Mutant, psychedelic & space rock music collective based in Tenerife, The Canary Islands, Spain. Debuted on Ruin Records (Las Palmas, Gran Canaria) in 2007. Since 2010, releasing for an independent label in Barcelona, Foehn Records, and as of 2021 also with Keroxen/Discrepant Records. They have toured Spain, Europe, Rusia, Mexico, Japan, China and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile) and played some major Spanish festivals such as Primavera Sound, Festival Internacional de Benicassim (FIB), Womad or Monkey Week among others.

Regarding the music, the music press has associated them with experimental jazz, krautrock, space-rock or psychedelia.Nonetheless distancing itself from trendy tags, GAF could be defined as inhabiting several particular strains, but also joining a multiplicity of musical styles that are divergent and contained at the same time with psychedelia as its nexus and common denominator.

Until the date, the band has released seven albums and some EP’s and has played under different formats/names: Gaf y la estrella de la muerte, Gaf & The Love Supreme Arkestra, GAF and afg-an. The band is also releasing in Japan under Bias Records and has had live and/or recording collaborations with artists such as Damo Suzuki (CAN), Rob Mazurek (Chicago Underground, Sao Paolo Underground, Isotope 217, etc), Stephen Lawrie (The Telescopes) or David Cordero (Ursula) to name some.

Voted as the Best National LIVE ACT 2011 according to the Spanish Go Mag Magazine and Several of their albums made it also to numerous ‘best of year albums’ lists in the Spanish music press. They got selected for the two major national programes for artist touring, GPS (Girando por Salas) in 2014 and Artistas en Ruta (AIE) in 2020, both programmes funded by Spanish Ministry of Culture and Arts.

In recent years the band performs concerts mainly under the Gaf y la estrella de la muerte format with which they have toured practically the entire Spain between venues and festivals presenting their three albums to date, Gaf y la estrella de la muerte S/T (Foehn 2011), Sunriser (Foehn 2013) and Gamma Bay (Foehn 2018).

Gaf & the cinema

In 2019 Gaf y la estrella de la muerte participated in the opening ceremony of the 19th edition of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival with an original commissioned work based on the soundtracks by Nino Rota and films by Fellini. The presentation of the festival was held at the emblematic theater Pérez Galdós in the capital of Gran Canaria.

In 2022 the new documentary about the acclaimed Lanzarote artist César Manrique is released. It is titled La Utopía and it is made by the Canarian filmmaker Miguel G. Morales and produced by the César Manrique Foundation and RTVE, Spanish National TV. The documentary’s soundtrack is the work of Mladen Kurajica (GAF) and features various recordings and tracks by Gaf y la estrella de la muerte and Gaf & The Love Supreme Arkestra.

Press

“Little by little, from album to album, the Tenerife band are writing, in block letters, a chapter of Spanish music.”   La Vanguardia

“A convincing work- hypnotic and rich in nuances. The six ‘cuts’ that freely walk around leaving nobody indifferent… one of the fundamental albums this year    Rock de Lux

“If I took acid – something I do not  do and what I would  deny anyway, I would doubtless opt for GAFs 4th  work just to see what happens.Once the album is over, you only wish you had not deactivated the replay mode so as to avoid having to return to this world and be able to remain there……stoned, happy, pure. Essentially, this is what art is all about, is it not? Not all the artists achieve it.But GAF does”   
Mondo Sonoro

“They are furrowing across the most insurmountable limits of musical Zeitgeist in order to transmute a very powerful language – captivating as well as singular, a minority voice breaking through..”  El Destilador Cultural

“Truly marvelous- a guarantee that there is much more to Spanish music than the  all-time indie”   El Telescopio

“One of the best guarded secrets of the Spanish experimental rock”   El Giradiscos

«An UFO of the Spanish music…To be heard again and again…A voyage well-worth every minute of your time»   
Bodyspace 

“An incredible trip..a must psychodelia album”   
The Sirens Sound 

“One of the best albums in Spain this year”   
Luís Lles, Diario del Alto Aragón

“A genuine marvel”   Rock en Canarias

“The best representative of the national experimental music”   
El Día

“A fascinating journey”   El Diario de Avisos

“Each and every GAF and Estrella de la Muertes new  step  constitutes a rung of vertigo in a complex  sound spiral that is bedrock holding together this Tenerife band”   La Provincia

“Until the day before yesterday, one of the best guarded secrets of the Spanish experimental rock”   La Ventana Pop

“A personal and enigmatic work- one of those that you listen to once and never forget…Naturally and without imposing the songs , they conduce us to nooks and crannies only reachable by music”   Mindies

“A liquid magma wherein all the ingredients that have contributed to the identity of the project are blended and melted together to give rise to a magic potion of analgesic properties”    Playground Magazine

«One of the most fascinating and hard to define bands on the Spanish scene”   Zona Musical

“If there is anyone capable of proving wrong the equation of seemingly equating the Canary Islands with El Guincho, they are GAF and The Estrella de la Muerte”   Mondo Sonoro

“Armed with a formula consisting of a rich blend of avant-garde styles, this Canary band seem to possess the same powers of persuasion and convocation as the ancient shamans”   
Alta Fidelidad

“An impeccable and well-groomed sound which is capable of creating an atmosphere embracing any situation” 
Treinta y Una Canciones

“The best national live”    Mizake Magazine

“To have this band on the peninsula is a luxury”    
Fantastic Plastic Magazine

“A journey understood in its broadest connotations where one is driven from peaceful passages to electric sonic storms in few seconds and where the improvisation is combined with the melodic precision of pop songs, where everything is possible and where the surprise is a norm”    He Reunido a la Banda

“A band with an absolutely amazing and convincing live act, among the best in Spain”    
Blas Fernández, Scanner FM

“GAF is one of those odd birds that multiplies itself and grows on the stage as no any other band in Spain”    
Best National Act 2011 Go Mag