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He is perhaps best known for his early work in the Manchester acid house scene in the late 1980s and the track "Voodoo Ray". At that time, he specialised in techno music produced using equipment such as the Roland TB-303 bass synthesiser and the TR-808 drum machine (he sourced much of his equipment from Johnny Roadhouse, a second-hand music shop that is otherwise the haunt of non-mancunian students). Manchester City Centre, seen here in 2007. ... A yellow smiley face is considered the emblem of Acid House. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... The Roland TB-303 Bass Line is a synthesizer with built-in sequencer manufactured by the Roland corporation in 1982 and 1983 that had a defining role in the development of contemporary electronic music. ... The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer was one of the first programmable drum machines (TR serving as an acronym for Transistor Rhythm). Introduced by the Roland Corporation in late 1980, it was originally manufactured for use as a tool for studio musicians to create demos. ...

Early influences and music

Simpson was heavily influenced by his Jamaican roots; his father's blue-beat, ska and Trojan reggae record collection, his mother's pentecostal church sessions and the Jamaican Sound system (DJ) parties in Manchester's Moss Side area where he grew up. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A sound system is a group of DJs and engineers contributing and working together as one, often playing and producing one particular kind of music. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

He absorbed jazz fusion at clubs like Legends in Manchester where the dancefloor in the early 1980s inspired him to study contemporary dance. Around 1983 with electro booming and early hip hop, Breakdancing and b-boy culture making its way from the US, he left dance college to immerse himself in electronic music. At this time music from Detroit and Chicago - from producers such as Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson was being played by Stu Allen on Piccadilly Radio and imported directly into Manchester's specialist record shops. Bitches Brew (1970) by Miles Davis is considered the most influential early fusion album. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Electro, short for electro funk (also known as robot hip hop and Electro hop) is an electronic style of hip hop directly influenced by Kraftwerk and funk records (unlike earlier rap records which were closer to disco). ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... A breakdancer performing a one-handed freeze (also known as a pike) in the streets of Paris. ... Juan Atkins (born December 9, 1962 in Detroit) is an American musician. ... Derrick May, also known as Mayday and Rhythim is Rhythim, is an electronic musician from Detroit, Michigan U.S.. He was born in Detroit in 1963 and began to explore electronic music early in his life. ... Inner City (Kevin Saunderson and Paris Grey) Kevin Saunderson (born in Brooklyn, New York on May 9, 1964) is an American electronic music producer. ... Stu Allan is a British dance music DJ who worked for Piccadilly Radio and Key 103 in Manchester in the 1980s and 1990s. ... Piccadilly Magic 1152 AM Piccadilly Magic 1152 (also known as Magic 1152) ‘Greatest Hits Non-Stop,’ was Manchesters first commercial radio station. ...

Inspired, Gerald began experimenting with tape editing and drum machines and the regular jams in the attic of his house led to forming the Scratchbeat Masters. Using cut up beats, samples and turntables they would challenge other crews and their sound systems. They released a 12" single called "Wax On The Melt", a collaboration between a number of crews and Graham Massey and Martin Price together with whom he would later form 808 State. Their first album Newbuild was released in 1988 but he soon left the group to concentrate on his solo work. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Sound system has multiple meanings: A sound reinforcement system is a system for amplifying, reproducing, and sometimes recording audio. ... 808 State is also a nickname for Hawaii, derived from its telephone area code. ... Newbuild is a 1988 album by 808 State. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Success and Releases

The result of heading back into his bedroom studio was "Voodoo Ray", played first at the infamous Hacienda in 1988 and then the underground clubs and entering the UK charts a year later. It was one of the first acid house tracks produced in the UK. This was a time when musicians believed they needed to be signed to a major record company to have a hit but without the backing of the major label marketing machine and spurred on by the acid house fever sweeping the club scene, "Voodoo Ray" entered the charts in 1989. The Hacienda Fac 51 Haçienda (also known as simply The Haçienda) was one of the most well known nightclubs in Manchester during the Madchester years of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... A yellow smiley face is considered the emblem of Acid House. ...

At the same time a track he'd started before leaving 808 State, "Pacific State". was released and hit the charts. However, according to Simpson, they had finished and released the track without Simpson's permission. Although Simpson was credited on its first release on the album Quadrastate both as a writer and co-producer, the dispute escalated as Simpson claimed to have written the entire track. The dispute was eventually settled out of court.

In 1991 after a mismatched partnership with CBS / Sony producing two albums, Automanikk and Hi Life Lo Profile (unreleased) he started his own label, Juice Box Records, releasing a string of pioneering 12" singles - the seeds of what became known as jungle and later drum and bass. The first singles were compiled and released on his landmark (and very rare) third album 28 Gun Bad Boy (1992). Juice Box Records was an independent record label from the United Kingdom. ... Oldschool jungle is the name given to a style of electronic music that incorporates influences from genres including breakbeat hardcore, techno, rare groove and reggae/dub/dancehall. ... Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to DnB, drum n bass or drum & bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ... 28 Gun Bad Boy is the fourth album by house music and drum and bass pioneer A Guy Called Gerald, released in 1992. ...

During the next five years as jungle rose in popularity and expanded well beyond its UK roots, Simpson released a string of groundbreaking music. In 1995 his next album, Black Secret Technology was released. It is cited as one of the first single-artist drum and bass albums and was very well received. Black Secret Tehnology is the third album by house music and drum and bass pioneer A Guy Called Gerald, released in 1995. ...

In 1997 he moved to New York and in 2000 released Essence on the independent label, !K7 Records. Essence was Simpson's first song-based rather than dance/club album featuring guests such as Lou Rhodes, David Simpson, Lady Miss Kier and Wendy Page. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... !K7 Records is a German independent record label that focuses mostly on electronic music. ... Lou Rhodes in London, March 2006 Lou Rhodes is the stage name for the singer Louise Rhodes from Leeds, England. ... David Simpson (born 1959) is a Democratic Unionist politician in the United Kingdom. ... Kierin Magenta Kirby (born August 15, 1969 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American singer and DJ. // As Lady Miss Kier, she was the lead singer for the dance music band Deee-Lite. ...

In October 2004 Voodoo Ray appeared in popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on House Music radio station SF-UR. A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the fifth video game in the Grand Theft Auto series. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... The soundtrack of the computer and video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which is set in 1992 at the West Coast state of San Andreas, required that the games radio stations reflect the music tastes of the time and area, in addition to covering current events in the...

In January 2005 he released a more ambient album To All Things What They Need on !K7 Records.

His latest album called Proto Acid / The Berlin Sessions was released on German label Laboratory Instinct in August 2006. A continuous mix album it was recorded live in Berlin and is a definite return to the dancefloor. He is currently touring clubs worldwide and releasing on his own labels SUGOI and PROTECHSHON.

Discography

Albums (A Guy Called Gerald)

• 'Hot Lemonade' (Rham Records 1989)
• 'The John Peel Sessions' (Strange Fruit 1989)
• 'Automanikk' (CBS/Sony 1990)
• 'Hi Life, Lo Profile' (CBS/Sony 1990 - Unreleased)
• '28 Gun Bad Boy' (Juice Box Records 1992)
• 'Black Secret Technology' (Juice Box Records 1995)
• 'The John Peel Sessions - A Guy Called Gerald' (Strange Fruit 1999)
• 'Cryogenix' MP3.com 1999 (Unavailable)
• 'Essence' (!K7 Records 2000)
• 'To All Things What They Need' (!K7 Records 2005)
• 'Proto Acid - The Berlin Sessions' (Laboratory Instinct 2006)

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• 'Voodoo Ray' Single (Rham Records 1988)
• 'Voodoo Ray' EP (Rham Records 1988)
• 'Voodoo Ray Remixes' (Warlock USA 1988)
• 'Voodoo Ray Remixes' (Rham Records 1988)
• 'Hot Lemonade' (Rham Records 1989)
• 'Hot Lemonade Youth Remixes' (Rham Records 1989)
• 'The Peel Sessions' EP (Strange Fruit 1989)
• 'Trip City' 1989
• 'FX Mayday Mix' (CBS / Sony 1989)
• 'FX Elevation Mix' (CBS / Sony 1989)
• 'The Peel Sessions' EP USA 1990
• 'Automannik (Just 4 U Gordon Mix' EP USA 1990
• 'Automannik (Bass Overload Mix' EP USA 1990
• 'Automannik (Bass Overload Mix' EP USA 1990
• 'Emotions Electric' (Juice Box Records 1990)
• 'Disneyband / Anything' (Juice Box Records 1991)
• 'Nowhere To Run' - Inertia (Black Out Records 1991)
• 'Digital Bad Boy' (Juice Box Records 1992)
• 'Cops' (Juice Box Records 1992)
• 'Ses Makes You Wise' (Juice Box Records 1992)
• 'The Musical Magical Midi Machine' (Juice Box Records 1992)
• 'Changing' (Juice Box Records 1992)
• 'I Feel The Magic' (Juice Box Records 1993)
• 'Strange Love' - Ricky Rouge (Juice Box Records 1993)
• 'Strange Love Remixes' - Ricky Rouge (Juice Box Records 1993)
• 'When You Took My Love' - Ricky Rouge (Juice Box Records 1993)
• 'De Ja Vu' - Ricky Rouge (Juice Box Records 1993)
• 'Song For Every Man' - Ricky Rouge (Juice Box Records 1993)
• 'Satisfaction' - Inertia (Juice Box Records 1993)
• 'Fragments' - Inertia (Juice Box Records 1993)
• 'Too Fucked To Dance' - Inertia (Juice Box Records 1993)
• 'The Glok' (Juice Box Records 1993)
• 'Nazinji-zaka' (Juice Box Records 1993)
• 'Darker Than I Should Be' (Juice Box Records 1993)
• 'Finley's Rainbow' (Juice Box Records 1995)
• 'Finley's Rainbow Remixes' (Juice Box Records 1995)
• 'So Many Dreams' (Juice Box Records 1996)
• 'The Curse Of Voodoo Ray' Promo Only (Juice Box Records 1996)
• 'Radar Systems' (Juice Box Records 1998)
• 'Fever' (!K7 2000)
• 'Humanity' (!K7 2000)
• 'First Try' (!K7 2005)
• 'Flo-ride' (Sugoi 2005)
• 'Is Man In Danger' (Protechshon 2005)
• 'Sufistifunk' (Sugoi 2006)
• 'Time To Jak' (Sender 2006)
• 'Proto Acid / The Berlin Sessions 1' (Laboratory Instinct 2006)

Albums (Collaborations)

• 'New Build' - 808 State (Creed 1988)
• 'Prebuild' - 808 State (Rephlex 2005)

Singles (Collaborations)

• 'Let Yourself Go' - 808 State (1988)
• 'Dream 17' - Annette (Deconstruction 1988)
• 'Massage-A-Rama' - Lounge Jays (1989)
• 'Born In The North' - US (Wooden 1989)
• 'Energy' - The Two G'$ (Juice Box Records 1995)
• 'Black Gravity' - with Herbie Hancock / Bill Laswell (2001)

See also

• Acid House
• 808 State
• Chicago House
• Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes
• Ralphi Rosario
• Liz Torres
• Phuture
• Armando
• House Music
• Kevin Saunderson
• Chip E
• Adonis (artist)
• Mike Dunn
• The Children
• Fingers, Inc.
• Detroit Techno
• Techno
• Derrick May
• Juan Atkins
• Underground Resistance
• Drum_and_Bass
• List of jungle and drum n bass artists
• Goldie
• 4 Hero

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References

• Carlisle, Colin (1995) Fly | Global Music Culture
• Kabuubi, Maxine (2000) Knowledge Magazine
• Shapiro, Peter; Rough Guides (1999) The Rough Guide to Drum n Bass ISBN 1-85828-433-3
• Eshun, Kodwo (1998) More Brilliant Than The Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction ISBN ?

External links

• aguycalledgerald.com - official website
• myspace - myspace
• homepages.force9.net/king1/ - unofficial website
• laboratoryinstinct.com - Laboratory Instinct website
• k7.com - !K7 Records website
• A Guy Called Gerald at Discogs
• A Guy Called Gerald at rolldabeats
• A Guy Called Gerald on www.samurai.fm - samurai.fm | NEW MUSIC RADIO
• A Guy Called Gerald at MusicBrainz
• A Guy Called Gerald at Last.fm
• A Guy Called Gerald at inthemix.com.au

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Interviews / Articles

• Textura Interview (2006)
• Interview with Graham Brown-Martin for Ammo City (2004)
• Interview (2003)