galcid - ギャルシッド

galcid is a project featuring lena who know her way around synthesizers produced by legendary synthesist, Hisashi Saito.
Her electrifying live performances involve Lena on modular synthesis and other various vintage and modern machines with 3 rules in mind: NO PCs, NO Presets, NO Preparation!

Formed in 2013, galcid is a project featuring lena who know her way around synthesizers produced by legendary synthesist, Hisashi Saito.
Her electrifying live performances involve Lena on modular synthesis and other various vintage and modern machines with 3 rules in mind: NO PCs, NO Presets, NO Preparation!

6 months after the formation, galcid performed at the House of Liquidommune countdown party at Liquid Room, organized by Dommune (www.dommune.com) creator Naohiro Ukawa. The excellent reception they received at this event earned them a performance at another Dommune event, Kandaindustrial [Silent Modular Wars], where they performed alongside Daniel Miller, Isao Tomita, Merzbow, Nina Kraviz, Oval, Moodman, and DJ Nobu.

These performances led to even more appearances at various events including the Taiwan art festival, the Grateful Beer Live Festival15 with Takkyu Ishino, Ken Ishii, and Koji Morimoto.
In February 2016, galcid was invited to Mumbai, India for a Media Art Festival called The Medium as Somatic Impulse, held by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.

galcid continue to break new ground moving forward by performing at an ever expanding range of venues and events.

The memorable 1st album“hertz”in digital format, released upon in worldwide from Detroit Underground, attracted Karl Hyde (Underworld), Chris Carter (Throbbing Gristle) and other well-known musician all over the world.
Also, galcid played at Boiler Room TOKYO in TDME(Tokyo Dance Music Event).
Boiler Room reported that it was more than 360,000 view (only for galcid),
and more than 500 shares(Facebook only). It was really huge and sensational performance.

In March 2017, she has succeed the first Asia tour in Hong Kong.
In July 2017, she has succeed the first EU tour in Balcerona, London, and Madrid.