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ALBA BEAT
Electronica / Alternative / Experimental

"From silence and then....."

Reykjavik / Birmingham, Midlands
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  10/5/2008
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   ALBA BEAT: General Info
Member Since7/31/2007
Band Websitearkade.com/Alba_Beat
Band MembersGary Taylor Photobucket
InfluencesHere's some personal lists of People, Bands and Scenes, Past, Present, Future, who i would like to say a big thank you to, for all of their belief in me, support, help, guidance, education, over the years, they have enriched my life and focused my talents, the good the bad and the ugly, peace and respect to you all, Gary. ___________________ Light through Darkness, Universe and being, Mom and Dad, all my Family, Stefania Angel and Family, Petur Fridgeirsson, Fridgeirtrausti Helgasson, Bruce Wallwork (DJ Bruce), DJ IMD, Robert Johnston (DJ Rob J), DJ Steve Warner, DJ Paul Moran, Jon Paul Ellard (Art Master), DJ Andrew Wilson, DJ Martin Heatherington, DJ Martin Red, DJ Andy Ward, Heidi Worrall, Marc Batiste, Master Greg Wilson, Amanda (Mother Funka) Jones and Rick P Jones (Swansway and Scarlet Fantastic), Steven Price, DJ Tony Price, Nick Howlett, Martin Webster, Gary Hopkins, Mathew Dare (Darey), Darren (Dub) Clarke (DJ Dub C), DJ Ben Edwards, Mark Robertson (Magoo), Gilbert, DJ Lee Fisher (Mother), DJ Jock Lee, DJ Adam Regan, Ben Ewins (DJ Be-1ne), Andy Murtagh, Helen Bentley, Toby and Gaf (The Klatter), DJ Justin Bond, Darryl aka Mr Glide-(Glideascope), Down and Out, Gretar Gunnarsson (DJ Gretar) Sean Danke, Gary Hunter, DJ Wayne Chambers, DJ Anthony O'Boyle, DJ Martin Gardener, and all my friends and the crew from ATM College Birmingham U.K from 04/05. ____________________ Some of my Music Influences: Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, New Order, Erasure, The Pet Shop Boys, The Specials, The Beat, The Selector, Madness, Duran Duran, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Led Zeppelin, Deep purple, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Gary Numan, Visage, John Foxx, Ultravox, OMD, Anne Clark, DJ IMD, Rhythm Doctor, John Carpenter, Cybotron, Derek May, Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, Frankie Knuckles, Adonis, Marshall Jefferson, Klause Schulze, Jean Michel Jarre, Fabio Frizzi, Goblin, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Ice T, Chris The Glove Taylor, Dre Dre, World Class Wrekin Cru, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five, Grandmixer D.ST, Whodini, Run DMC, LL Cool J, The Egyptian Lover, Bjork, The Sabres of Paradise, Orbital, Omni Trio, Goldie, Sigur Ros, Karl Bartos, Two Lone Swordsman. ____________________ Scenes that have Influenced me: Punk 77 onwards, Two Tone, Heavy Metal, New wave, New Romantic, Electro, Old School True School Second Wave B.Boy (Breakdance Scene) 83 onwards, Original House music 86 Onwards, Detroit Techno, Ambient chill out, Drum and Bass First wave onwards, Eclectic present day, i'm generally a music lover following the progress of good quality music, i hope you enjoy my music here as well. ____________________ Photobucket ____________________
Sounds Like___________________ Laid back some upbeat experimental Electro Music, diverse moods and foods, indulging in Atmospheres Dreams and the Elemental. "I think that about covers all the angles for now" :) . ___________________
Record Labellooking for a signing, Net, Indie, Major.
Type of LabelNone



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   About ALBA BEAT
Photobucket ______________________________________________________ Hello people and welcome to the ALBA BEAT myspace page, here you can read a short Biography about my musical History. ______________________________________________________ I'm Gary Taylor, an Icelandic / English hybrid, based in Birmingham / Reykjavik, I started making music from an early age, inspired by the original music of the time, Punk, New Wave, Metal, Reggae, Electro, Pop, Disco, Funk, playing drums on cardboard boxes and tins writing lyrics and singing with friends in my parents Garage (we all wanted to make a break in to music scene even back then in the late 70's), from there on in I played on whatever Organ, Home keyboard, Piano, i could lay my hands on, always dreaming of Synthesizers and Studios and being rich and famous (Not the case now i may add), over some time i made music with my friends at home on simple old School Yamaha and Casio keyboards (you know the ones with a button for Drums and Fills), we also added taped recordings of cool phrases from Video Films of the day (yes it was the 80's and its called Sampling and Editing now), this was the start of my creative approach to music, i started DJ'ing around this period, Scratching, Mixing up Tapes and general madness on the Turntables which i still involve in my music from time to time. _____________________________________________________ Then came the 90's and i worked and played hard and bought myself my first Home Studio, i worked under the name of Solid Dawn and built up a good back catalogue of ideas and Demos all the time working harder on my DJ live set performances, this is where I really learnt what music was all about, People, Gatherings, inspiration, new technology, attitudes and different approaches to making music, for me yet another perfect building block ; ). _____________________________________________________ When the Millennium crashed in i started teaching myself more and more musical skill, everything about the musical process I could possibly find out about, I also went back to college to learn more about Music Production and Engineering, now the time is right for people to hear my Music and Sounds, with the added confidence and mobility the Internet brings i've started my Alba Beat project up, you see a form of it here and now on Myspace. _____________________________________________________ So there we have some of my Musical Journeys in a nutshell, there really is so much much more to tell you, that said I'm sorry this Biog didn't last that long or not, I do hope you will enjoy my Musical creations here, and i will stay in touch as often as possible, prepared, Peace for now, Gary, Alba Beat x. _____________________________________________________ ALBA BEAT "From silence and then..." will be released Autumn 2008. _____________________________________________________

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Jeremy George





Sep 29 2008 9:59 PM

Good afternoon ALBA BEAT, just here as always, showing love, and wishing you a great week. Stay blessed.
Brum Beat





Oct 1 2008 6:29 PM

Hi Gary, gave the album a listen and some great tune son there.. will include a mention in the next blog. Definitely think you should see if Kudos Distribution or Juno Download would be interested? Other than that try finding some music agencies, maybe send off to XFM in London as an unsigned artist, get a contact and chase it up. Potential there for adverts as well as there is no issue with copyright etc. Good luck.
Nick
Silvia Calzolari





Sep 29 2008 7:43 PM


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Sep 27 2008 4:37 PM

Nice to have you as my friend

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Sep 22 2008 2:30 AM

thank you for the add!!
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Sep 21 2008 11:37 PM

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Love,Silvia
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Sep 21 2008 7:41 AM

Hi thanks for the friendship, i listened some nice tracks here. Greetz from Italy.
YAN





Sep 18 2008 4:58 PM

Thanks for the request!
Amazing music I Like it !!!

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Sep 17 2008 8:10 PM

thank you ...
Nicole





Sep 16 2008 5:59 AM

Such a pleasure to have you as a friend =)
when will you be in New York?

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Laserlong





Sep 13 2008 2:10 PM

Great and intresting work.

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Sep 9 2008 5:36 PM

Yo!
Thanxs for the visit,
kool tracks here,
stay tuned for Drues'n Bass,
BreemiX
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Sep 4 2008 9:43 PM

Hey Alba Beat, thanks for the add. Respect and best wishes.
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Sep 4 2008 5:52 PM

Hi...nice one!! see u at the 17th.
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Sep 3 2008 6:44 PM

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Sep 3 2008 4:08 PM

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