Just announced - A Guy Called Gerald & DJ Pierre B2B Live Acid Set !

BIG news just in, The BIGGEST Manchester party of the year just got even BIGGER. Ex 808 State member and HUGE star in his own right A Guy Called Gerald has been added to the line up for this years Connie's Acid House Party

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Date published: 21st Apr 2017

A GUY CALLED GERALD

An iconic name in dance music, A Guy Called Gerald stands out for consistent innovation, excellence and refusal to compromise. A Guy Called Gerald kick started Europes acid house frenzy releasing the first UK acid house record, the 88 classic 'Voodoo Ray' and 'Pacific State' and went on to lay down the blueprint for jungle / drum n bass.

Nine albums and 25 years of independence later, he continues to push the boundaries of electronic dance music touring worldwide bringing his "true school" flavour to a world overloaded with pop pap.

Although his remixes are relatively enviable including the likes of David Bowie, Cabaret Voltaire, Black Uhuru, Finley Quaye, Lamb, Tricky and The Stone Roses, it is Gerald's own productions and refusal to plough anyones furrow but his own which has marked him out. A Guy Called Gerald is responsible for the birth of British dance music as you know it today and continues to explore what is possible both in the studio and in the club with his "Live in Session" performances.

Since 2012 he has been working on a side project with Graham Massey (808 State) called REBUILD performing live jams on the Roland machines. How Long Is Now was released on Bosconi Records in 2012. A live album Silent Sound Spread Spectrum followed from the Society of Sound Series a collaboration between Bowers & Wilkins and Peter Gabriels Real World Studios in 2013.

In 2017 he continues to be in demand worldwide with his Live In Session shows using a vast patchwork of past, present and future experimenting effortlessly between early acid house through abstract tech breaks into dreamscapes of futuristic oscillations.

At Glastonbury Festival this year he will return to perform with Funktion Ones Experimental Soundfield a six stack Ambisonic full-sphere surround sound technique that is capable of recreating accurate three-dimensional sound stages from original recordings.

In the studio he is busy recording a steady stream of releases on his own digital label and a new album due out in mid 2017.

UK club culture has many people to thank for transforming the imported sound of America into the biggest youth movement my generation has experienced, but nobody else has redefined it so much with the character and soul of Britishness, creating music for both the feet and the head, and indelibly altering our cultural landscape.

DJ Magazine

No other British artist involved in dance music since the Acid House explosion has produced as many important records as A Guy Called Gerald. From Voodoo Ray (1988) the song that put British House on the map, to Black Secret Technology (1995), the album that definitively showed that Jungle was capable of full-length album statements, Gerald Simpson has consistently explored virgin territory, paving the way for lesser musicians to take the credit.

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