After a year and a half of living and performing all over Europe, South Africa´s ground-breaking indie-acoustic musician Gary Thomas has returned home as Eland Gray. In the last 18 months he completed and released his new album, Minortide and the Banished Sea, and performed at festivals and concerts throughout Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark and England. Now, Eland Gray is back with a new body of work ready to share with his cult following. 

"A virtuoso display of left- field indie- folk mastery" - Rolling Stone 

“Spellbinding, epic soundscapes of surrealistic intensity… rupturing the mould of the conventional singer-songwriter” - Mail & Guardian

Originating from Cape Town, South Africa, Eland Gray (formerly Gary Thomas) was Classically trained in school and later studied Jazz at University. His unique style blends rich, moody song writing with a vast array of alternative guitar techniques and precision multi- tasking. 

His diverse musical background shows in his combination of fingerstyle picking, rapid virtuoso strumming and percussive playing. Singing with 2 microphones with varying reverb effects, he uses his voice in the orthodox manner as well as textually layering extra tones over the music. Add all of this to his wooden stomp box and violin bow playing and you have something that sounds alot like Eland Gray. 

In conjunction with the countless South African shows and festivals, the last couple of years have included sell out runs at The National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, touring with Ninja Tunes artist Fink in SA, full endorsements from Ernie Ball and Proel and a European Tour in 2012. 

After officially relocated to Spain in April 2015, Eland Gray's fifth album "Minortide and the Banished Sea" was released on the 24th July 2015. The 10 track album was recorded between Cape Town, South Africa and Granada, Spain between November 2014 - May 2015. Following its release, he embarked on a full tour of Spain between September - November 2015 and recently completed a 3 month European tour through France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Denmark and England.