Gilroy Mere / Oliver Cherer

Trading as Dollboy, Rhododendron, and Australian Testing Labs as well as his own name, Oliver Cherer has meandered his way through the backwaters of left of centre English folk, ambient and electronic music, issuing numerous albums of original music to much critical acclaim via highly regarded boutique labels such as Static Caravan, Second Language, Deep Distance, Polytechnic Youth, and Awkward Formats. More recently he has found success with Motodisco project ‘Aircooled’ with Justin Welch and Katharine Wallinger.

He has released two LPs and a flexi-disc EP, on Clay Pipe under his ‘Gilroy Mere’ moniker the beautiful transport inspired ‘Green Line’ and ‘Adlestrop’. Both records have proved enduringly popular the vinyl edition of Green Line has been repressed three times, and a third repress of Adlestrop is due spring 2023 along with a new album ‘Gilden Gate’ that explores the underwater world of lost medieval Suffolk town Dunwich.