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One of the central figures in the early-’90s New York garage/house scene centered on the Strictly Rhythm label and its Puerto Rican roots, vocalist George Morel worked for the label and produced several of Strictly Rhythm’s most successful tracks
Electronica band, Tone Casualties, has served as a musical release for multi-instrumentalist, animation artist and production company and record label owner Gabor Csupo (pronounced: CHEW-po)
Chicago-based singer/songwriter, independent dance music remixer/producer, and founder of Music Plant and Vinyl Soul, Georgie Porgie (aka George Andros) debuted with the release of “Baby Come Back to Me
Gerd is the nom de plume of Gert-Jan Bijl, better-known as one-half of Rotterdam techno duo Sensurreal Although most of Bijl’s creative time is spent with his partner Dirk-Jan Hanegraaf working on Sensurreal-related projects (the group have released material on Prime, Beam Me Up!, and Op-Art), the presence of the group’s studio in his living room has meant Bijl’s downtime woodshedding has led to an increasing stock of solo material
British techno outfit Germ are one of the most influential, under-recognized forces of innovation in the European experimental electronic music scene Formative figures on the early U
Shrouded in conjecture and just a wee bit of good fun, Gescom is the more dancefloor-friendly identity of Sean Booth and Rob Brown, aka Autechre The bulk of the pair’s Gescom material (save for an EP a piece on “future funk” label Clear and David Moufang’s Source label, as well as a mail-order-only 12-inch offered to members of the group’s fanclub) has been issued through the Manchester-based experimental techno label Skam, owned and operated by occasional collaborator Andy Maddocks
After LFO all but disintegrated in the late ’90s and Mark Bell went on to produce for Björk and others, the other half of the duo, Gez Varley, began his own solo career with a 1997 album for Studio !K7
Years before “Guide Me God” became an international dancefloor sensation after being remixed and championed by Junior Vasquez, Ghostland quietly released its 1998 debut album to little fanfare
DJ/remixer/producer Gigi D’Agostino became seriously involved in music in the mid-’80s After years of DJing, he settled in London to get closer to the British dance music scene
British house/R&B vocalist Gabrielle began her career singing for free in London West End clubs whilst temping in offices during the day Her big break came when she recorded a demo, called “Dreams,” based around Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car,” which subsequently fell into the hands of an A&R man at London’s Go! Beat records