Skin Deep (1989-1990) With Ray Naughton - Skin Deep (1990-1991) With Matthew Adcock - Skin Deep (1991-1998) Solo - The Definition Of Sound (Name I work under for my Sample based music) - Gary Hunter (Solo for synth based work)
Finally, I now have an official web page that will be the central point for all my music. The new site has comprehensive information about all my music, including information on a number of CD's that I have recorded which have n't been made available previously, mainly in the Lounge/Chill Out genre. There are free MP3 downloads of these albums which are well worth listening to and will certainly come as a surprise for those people who have followed my music.
In addition there is quite a lot of background information about my music making and also details of the instruments I use. Also you will find photo's and exclusive demo's of new material on their that will not be available anywhere else! So if you have n't checked out the new site just click on the link above to visit it or click on the image below.
I am delighted to announce that I have 2 regular shows on the brand new Internet radio station realRADIO 1.
Gary Hunter's Essential Dance Mix Selection is on every friday at 6.30pm. The show is a 60 minute non-stop mix of the best Trance & Dance music on the planet!
Every Saturday at 6.30pm you can tune in to The 80's Are Back With Gary Hunter, a 90 minute feast of 80's music with some fantastic regular features, such as, 80's Album Of The Week, Artist Of The Week, Flashback (A look back at a year in the 80's with news headlines from that year and a look at what the UK top 10 singles were) PLUS The Other Side Of The 80's!
realRADIO 1 caters for every genre of music with shows featuring hits from every decade PLUS unsigned artists to with your host Steve Wheatley. Our friendly robots from Robo Cast Radio also have their own show!
What more could you want ............Tune in now by clicking the link above or on the realRADIO 1 image below. Please also check the programme schedule on there as times for all shows can vary.
Influences
My early synth stuff is heavily influenced by OMD and Erasure. The sample based music is basically influenced by anything trance related, other sampled music like hip hop & chilled stuff I have recorded is n't influenced by anybody really.
I am currently working on an ambient/soundtrack album. I got the idea to do this after listening to music by Moby & John Foxx.
Sounds Like
The work I did in the late 80's and early 90's definitely has an OMD sound to it, more so, there early stuff circa there early albums. My trance music is, I would say, a bit like euro trance and dance music which comes from places such as Holland, Germany and Belguim.
The ambient album I am currently working on has, I suppose, elements of some of Moby's ambient music (Especially his recent album which included the CD Ambient Hotel) and also to a degree, elements of some of the music of John Foxx. John is more well known for his synth based material rather than his ambient music but I certainly picked up a lot of ideas after listening to all his Cathedral Oceans albums which I think are great original pieces of work. All three albums are definitely worth checking out.
You can listen to a showcase of my work via the player below. Podcast 2 is also now available to listen via the player to.
I'm 46 and have had a very keen interest in music for many years. Synthesizers have fascinated since I first heard them on records by Gary Numan, Kraftwerk, OMD, Ultravox, The Human League and Depeche Mode. It was in the late 80's when I decided to write my own songs.
I formed a studio band with a good friend of mine Ray Naughton and things clicked into place very quickly and we wrote and recorded around 20 songs in a similar style to OMD & Erasure (Vince Clarke has been a big influence with my Synthpop music probably, the biggest influence of all). They were very raw recordings made on a cheap Amstrad 4 track recorder.
From there I progressed on to using an Atari computer and sequencer software packages alongside a Drum Machine. I recorded more electronic pop material and also some video soundtrack music.
I wanted to develop my skills in creating music utilising computers and have recorded about 8 or 9 Cds of material using Samples, Drum Loops and Drum Machines. The music in this field covers Dance, Trance, Chill-out & Hip Hop styles. This side of my work has been recorded under the name The Definition Of Sound. It is a collection of material I am very proud of.
I have over the last 2 or 3 years returned to Synthesizers and re-recorded a lot of the material I did with Ray to a much higher standard and in addition I have written numerous new songs and done some cover versions. One cover version I have done is a track of OMD's called "Of All The Things We've Made". This was included on an american release tribute album called "We Love You 2". I am very proud that my version of the song was worthy of inclusion on the CD.
I am currently working on a new electronic album called "The Grey Room" which is influenced by the early music of John Foxx and Gary Numan. Another project which has been worked on over the last couple of years is an electronic soundtrack album but that remains at demo stage thus far. 15 songs have been written for this project which will be worked on to completion following the release of "The Grey Room". Moby has been the inspiration behind the soundtrack album music.
I decided to send in 3 of the tracks to the BBC for inclusion on a natural history programme and whilst I was n't successful I did get through the first stages which I am very pleased about. The three songs sent to the BBC were called "The Long Goodbye", "Quiet Splendour" and "Broken Flowers".
Over the last couple of years I have recorded numerous cover versions of classic electronic tracks from the likes of Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Blancmange & Gary Numan plus a host of other artists. I am finishing off a Dub Mix album of 6 of the cover versions I have recorded which includes, the Blancmange track "Living On The Ceiling", Gary Numan's "Cars", Depeche Mode's "John The Revelator", Yazoo's "Bad Connection", The Human League's "The Sound Of The Crowd" and Joy division's "She's Lost Control". The album features my own dub arrangements of the songs.
I also continue to produce Dance/Trance/Lounge & Chill Out music under the name "The Definition Of Sound" which I now have a Myspace page to cover that side of my music. You will find a link to the Myspace page for "The Definition Of Sound" below.
Please note that the copyright on the music on this site is owned by Big Noise Music.
I have decided to have a separate Myspace page for my Dance/Trance/Lounge & Chill Out music as I work under the name "The Definition Of Sound" for this side of my music. You can visit that page by clicking the link above.
In addition to my Official Web Page and Myspace Pages, I have other exclusive songs available to listen to at:
Simply click on music in the profile box and then click the small play button on the right hand side of the song picture. Choose Lo-fi if you have a modem connection and click Hi-fi if you have broadband.
I now have my video's online at YouTube.com as well as on this page. So if you have any problems playing the video's on this page you can access them at YouTube by clicking on the link above.
I have 4 remixes available now of the Erasure track "Here I Go Impossible Again" on Erasure's official homepage, which you can listen to, by clicking on the link above. Simply scroll down to the song "Here I Go Impossible Again" and you will see my remixes. To play simply click on the media player button or real player button on the right hand side of my mix.
I now have more of my music available to listen to on the Podsafe music network. This network will, hopefully, be playing my music on various podcasts.
I will of course keep you updated as and when this happens.
I have 5 tracks available and these can be accessed by clicking the link above. For now
this will be used purely to promote my dance & trance music.
I am continuing to embrace the opportunites the internet has to offer and have now done my first Podcast on the IPod Network. This is the first of a series of podcasts I intend to do. In addition further Podcasts of a collection of music from different artists is in the pipeline and is something that Ian Price of Future Daze has come up with so watch this space.
To listen to my first Podcast simply click on the link above and choose the HS stream button if you have broadband and LS if you only have a standard modem.
I have furthered my internet presence with another web page. This time on BTPodshow.Com. This came about when my track "Rain" was played on the Podcast Radio show Bite Size Bonus. Further tracks have been submitted to them so I thought it would be useful to have a web page on there network. The page will host any Podcasts my music appears on as well as some of my video's I have made. To check the content out simply click on the link above.
I have a new web page on the newly formed icompositions network. This is looking a very promising place for unsigned music artists and I highly recommend you check them out.
You can view my page by clicking on the link above.
A new feature has been added which enables you to join my newsletter mailing list for regular updates and exclusive free tracks. You can join by completing the form below.
Songs of mine and many other good artists are being played on the new Robocast Radio show's. This is new off the ground and deserves plenty of support as the artists featured are all on the Myspace network. You can
visit the official Robocast Webpage by clicking on the link above.
The shows currently available are available to listen to via the player below.
Also check this out, it's a flag counter which shows how many people have visited the site and which countries they are from.
I have added a further music player which currently has all my songs that are available on my Soundclick website. Simply click on the song you want to listen to and click on the play button on the player. This gives me greater scope to showcase my music here on Myspace and will be updated from time to time and will include material that has n't been available before.
Well Well Well Gary, Sleepwalk, a great cover version your vocal has really come in to its own with this one, fine work by you sir, all the best as ever dude, Gary.
Hi Gary, Great to hear from you mate really liked the Sleepwalk cover I have always like the last break down in that genius stuff. Let me know when voting starts and I will err vote for sure. I have been using bass station a lot as well you can get some wicked arp like leads out of it with a bit of fidlin. Keep it up mate your really doing good stuff make no mistakes bout that :)
Did you go to EDC? OMG it was CRAZY!!! I heard like 80-90,000 people were there on Saturday night.....and L.A.'s next big OMFG event, "Fresh Squeezed Festival '09" is... OMG, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY!!! lol...
It's going to be held outdoors also... @ The Pico Rivera Sports Arena!!!
... and I'm going to be playing on the main stage, under the stars, in the arena!
he110 Gary - just wanted to warn U about thee evil Dr. Night! ...all i remember is a blurry image of a man in a white lab coat.
Have you seen thee doctor lately?! "Mach FoX - Dr. Night EP" OUT NOW on Russian netlabel Intox Noize FREE download link- http://www.archive.org/details/intox031
more info/links on our page. better watch out! Lock your doors -he might be in your area!
Hi Gary Hunter, just dropping by to let you know you can download my 2 new songs from Beatport - just click on the links! Hope you enjoy the videos too :-) Peace + Love xx Trudi G
Thanks for the add Gary Hunter, I love your tunes btw, awesome!
If you get a chance, please take a listen to our first Chill out release "Beach Music, Cafe Music & Bar Music Collection" by ACO Ambient Chill Out. We'd love to know what you think of it!
Thanks for that Gary. The remix album should be released in september. Keep up to date on Jon Teknik's page. Meanwhile I've spent a very productive weekend with Kinetik. I have joined the band. It was great playing with all their amazing gear. Very exciting times ahead.
Only just came across your website. While i was there i heard your track, Better Late Than Ever. Great pop track with definitely one of your best vocals to date.
Hi Gary, i enjoyed your new cover version, Sound of the crowd, keep up the cool work, by the way when is your own Album coming out i look forward to that as well, peace, Gary.
