an effortless foot tapper that takes the listener on a journey through their imagination, washing over with a sense of calm and heartwarming positivity. No matter how serious life gets, we all need to take a moment out to embrace our fantasies and live in our alternate dreamworld once in a while.…” by Amy – https://www.clickrollboom.co.uk

The music blog Click Roll Boom wrote a review about our debut song ‘Fantasy’ – Read full article here

01.04.2023 – Fresh New Track #25 – eclecticmusiclover music blog covered ‘Fantasy’

“… For me, the musical highlight of the song is its enchanting Middle Eastern flavor, thanks to the use of exotic instruments like the buzuq, a long-necked Arabic fretted lute, and the santoor, a trapezoid-shaped Indian hammered dulcimer. “Fantasy” is a promising debut from gimbal.lock, and I’m eager to hear more music from them! …” by Jeff Archuleta – eclecticmusiclover.com

Fresh New Track #25 of the music blog http://eclecticmusiclover.com by Jeff Archuleta choosed to write some words about us and our debut song ‘Fantasy’ – Read full article here

01.04.2023 – Indie Music News Worldwide blog covered ‘Fantasy’

“…Part of what sets “Fantasy” apart is an uncommon Arabic underpinning in the composition which will appeal to anyone who’s gotten tired of the same old, same old American rock standards…” by Sean McCauley – IndieMusicNewsWorldwide

We’re thrilled to share that our song ‘Fantasy’ has been covered by the music blog Indie Music News Worldwide! It’s an honor to be featured on their platform and we’re grateful for the support. – Read full article here

01.03.2023 – Radio Alternativa Rock Radio Feature ‘Fantasy’
To all our followers from Brazil: 03/02/2023, 9PM Brasilia Time, we will be featured with ‘Fantasy’ in the Alternativa Groover show, from Radio Alternativa Rock, www.radioalternativarock.com !

01.03.2023 – ByteFM Radio Feature
Great news! Wednesday at 18:00 (CET) gimbal.lock will be featured with ‘Fantasy’ on Marius Magaard’s great show ‘Anstoß’ on the German internetradio ByteFM. Don’t miss it!

27.02.2023 – Radio Wigwam Radio Feature ‘Fantasy’
We are very excited to be featured on the Indie Jukebox show from Radio Wigwam with our new song ‘Fantasy’ 01.03.2023 – 6pm GMT at radiowigwam.co.uk

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If you like our music and want to support us for future content, you can do that by buying our songs via bandcamp. Each song has a minimum price of 0.50 €, but you are welcome to pay more if you are willing. Thank you very much! After purchase you can download the track in high quality format (mp3, FLAC, etc.).

Link to bandcamp for Fantasy (Studio Version)

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Press Kit

Articles

by Jeff Archuleta - eclecticmusiclover.com

Read full article here

“… For me, the musical highlight of the song is its enchanting Middle Eastern flavor, thanks to the use of exotic instruments like the buzuq, a long-necked Arabic fretted lute, and the santoor, a trapezoid-shaped Indian hammered dulcimer. “Fantasy” is a promising debut from gimbal.lock, and I’m eager to hear more music from them! …”

by Sean McCauley - indiemusicnewsworldwide

Read full article here

“… Part of what sets “Fantasy” apart is an uncommon Arabic underpinning in the composition which will appeal to anyone who’s gotten tired of the same old, same old American rock standards … “

by Amy from Click Roll Boom

Read full article here

“…. ‘Fantasy’ is an effortless foot tapper that takes the listener on a journey through their imagination, washing over with a sense of calm and heartwarming positivity. No matter how serious life gets, we all need to take a moment out to embrace our fantasies and live in our alternate dreamworld once in a while .… “

This soft rock song leads the listener into the wonderful world of his own imagination.

Written in 2005; gimbal.lock recordings in 2022

Ralph Bayer: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Bouzouki, Santoor, Synthesizer

Thomas Geißler: Drums

Zsolt Temes: Consulting

Guest musicians

Papa Lu: Piano

Recording and Mixing by Ralph Bayer

Mastered by Charles H. Root, III at Electric Owl Works, South Wales, NY, USA (link)

Fantasy

Music and lyrics by: Ralph Bayer – All rights reserved

Close your eyes and follow me
Yes, use your fantasy!

Imagine you can fly

Soar up into the sky

Untouched land and open sea
Infinite space to be free

You can travel very far

You can reach out for stars

Use your fantasy
And free your mind

Forget your pain

And touch the sky

You can do it your own way
No matter if it’s night or day

Just close your eyes and decree

How it has to be

If you want to get the best
Or just need a spot to rest

If you want to shout

In your fantasy all is allowed

All allowed

Use your fantasy
And free your mind

Forget your pain

And touch the sky

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gimbal.lock’s debut song and new interpretation of a traditional christmas tune.

gimbal.lock recordings and arrangement in 2022

Ralph Bayer: LD-/BG-Vocals, A-/E-Guitars, Bass, Brass, Perc.

Zsolt Temes: BG-Vocals, E-Guitars

Thomas Geißler: Drums

Guest musicians

Ulrike Essmann: BG-Vocals

Heleen Bayer: Piano

Recording and Mixing by Ralph Bayer

Mastered by Marc Felish – Dominion Mastering Studio (link)

Gloria (in excelsis Deo)

Music: Unknown (ca. 1842), Lyrics: James Chadwick (1862)

Arrangement: gimbal.lock (2022)

Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!

Come to Bethlehem and see
Christ whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!

See Him in a manger laid
Whom the choirs of angels praise;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While our heart in love we raise.
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Gloria in excelsis Deo!

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If you are interested to book gimbal.lock for your event or festival, please don’t hesitate to send us a request via booking@gimbal-lock.com

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