Here's some lists of People, Bands and Music 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, respect to you all, Gary.
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Light, Darkness, Universe and being, all of my 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.
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Some of my Music Influences: Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, The Human League, 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, Unknown DJ, Ice T, Chris The Glove Taylor, Dr 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.
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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.
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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" :) .
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Hello people and welcome to the ALBA BEAT myspace page, here you can read a short Biography about my musical History.
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Gary Taylor aka Alba Beat, I'm a Electronic Solo Artist, 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, etc, playing rhythm's 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, the late 70's), from there on in i played on whatever Home keyboard, Organ, Piano, that was available, always dreaming of Synthesizers, Studios, being known for my music.
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In the 80's over some time i carried on making music with 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 classic Video Films of the day (yes it was old school and its called Sampling and Editing now), this was another new start to my creative approach making music, I also started DJ'ing around this time, Scratching records, Mixing up Tapes and general madness on two Turntables which is still involved in my work from time to time.
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Then came the 90's and i worked and played hard and bought my first Home Studio, working under the banner of Solid Dawn i 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 that time it was yet another perfect building block ; ).
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When the Millennium crashed in i started teaching myself more musical skill, everything about the musical process i could possibly find out about, i went back to college to learn about Music Production, Engineering, now the time is right for people to hear my Sounds, with the added confidence and mobility the Internet brings i've started The Alba Beat project up, you see a form of it here now on Myspace.
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So there we have some of my Musical development 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, and i will stay in touch as often as possible, prepared, Peace, Gary, Alba Beat x.
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Hey Gary just wanted to say thank you so much for supporting us! Your comments mean so much to us and we cant wait to rock England with you someday very soon! Please try and stay tuned to our page for updates on upcoming shows! Thank you so much and have a wonderful day!
Hey Gary, always good to hear from you and glad you like "Put it on your expenses!" I couldn't resist having a pop at the fiddling MP's! How are you my friend?! I hope you are enjoying this lovely weather and putting together loads more of those fabulous grooves of yours! Stay crazy! Berrtie.
Good night Alba Beat, as always I am just stopping by dropping off some love to your page, I hope that so far your weekend has been good, have a great up coming week.
Greetings to the creator of the coolest grooves on myspace!!How are you Gary? I do hope you are well and I see those great grooves are alive and kicking! I just uploaded a very mischievous ringtone to my profile called "PUT IT ON YOUR EXPENSES!!" I think it will make you smile! Peace, Bertie.
Hey Gary thanks for taking the time to check out my new track....I like the new one up on your page.I can here some electrofunk in there espescially in the bass tone...Much respect to you....Peace,E
Hi Gary,I hope you are doing well!I've just finished a track with my friend Rhianna Glass from Bristol called "it never matters"I would be very honored if you would stop and listen sometime as I very much like your style...Hope you have a great rest of your day! Peace,E
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